ILLUSTRATION BY CHRISTOPHER REID
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To own a bit of ground,
to scratch it with a hoe,
to plant seeds, and watch
their renewal of life,
this is the commonest delight of the race,
the most satisfactory thing a man can do.
—Charles Dudley Warner