ITS FULL COMPLEMENT OF RICHES, THAT THE CONDITION OF
THE GREAT BODY OF THE PEOPLE SEEMS TO BE THE HAPPIEST
AND THE MOST COMFORTABLE. IT IS HARD IN THE STATIONARY,
AND MISERABLE IN THE DECLINING STATE THE PROGRESSIVE
STATE IS IN REALITY THE CHEERFUL AND THE HEARTY STATE TO 
ALL THE DIFFERENT ORDERS OF THE SOCIETY.  THE STATIONARY
IS DULL; THE DECLINING, MELANCHOLY. THE CAPITAL OF ALL
THE INDIVIDUALS OF A NATION IS INCREASED IN THE SAME MAN-
NER AS THAT OF A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, BY THEIR CONTINUALLY
ACCUMULATING AND ADDING TO IT WHATEVER THEY SAVE
OUT OF THEIR REVENUE... THE GREATEST AND MOST IMPOR-
TANT BRANCH OF THE COMMERCE OF EVERY NATION IS THAT
WHICH IS CARRIED ON BETWEEN THE INHABITANTS OF THE 
TOWN AND THOSE OF THE COUNTRY.  THE INHABITANTS OF THE 
TOWN DRAW FROM THE COUNTRY THE RUDE PRODUCE WHICH
CONSTITUTES BOTH THE MATERIALS OF THEIR WORK AND THE 
FUND OF THEIR SUBSISTENCE; AND THEY PAY FOR THIS RUDE

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