48 HOW TO KNOW YOUR COUNTRY 



deeds of our forefathers in fighting for our liberty 

 and paving a way for our present prosperity. 



The whole countryside teems with information 

 if only it is sought after aright. The hill, the 

 valley, the stream, the lush meadows, the waving 

 cornfield, the old road, historic buildings of many 

 kinds, the soil below, the animals and plants, the 

 influence of our climate on human progress, all 

 these help to piece together a story as redolent as 

 romance, but true every word of it. 



There is no need to read exciting adventures by 

 some unreal romancer, for the history of our own 

 little sea-girt isle is simply teeming with interesting 

 and valuable information that may be had for the 

 seeking. This is the way to know your country, for 

 by such means you will realise more fully and 

 personally what it is and what it has been, as well 

 as the place you yourself occupy, and you will 

 become, if I mistake not, so enamoured of the 

 epitaphs that surround you concerning your own 

 land that you will, should occasion demand it, be 

 one of the first to defend it and respond to the 

 noble call of duty. 



