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Quotation from The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington
“as is the proportion or balance of dominion or property in land, such is the nature of the empire.”
The Commonwealth of Oceana, Part I, The Preliminaries (Morley's Universal Library edition (1887), Project Gutenberg text)
The principle of the balance of property on which the whole book rests.
Citation: "as is the proportion or balance of dominion or property in land, such is the nature of the empire." — James Harrington, The Commonwealth of Oceana, Part I, The Preliminaries (Morley's Universal Library edition (1887), Project Gutenberg text). (id harrington-oceana-q2)
Portrait: James Harrington (jha), Unknown artist, Public domain.
