The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . that do enjoy and taste husbandmen, though far below our pitchOf fortune placed, enjoy a wealth above breathe the fresh and uncorrupted air,And in pure homes enjoy untroubled state is fearless and secure, enrichedWith many blessings such as greatest kingsMight in true justice envy, and themselvesWould count too happy if they truly knew them. —Thomas May. IlLLING the soil was mans primeval occu-pation. Adam was the first f
The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . that do enjoy and taste husbandmen, though far below our pitchOf fortune placed, enjoy a wealth above breathe the fresh and uncorrupted air,And in pure homes enjoy untroubled state is fearless and secure, enrichedWith many blessings such as greatest kingsMight in true justice envy, and themselvesWould count too happy if they truly knew them. —Thomas May. IlLLING the soil was mans primeval occu-pation. Adam was the first farmer. Godput him into the garden of Eden to dressand to keep it. Cain and Abel made thefirst great division in agricultural tilling the ground, and Abel keeping the sheep;which distinction in kinds of work is kept up unto thepresent day. After the flood, we read that Noah be-came a husbandman, and planted a vineyard. Thepatriarchs also dwelt in tents, and their property con-sisted mainly in cattle, flocks, and herds. Land atthat time seems to have been common property, andevery man pitched his tent wherever he pleased, and. 60 IN GREECE. moved about from place to place as often as hepleased. Egypt, called in Scripture the Garden ofthe Lord, being yearly enriched by the overflowingof the Nile, early attracted the attention of the tillersof the soil. This country furnished a refuge fromthe terrible drouths which affected the pastures ofWestern Asia. As population centered on the banksof the Nile, agriculture rose in importance, but theprogress was slow. The change from the state ofnature, and from a wandering, pastoral life, must havebeen the work of ages. The nutritious qualities ofthe cereals, wheat, barley, etc., were a long time inbeing discovered, and, when known, these grains werecultivated in the rudest manner. They were sown onthe rich deposit of mud made by the annual overflowof the river, and the only harrowing they received wasdone by a herd of swine tram
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