To Be Poor And Independent Is Very

The Tendency Of Taxation Is, To Create A Class Of Persons, Who Do Not Labour: To Take From Those Who Do Labour The Produce Of That Labour, And To Give It To Those Who Do Not Labour.

To Be Poor And Independent Is Very Nearly An Impossibility.

The Truth Is That The Fall Of Napoleon Is The Hardest Blow That Our Taxing System Ever Felt. It Is Now Impossible To Make People Believe That Immense Fleets And Armies Are Necessary.

The Christian Religion, Then, Is Not An Affair Of Preaching, Or Prating, Or Ranting, But Of Taking Care Of The Bodies As Well As The Souls Of People; Not An Affair Of Belief And Of Faith And Of Professions, But An Affair Of Doing Good, And Especially To Those Who Are In Want; Not An Affair Of Fire And Brimstone, But An Affair Of Bacon And Bread, Beer And A Bed.

The Norfolk People Are Quick And Smart In Their Motions And Their Speaking. Very Neat And Trim In All Their Farming Concerns And Very Skilful. Their Land Is Good, Their Roads Are Level, And The Bottom Of Their Soil Is Dry, To Be Sure; And These Are Great Advantages; But They Are Diligent And Make The Most Of Everything.