This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ... Passy proves very clearly, that in countries under the system of large estates, there are small farms, and that under the opposite system of small estates, we find large farms. He says, almost the only productions of England are corn and meat, and that if a system of cultivation had been adopted which ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ... Passy proves very clearly, that in countries under the system of large estates, there are small farms, and that under the opposite system of small estates, we find large farms. He says, almost the only productions of England are corn and meat, and that if a system of cultivation had been adopted which employed more labourers, England would not have been less prosperous, but that she would have enjoyed that prosperity without those inconveniences which tarnish its brightness, and leave the masses at the mercy of numerous sufferings on that very soil where the most enormous capital and riches are united. M. Rossi in his lectures on Political Economy takes the same view, and on the subject of aristocracy says, it is quite a mistake to say that there is no longer a territorial aristocracy in France. If the number of great proprietors has diminished, their relative importance has increased; he then asks--"Have the great proprietors learnt that in these present times, their title to the highest place on the social ladder will only be acknowledged in proportion as their manners are affable, their language simple and intelligible, and as they give repeated proofs of taking a hearty interest in the welfare of the public? Confidence, respect, patronage, are now no longer imposed by riches, birth, or rank; they must be earned by personal worth, by the sweat of the brow. Nevertheless, riches, birth, and rank, are always powerful auxiliaries; they are means which whatever one may say of them, derive their power from the depths of our nature, and history has never denied their importance." Mr. Sismondi, taking again the same view, mentions the following historical fact, which I am sure our modern aristocracy will do well to reflect on: he says--"All...
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