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A state may sometimes derive some part of its public revenue from the interest of money, as well as from the profits of stock. If it has amassed a treasure, it may lend a part of that treasure, either to foreign states, or to its own subjects.

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Book V, Chapter II, paragraph 1878

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侃去花間草，因曰：「天地間何善難培、惡難去？」 先生曰：「未培未去耳。」 少間，曰：「此等看善惡，皆從軀殼起念，便會錯。」 侃未達。 曰：「天地生意，花草一般，何曾有善惡之分？子欲觀花，則以花為善，以草為惡；如欲用草時，復以草為善矣。此等善惡，皆由汝心好惡所生，故知是錯。」 曰：「然則無善無惡乎？」 曰：「無善無惡者，理之靜；有善有惡者，氣之動。不動於氣，即無善無惡，是謂至善。」 曰：「佛氏亦無善無惡，何以異？」 曰：「佛氏著在無善無惡上，便一切都不管，不可以治天下。聖人無善無惡，只是『無有作好』、『無有作惡』，不動於氣。然『遵王之道』，『會其有極』，便自『一循天理』，便有個『裁成輔相』。」 曰：「草既非惡，即草不宜去矣。」 曰：「如此卻是佛、老意見。草若是礙，何妨汝去？」 曰：「如此又是作好、作惡。」 曰：「不作好惡，非是全無好惡，卻是無知覺的人。謂之不作者，只是好惡一循於理，不去又著一分意思。如此，即是不曾好惡一般。」 曰：「去草如何是一循於埋，不著意思？」 曰：「草有妨礙，理亦宜去，去之而已。偶未即去，亦不累心。若著了一分意思，即心體便有貽累，便有許多動氣處。」 曰：「然則善惡全不在物？」 曰：「只在汝心，循理便是善，動氣便是惡。」 曰：「畢竟物無善惡。」 曰：「在心如此，在物亦然。世儒惟不知此，舍心逐物，將『格物』之學錯看了，終日馳求於外，只做得個『義襲而取』，終身行不著、習不察。」 曰：「『如好好色，如惡惡臭』，則如何？」 曰：「此正是一循於理，是天理合如此，本無私意作好作惡。」 曰：「『如好好色，如惡惡臭』，安得非意？」 曰：「卻是誠意，不是私意。誠意只是循天理。雖是循天理，亦著不得一分意。故有所忿懥、好樂，則不得其正，須是廓然大公，方是心之本體。知此，即知『未發之中』。」 伯生曰：「先生云：『草有妨礙，理亦宜去。』緣何又是軀殼起念？」 曰：「此須汝心自體當。汝要去草，是甚麼心？周茂叔窗前草不除，是甚麼心？」

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卷上·第101条

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蜀卓氏之先，趙人也，用鐵冶富。秦破趙，遷卓氏。卓氏見虜略，獨夫妻推輦，行詣遷處。諸遷虜少有餘財，爭與吏，求近處，處葭萌。唯卓氏曰：「此地狹薄。吾聞汶山之下，沃野，下有蹲鴟，至死不饑。民工於市，易賈。」乃求遠遷。致之臨邛，大喜，即鐵山鼓鑄，運籌策，傾滇蜀之民，富至僮千人。田池射獵之樂，擬於人君。

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貨殖列傳·卓氏·第1则

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凡立朝廷，問有本紀。爵授有德，則大臣興義。祿予有功，則士輕死節。上帥士以人之所戴，則上下和。授事以能，則人上功。審刑當罪，則人不易訟。無亂社稷宗廟，則人有所宗。毋遺老忘親，則大臣不怨。舉知人急，則衆不亂。行此道也，國有常經，人知終始，此霸王之術也。然後問事。事先大功，政自小始。

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第24篇問·第1则

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It was to be expected of such a man that he should fulfil his destiny by working out some great problems at a time when most men want to retire to a comfortable life of ease. This would not appeal to my old friend. He undertook, single handed, the task of building up the East Coast of Florida. He was not satisfied to plan a railroad from St. Augustine to Key West--a distance of more than six hundred miles, which would have been regarded as an undertaking large enough for almost any one man--but in addition he has built a chain of superb hotels to induce tourists to go to this newly developed country. Further than this, he has had them conducted with great skill and success.

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Chapter I, excerpt 11

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