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As the force of his mind drew its power, not from mere rhetorical facility, but from fundamental principles, so his magnificent body, like that of the fabled Antæus, seemed to draw perennial potency from contact with the earth. AS THE FORCE OF HIS MIND DREW ITS POWER NOT FROM MERE RHETORICAL FACILITY BUT FROM FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES SO HIS MAGNIFICENT BODY LIKE THAT OF THE FABLED ANTAEUS SEEMED TO DRAW PERENNIAL POTENCY FROM CONTACT WITH THE EARTH
n amusement, like the typical country gentleman. Farming to him, the son of a yeoman, is no mere possession of a fine estate, but the actual participation in ploughing, planting, and haying. His full animal spirits find relief in such labor. We cannot think of any similar example of such prodigious mental and physical energy. Macaulay was a great parliamentary orator, but he was the most conventional of city men; Burke and Chatham had no strength for such strenuousness after their professional toil. But Webster loved to know and to put his hand to every detail of farming and stock-raising. When he first came to Marshfield the soil was thin and sandy. It was he who instituted scientific farming in the region, teaching the natives how to fertilize with kelp which was easily obtainable from the sea, and also with the plentiful small herring or menhaden. He taught them the proper care of the soil, and the rotation of crops. This passionate love of the earth was an integral part of the man. OT SPEND HIS DAYS IN AMUSEMENT LIKE THE TYPICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN FARMING TO HIM THE SON OF A YEOMAN IS NO MERE POSSESSION OF A FINE ESTATE BUT THE ACTUAL PARTICIPATION IN PLOUGHING PLANTING AND HANGING HIS FULL ANIMAL SPIRITS FIND RELIEF IN SUCH LABOUR WE CANNOT THINK OF ANY SIMILAR EXAMPLE OF SUCH PRODIGIOUS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ENERGY MACAULAY WAS A GREAT PARLIAMENTARY ORATOR BUT HE WAS THE MOST CONVENTIONAL OF CITY MEN BURKE AND CHATHAM HAD NO STRENGTH FOR SUCH STRENUOUSNESS AFTER THEIR PROFESSIONAL TOIL BUT WEBSTER LOVED TO KNOW AND TO PUT HIS HAND ON EVERY DETAIL OF FARMING AND STOCK RAISING WHEN HE FIRST CAME TO MARSFIELD THE SOIL WAS THIN AND SANDY IT WAS HE WHO INSTITUTED SCIENTIFIC FARMING IN THE REGION TEACHING THE NATIVES HOW TO FERTILIZE WITH KELP WHICH WAS EASILY OBTAINABLE FROM THE SEA AND ALSO WITH THE PLENTIFUL SMALL HERRING OR MEN HATED HE TAUGHT THEM THE PROPER CARE OF THE SOIL AND THE ROTATION OF CROPS THIS PASSIONATE LOVE OF THE EARTH WAS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MAN
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