The Principles of Practical Agriculture (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Principles of Practical Agriculture

My father was a cool-tempered and unaffected man. E'very one who came in contact with him knew his straightforward way of acting, his scrupulous honesty; but few, very few, of his friends knew his noble and manly heart. Indifferent to praise and fame, as well as calumny, he was ever anxious to do good in silence; and it can be said of him, without fear of contradiction, that during his Whole life he Could never reproach himself with having...