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This was the life of a farmer before the days of railroads, and I am not sure but it was a more happy one than now.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “This was the life of a farmer before the days of railroads, and I am not sure but it was a more happy one than now.”
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Sherman expresses nostalgia for the simpler, happier life of farmers before the advent of railroads.
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