Nges. And I say it to the credit of their former owners, and their o
Men to live. It is too
poor for grazing, so the people who have been driven from the better lands are allowed to live upon
it--as long as they pay their rent. If it were not too pathetic, the pat ches they called fields would make you laugh. Originally
the surface of the ground must have been about as susceptible of cultivation
as the surface of Broadway. But at the cost of enormous labor the small stones have been picked off and piled up, though the
great boulders remain, so that it is impossible to use a plow;
and the surface of the bog has been cut away and
manured by seaweed, brought
in from the shore on the backs of men and women,
till it can be made to grow something. Sir Thomas Brassey writes from a capitalist's standpoint, while Mr. George writes from the standpoint of a philosopher who not only sees gross social wrongs but boldly applies the remedy. But
let us see if the same fester which irritates the bo
poor for grazing, so the people who have been driven from the better lands are allowed to live upon
it--as long as they pay their rent. If it were not too pathetic, the pat ches they called fields would make you laugh. Originally
the surface of the ground must have been about as susceptible of cultivation
as the surface of Broadway. But at the cost of enormous labor the small stones have been picked off and piled up, though the
great boulders remain, so that it is impossible to use a plow;
and the surface of the bog has been cut away and
manured by seaweed, brought
in from the shore on the backs of men and women,
till it can be made to grow something. Sir Thomas Brassey writes from a capitalist's standpoint, while Mr. George writes from the standpoint of a philosopher who not only sees gross social wrongs but boldly applies the remedy. But
let us see if the same fester which irritates the bo
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