Travels in the Mogul Empire, . , and of buying with the same sum twofalse witnesses, lie would indisputably have gained hiscause, or prolonged it as long as he pleased. Yes, My Lord, to conclude briefly 1 must repeat it; takeaway the right of private property in land, and you intro-duce, as a sure and necessary consequence, tyranny, slavery,injustice, beggary and barbarism : the ground will cease tobe cultivated and become a dreary wilderness; In a word,the road will be opened to the ruin of Kings and the de-struction of Nations. It is the hope by which a man isanimated, that he s
Travels in the Mogul Empire, . , and of buying with the same sum twofalse witnesses, lie would indisputably have gained hiscause, or prolonged it as long as he pleased. Yes, My Lord, to conclude briefly 1 must repeat it; takeaway the right of private property in land, and you intro-duce, as a sure and necessary consequence, tyranny, slavery,injustice, beggary and barbarism : the ground will cease tobe cultivated and become a dreary wilderness; In a word,the road will be opened to the ruin of Kings and the de-struction of Nations. It is the hope by which a man isanimated, that he shall retain the fruits of his industry, andtransmit them to his descendants, that forms the mainfoundation of everything excellent and beneficial in thissublunary state; and if we take a review of the differentkingdoms in the world, we shall hud that they prosperor decline according as this principle is acknowledged orcontemned: in a word, it is the prevalence or neglectof this principle which changes anil diversifies the faceof the LETTER TO MONSIEURDE LA M O T H E h E V A Y E R Written at Dehli the first of July lG63. Containing a description of Dehli and Agra, the Capital Citiesof the Empire of Ike Great. Mogol, together nith variousdetail* i/lustrafwc of the Court Life and the Civilisationof the HJogolx and the People of I he Indies.
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