| Herbert Spencer - Economics - 1851 - 492 pages
...and may be held by him for his sole use and benefit, as a thing to which he has an exclusive right, then other portions of the earth's surface may be...hands. Observe now the dilemma to which this leads. Supposing the ontire habitable globe to be so enclosed, it follows that if the landowners have a valid... | |
| Alexander Del Mar - 1865 - 902 pages
...law for his sole use and benefit, as a thing to which he has " an exclusive right ; the other portion of the Earth's surface " may be so held, and our planet...hands. " Observe, now, the dilemma to which this leads. Suppos. " ing the entire habitable globe to be so inclosed, it follows " that, if the land-owners have... | |
| Herbert Spencer - Economics - 1868 - 544 pages
...and may be held by him for his sole use and benefit, as a thing to which he has an exclusive right, then other portions of the earth's surface may be...hands. Observe now the dilemma to which this leads. Supposing the entire habitable globe to be so enclosed, it follows that if the landowners have a valid... | |
| Henry Allon - Christianity - 1851 - 604 pages
...and may be held by him for his sole use and benefit, as a thing to which he has an exclusive right, then other portions of the earth's surface may be...the earth's surface may be so held, and our planet mny thus lapse altogether into private hands. Observe, now, the dilemma to which this leads. Supposing... | |
| Electronic journals - 1883 - 648 pages
...and may be held by him for his sole use and benefit, as a thing to which he has an exclusive right, then other portions of the earth's surface may be...the whole of the earth's surface may be so held." This truth of course holds good of other things besides the earth's surface. If one atom may be owned,... | |
| Theodore Dwight Woolsey - Political science - 1877 - 618 pages
...portion of the earth's surface becomes the possession of an individual in exclusive right, other portions may be so held, and eventually the whole of the earth's surface may belong to a single individual. Hence, all others can exist on the earth by sufferance only and be equitably... | |
| Emile de Laveleye - Land use - 1878 - 422 pages
...sole use and benefit, as a thing to which he has an exclusive right, then oilier portions of the earth may be so held ; and eventually the whole of the earth's...hands. Observe now the dilemma to which this leads. Supposing the entire habitable globe to be so enclosed, it follows that if the landowners have a valid... | |
| Emile de Laveleye - Land use - 1878 - 482 pages
...sole use and benefit, as a thing to which he has an exclusive right, then ot/ier portions of the earth may be so held ; and eventually the whole of the earth's...hands. Observe now the dilemma to which this leads. Supposing the entire habitable globe to be so enclosed, it follows that if the landowners have a valid... | |
| Joseph Cook - 1879 - 304 pages
...sole use and benefit, as a thing to which he has an exclusive right, then other portions of the earth may be so held, and eventually the whole of the earth's...planet may thus lapse altogether into private hands." * " It may be true," says this philosopher, " that you are entitled to compensation for the improvements... | |
| Joseph Cook - Cooperation - 1880 - 336 pages
...sole use and benefit, as a thing to which he has an exclusive right, then other portions of the earth may be so held; and eventually the whole of the earth's...planet may thus lapse altogether into private hands." (Social Statics, chap. ix., sect. 2.) " It may be true," says this philosopher, " that you are entitled... | |
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