The Spiritual Ploughman: Or A Letter To A Gentleman Farmer is a book written by William Dale in 1824. The book is a letter addressed to a gentleman farmer, in which Dale discusses the importance of spirituality and religion in everyday life. Dale uses the metaphor of a ploughman, or a farmer who ploughs the land, to illustrate the idea that just as a ploughman must work hard to cultivate the land, so too must a person work hard to cultivate their...