A sentence from Churchill's speech "I see the ten thousand villages of Russia where the means of existence is wrung so hardly from the soil, but where there are still primordial human joys, where maidens laugh and children play." "the means of existence", I looked up the online dictionary, which says that it means the way of life exist (生存方式). Then I'm confused how to understand that sentence, "where means of existence is wrung so hardly from the soil", it'd be nice if you're willing to explain how to understand it, thank you.