The other is the state of the national Exchequer and the falling off in the power of the Government to borrow at the low rates of former times。
I am in accord with you in much that you hold； but it is only possible for the Board of Agriculture to act where neither legislation nor expenditure is necessary。
I expect to be in London most of next week and the week after； and if you should chance to be ing to town； I should much like to discuss some of these subjects with you。
I am； yours faithfully；
Onslow。
Here is my answer to this letter：
Ditchingham House； Norfolk：
November 15； 1904。
Dear Lord Onslow； — I thank you very much for your letter。 。 。 。 Believe me； my Lord； I quite appreciate the difficulties you mention。 At the same time I am so enormously impressed with the vital importance of the questions involved that I think every effort should be made to educate public opinion until it consents to sweep away those difficulties and give a fair trial to reasonable reforms。 It is my sense of the supreme necessity of these reforms that has induced a humble person like myself to write big books； take long journeys； make speeches； indite letters to newspapers； etc。 — all gratis work； of course — in the intervals of getting my livelihood by other means。 But as you wish to see me I will not trouble you with a long letter on all these matters。
Believe me；
Very truly yours；
H。 Rider Haggard。
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