The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . und the great city candle. Withproper care and effort, a country life can be made justas enjoyable as a life in the city, and much morehealthy and profitable. BOOKS. How can it be done ? By filling the farmhouseswith books. Establish central reading rooms, orneighborhood clubs. Encourage the social meetingsof the young. Have concerts, lectures, amateurdramatic associations. Establish a bright, activesocial life, that shall give some significance to lab
The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . und the great city candle. Withproper care and effort, a country life can be made justas enjoyable as a life in the city, and much morehealthy and profitable. BOOKS. How can it be done ? By filling the farmhouseswith books. Establish central reading rooms, orneighborhood clubs. Encourage the social meetingsof the young. Have concerts, lectures, amateurdramatic associations. Establish a bright, activesocial life, that shall give some significance to all, build, as far as possible, in villages. It isbetter to go a mile to ones daily labor than to placeones self a mile away from a neighbor. The isola-tion of American farm-life is the great curse of thatlife. The towns of Hadley, Northfield, Hatfield andDeerfield, on the Connecticut River, to this dayremain villages of agriculturists. Europe, for manycenturies, was cultivated by people who lived invillages. And this is the way in which all farmersshould live. Settle in colonies, instead of singly,whenever feasible or j6 CONCENTRATION OF MIND AND POWER.
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