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Page 177
... ground , it may take two hours ' work ; in soft ground , perhaps only half an hour . Grant the soil equally good for the tree in each case . Then the value of the sapling planted by two hours ' work is nowise greater than that of the ...
... ground , it may take two hours ' work ; in soft ground , perhaps only half an hour . Grant the soil equally good for the tree in each case . Then the value of the sapling planted by two hours ' work is nowise greater than that of the ...
Page 291
... ground , more than he needs to cultivate for immediate subsistence . We will assume farther ( and with too great probability of justice ) , that the greater part of them indolently keep in tillage just as much land as supplies them with ...
... ground , more than he needs to cultivate for immediate subsistence . We will assume farther ( and with too great probability of justice ) , that the greater part of them indolently keep in tillage just as much land as supplies them with ...
Page 292
... ground cleansed and resown ; else , in any case , their continued maintenance will be impossible That done , and while he has still to feed them , suppose he makes them raise a secure rampart for their own ground against all future ...
... ground cleansed and resown ; else , in any case , their continued maintenance will be impossible That done , and while he has still to feed them , suppose he makes them raise a secure rampart for their own ground against all future ...
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