6/40 Keen, strong faces were among them, high, thoughtful brows, kind eyes; they must learn to think, to speak for themselves. The people's business should no longer be settled for them behind lackey-guarded doors. The good of the farm labourer should be determined not exclusively by the squire and his relations. The man with the hoe, the man with the bent back and the patient ox-like eyes: he, too, should be invited to the Council board. War or peace, it should no longer be regarded as a question concerning only the aged rich. |