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easy for him to till his lands and to market 
his produce. We speak much about the 
marginal man, the one who is on the edge 
and who does not know how to take hold 
or to make good; but the man of our first 
concern should be the bottom man, for he 
is the one that stands between society and 
the sustenance from the planet. 
I like to think, therefore, of the farmer 
as an independent person standing on his 
own land, and yet developing a strong 
idealism as a contributing part to society 
in general. He will not secure the best 
results unless he goes at his work rever¬ 
ently, realizing his place in the process, 
and exercising a religious expression to¬ 
ward all his work. 
