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...i Wish That I May Never Think The Smiles Of The Great And Powerful A Sufficient Inducement To Turn Aside From The Straight Path Of Honesty And The Convictions Of My Own Mind.

If A Commodity Were In No Way Useful, - In Other Words, If It Could In No Way Contribute To Our Gratification, - It Would Be Destitute Of Exchangeable Value, However Scarce It Might Be, Or Whatever Quantity Of Labour Might Be Necessary To Procure It.

As The Revenue Of The Farmer Is Realized In Raw Produce, Or In The Value Of Raw Produce, He Is Interested, As Well As The Landlord, In Its High Exchangeable Value, But A Low Price Of Produce May Be Compensated To Him By A Great Additional Quantity.

The Last Point For Consideration Is The Supposed Disposition Of The People To Interfere With The Rights Of Property. So Essential Does It Appear To Me, To The Cause Of Good Government, That The Rights Of Property Should Be Held Sacred, That I Would Agree To Deprive Those Of The Elective Franchise Against Whom It Could Justly Be Alleged That They Considered It Their Interest To Invade Them.

In The Same Manner If Any Nation Wasted Part Of Its Wealth, Or Lost Part Of Its Trade, It Could Not Retain The Same Quantity Of Circulating Medium Which It Before Possessed.