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I hope what I have faid will undeceive Monf, 

 LiNGufT, ahd alter the wrong opinions which fom? 

 mifinformcd phyficians have given him concerning 

 the bad quaJitics^gf.b^fad, vrtiich is certainly the 

 mtflf^holefome of all foods; and that in re-exami- 

 ning all the ctfcumftances of thofe countries which 

 ^jroduce It, he'will fiild that thefe are rich or poor 

 in propokfion tO the goodnefs of the foil, and that 

 a plenty 'of wholefonie food can never be the caufe 

 of poverty, 



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If monopoly,* bad regulation, or bad manage^ 

 ment in the corn trade, bad cultivation, or fraudu- 

 lent pfa6lices, have caufed Monf. Linguet to be 

 difgufted;, it is not the fault of the corn itfelf, in 

 which trade fewer would be employed, and on 

 which ftill fewer fpeculations would be made, if it 

 were of lefs value, or not of real importance. A 

 value for which, could any thing elfe be fubftituted 

 by the individual that cultivates only for his own 

 I'jpport, it never could be by the miniiler who has 



' * Monopolies will be carried on In every country, where covetouR 

 wrctckes are found, who are not afraid to attempt it. I have read in 

 the publiQ prints, that a monopoly of hay in one part of the Ecclefi- 

 iifticai Territories, had reduced them to great difficulties in providing 

 for their horfes. A monopoly of potatoes, maize, 'or buck-wheat, 

 might be much eafier made than of hay, and money will always in- 

 duce the greateft number of peafants to fell th;it in the*!iorning which 

 ought to fubfiit them at npon. 



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