..." Such is the superiority of rural occupations and pleasures, that ronwneree, latge societies, and crowded cities, may be justly reckoned unnatural....Indeed the very purpose for which we engage in commerce in, that We may one day be enabled to retire into the country, wliere alone we picture to ourselves...

...amusements, he believed, had the effect of promoting effeminacy, extravagance and luxury. Indeed, he argued, 'Such is the superiority of rural occupations and...crowded cities may be justly reckoned unnatural.' The main purpose for him of engaging in commerce was to be able to retire to the country where 'man...

...determined by the terrain, not by the conscious art of men with a firm grasp of 'design'. Loudon would add: 'Such is the superiority of rural occupations and...commerce, large societies, or crowded cities, may bejustly reckoned unnatural. Indeed, the very purpose for which we engage in commerce is, that we may...

...us, everywhere, have at some time or other heen suhjected'.* As it was succinctlv summarized in 1X06: Such is the superiority of rural occupations and pleasures,...that commerce, large societies or crowded cities may justly he reckoned as unnatural. 'Z This idiom has heen impressed on the mind's eye through the years...