, and were mowed down by want, hunger, and war; but now by the power of transplantation, like all other plants they have taken root and flourished!" (643) Everything revolves !
             around James's agrarian way of thinking.
             As James makes the transition from the geographical viewpoint to a social one, once again he shows the superiority of being a farmer. He describes a typical Sunday as, "a congregation of respectable farmers and their wives, all clad in neat homespun, well mounted, or riding in their own humble wagons" (643). This shows that he thinks of agrarian people as the law-abiding respected, but yet humble group. He al
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