...command, at a moderate interest, all the lendable money. He then reverts to his favourite doctrine, that the earth belongs to the living and not to the dead ; so that every generation has the usufruct of the earth during its continuance, and no longer. By...

...checks are opposed to every legislative proposition. Factions get possession of the public councils, bribery corrupts them, personal interests lead them...belongs to the living and not to the dead, is of very citcnsive application and consequences in every country, and most especially in France. It enters into...

...proposition. Factions get possession of the public councils; bribery corrupts thorn; personal interest leads them astray from the general interests of their constituents ; and other impediments arise, BO as to prove to every practical man that a law of limited duration is much more manageable than one...

...paramount to the whims and caprices of those who have passed from the stage of action ; in other words, that the earth belongs to the living, and not to the dead. To exhibit the enormous abuses and perversions to which these mortmain holdings must lead, we need...

...paramount to the whims and caprices of those who have passed from the stage of action; in other words, that the earth belongs to the living, and not to the dead. To exhibit the enormous abuses and perversions to which these mortmain holdings must lead, we need...

...checks are opposed to every legislative proposition. Factious get possession of the public councils, bribery corrupts them, personal interests lead them...in every country, and most especially in France. It cuters into the resolution of the questions, whether the nation may change the descent of lands holden...

...paramount to the whims and caprices of those who have passed from the stage of action ; in other words, that the earth belongs to the living, and not to the dead. To exhibit the enormous abuses and perversions to which these mortmain holdings must lead, we need...

...succession in autocratic governments, a relic of barbarous times, and future generations will understand that the earth belongs to the living and not to the dead. The other factor which must be changed is the weak spot in our legislative system. Representative government,...

...perpetual elevation of a privileged class ; but a widespread and positive sentiment, as Turgot puts it, that ' the earth belongs to the living and not to the dead,' nor, it may be added, to the unborn." Turgot's dictum, however, obtains no more than to this extent:...

...checks are opposed to every legislative proposition. Factions get possession of the public councils. Bribery corrupts them. Personal interests lead them...of very extensive application and consequences in evei*y country. and most especially in France. It enters into the resolution of the questions, whether...