...togood, worthwhile work. Farming was a growth opportunity for the soul. "By the exercise [agriculture] gives both to the body and to the mind, it secures health and vigour to both," John Taylor of Caroline summarized succinctly in i8o3-9 There's more: the farm would be like a private...

...only men like Taylor himself, patriarchs, whose productivity was patriotic, who made luxury possible; "by combining a thorough knowledge of the real affairs...strongest invitations to the practice of morality, [agriculture] becomes the best architect of a complete man." 20 Little flowed from nature itself, and...