Change The Laird

A small landed proprietor, discussing with a manufacturer the probable consequences of an invasion of Scotland,
the former, with a feeling of self-congratulation, observed, that although trade might for a time he destroyed, they could not take away the land. ‘‘No,” slyly responded the latter, “they couldn't take away the land, but they might change the laird.”

Laird - Landowner

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