Every great—or small—landowner who takes a personal interest in his property, every non-political politician—the phrase is no contradiction in terms—who studies not rhetoric but reality, every Portuguese, however humble, who cultivates his own garden, whether that garden be the Portuguese language or literature or soil or subsoil or industry, will go a step towards constituting a real Portugal of the Portuguese, and will deserve as many laurels of his country as crown the brows of the old Conquistadores.
FOOTNOTES
[1] Censo da População de Portugal. No 1ᵒ de Dezembro de 1911. Lisboa, Imprensa Nacional, 1913.
[2] The only towns with over 20,000 inhabitants are Lisbon (435,359), Oporto (194,009), Setubal (30,346), Braga (24,647), and Coimbra (20,581).
[3] 11th February, 1913.
[4] 12th February, 1913.
[5] Sertorio do Monte Pereira. A producção agricola (in Notas sobre Portugal).
[6] Ambassade en Espagne et en Portugal (en 1552). Par Philippe de Caverel. Arras, 1860.
[7] Milreis, duro, dollar, or roughly 4s., but varying from 3s. to 4s., according to the exchange.