Mon, Mar 29, 2027

君之所務者五：一曰山澤不救於火，草木不得成，國之貧也。二曰溝瀆不遂於隘，鄣水不安其藏，國之貧也。三曰桑麻不殖於野，五穀不宜其地，國之貧也。四曰六畜不育於家，瓜瓠葷菜百果不備具，國之貧也。五曰工事競於刻鏤，女事繁於文章，國之貧也。故曰：山澤救於火，草木殖成，國之富也。溝瀆遂於隘，障水安其藏，國之富也。桑麻植於野，五穀宜其地，國之富也。六畜育於家，瓜瓠葷菜百果備具，國之富也。工事無刻鏤，女事無文章，國之富也。

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第04篇立政·第5则

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貴富尊顯，民歸樂之，人主莫不欲也。故欲民之懷樂己者，必服道德而勿猒也，而民懷樂之。故曰：「美人之懷，定服而勿猒也。」

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第64篇形勢解·第38则

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Since the time of Henry VIII. the wealth and revenue of the country have been continually advancing, and in the course of their progress, their pace seems rather to have been gradually accelerated than retarded. They seem not only to have been going on, but to have been going on faster and faster. The wages of labour have been continually increasing during the same period, and, in the greater part of the different branches of trade and manufactures, the profits of stock have been diminishing.

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Book I, Chapter IX, paragraph 242

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Our purpose is to construct and market an automobile specially designed for everyday wear and tear--business, professional, and family use; an automobile which will attain to a sufficient speed to satisfy the average person without acquiring any of those breakneck velocities which are so universally condemned; a machine which will be admired by man, woman, and child alike for its compactness, its simplicity, its safety, its all-around convenience, and--last but not least--its exceedingly reasonable price, which places it within the reach of many thousands who could not think of paying the comparatively fabulous prices asked for most machines.

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Chapter III, excerpt 34

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And this mode, which I at first put on with some violence to natural inclination, became at length so easy, and so habitual to me, that perhaps for these fifty years past no one has ever heard a dogmatical expression escape me. And to this habit (after my character of integrity) I think it principally owing that I had early so much weight with my fellow-citizens when I proposed new institutions, or alterations in the old, and so much influence in public councils when I became a member; for I was but a bad speaker, never eloquent, subject to much hesitation in my choice of words, hardly correct in language, and yet I generally carried my points.

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Excerpt 45

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