Mises Daily
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An Ex-Farmer
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[This article first appeared in American Mercury (November 1937).] I used to be a timid, thin man. I never got on very well in the city. When I was talking to people, they tended to drift away, or they turned to someone else and said: “Having nice weather, aren’t we?” I didn’t see in my job any of the heroic aspects my superiors were always