Village Life in the Fens

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Excerpt from Village Life in the Fens: Or Old Age Pensions and Back to the Land 192577of those who live from hand to mouth. Such advantages would give assistance in discriminating between the thrifty and industrious toilers and those who are careless and indifferent. Hitherto, the best of the workers have been too often tempted to seek their fortunes in the larger towns, or to go abroad to seek their fortunes in distant lands, resulting in the survival of the fittest, but the dis appointment of some. If village life be made more attractive, if men can have their allotment or small holding to cultivate, and possibly look forward to an old age pension, if misfortune prevent any provision for the help less period of life, there is no reason why many should not be satisfied to remain at home. A happy and con tented peasantry is a country's pride, and to make life more endurable and hopeful by just 'laws, calculated to improve the lot of the workers, would confer an inestim able benefit upon a sturdy, hard-working class of men, most of whom would greatly appreciate such advantages, and become increasingly contented and grateful subjects of our worthy King, Edward VII. His Majesty has done much upon his own estate at Sandringham and in that district by the erection of well-built cottages and club-rooms, as well as by the provision of allotments, to promote the happiness of his dependents and has set a noble example that is worthy of imitation in the desire to ameliorate the lives of the less fortunate in the battle of life. May not the familiar words of Longfellow's Psalm of Life be altered and adapted: Let us then be up and doing, With a heart for labour's fate, Still persisting, still pursuing, Begin to act - nor longer wait! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.