close-to-the-ground

Updated: August 15, 2026

Under all the bronze that life in the open had given the command was the lardy look of earth-born men, close-to-the-ground men; these were the hordes that put on pounds and size, the rudiment of a mind, the momentary ignition of soul perhaps in moments such as now and pass to the earth again. Yet the history of Europe was to be written upon a surface like this; this, the soil of the future.

Will Levington Comfort - Red Fleece