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Page 92 - I am convinced that those societies [as the Indians] which live without government enjoy in their general mass an infinitely greater degree of happiness than those who live under European governments. Among the former public opinion is in the
Page 445 - then other portions of the earth's surface may be so held, and eventually the whole of the earth's surface may be so held, and our planet may thus lapse altogether into private hands." Observe now the dilemma to which this leads. Suppose the entire habitable globe to be so
Page 446 - the earth by sufferance only. They are all trespassers. " Save by the permission of the lords of the soil, they can have no room for the soles of their feet. Nay, should the others think fit to deny them a resting-place, these landless men might equitably be expelled from the earth altogether.
Page 91 - which, while it increases wealth, produces also conflicting interests; there is not that severe competition and struggle for existence, or for wealth, which the dense population of civilized countries inevitably creates. All incitement to great crimes is thus wanting, and petty ones are repressed, partly by the influence of public opinion, but
Page 456 - Pervading all nature, we may see at work a stern discipline which is a little cruel that it may be very kind. That state of universal warfare maintained throughout the lower creation, to the great perplexity of many
Page 92 - of law, and restrains morals as powerfully as laws ever did anywhere. Among the latter, under pretense of governing, they have divided their nations into two classes—wolves and sheep. I do not exaggerate ; this is a true picture of Europe
Page 149 - There cannot, in short, be, intrinsically, a more insignificant thing in the economy of society than money, except in the character of a contrivance for sparing time and labor.
Page 150 - rent to another, what he transfers is not the mere money, but a right to a certain value of the produce of the country, to be selected at pleasure, the lender having first bought this right by giving for it a portion of his capital. What he really lends is so much capital; the money is the mere instrument of transfer.
Page 482 - is not too much to say that every person who was at Brook Farm for any length of time has ever since looked back upon it with a feeling of satisfaction. The healthy mixture of manual and intellectual labor, the kindly and unaffected social relations, the absence of everything like assumption or servility, the amusements, the discussions,
Page 445 - does not permit property in land. For if one portion of the earth's surface may justly become the possession of an individual, and may be held by him for his sole use and benefit,