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Quotation from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
“the Blood in a Pleurisie, getting into the Membrane of the breast, breedeth there an Inflammation, accompanied with a Fever, and painfull stitches”
Leviathan, Part II, Ch. XXIX (1651 text (original spelling))
Monopolies that gather the commonwealth's treasure into a few hands are compared to pleurisy.
Citation: "the Blood in a Pleurisie, getting into the Membrane of the breast, breedeth there an Inflammation, accompanied with a Fever, and painfull stitches" — Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, Part II, Ch. XXIX (1651 text (original spelling)). (id leviathan-q12)
Portrait: Thomas Hobbes (copy after an original of c.1669–1670), John Michael Wright, Public domain.
