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over, every one being at liberty to enjoy in his 

 own way, if he happens to be a mifer, this money- 

 is aitogether loft to Society. But a hundred fa- 

 milies of refpedable citizens could live comfortably 

 on the fame revenue. They will rear a numerous 

 progeny, and will furniOi the means of living to a 

 multitude of other families of the commonalty, by 

 arts that are really ufeful, and favourable to good 

 morals. 



It would be neceffary, therefore, in order to 

 check unbounded opulence, without, however, 

 doing injuftice to the rich, to put an end to the 

 venality of employments, which confers them all 

 on that portion of Society which needs them the 

 leaft, as the means of fubfiftence, for it gives them 

 to thofe who have got money. It would be necef- 

 fary to abolifli pluralities, by which two, three, four, 

 or more offices, are accumulated on the head of one 

 perfon j as well as reverfions, which perpetuate them 

 in the fame families. This abolition would, un- 

 doubtedly, deftroy that monied ariftocracy, which 

 is extending farther and farther in the bofom of the 

 the monarchy, and which, by interpofmg an infur- 

 mountable barrier between the Prince and his fub- 

 jecfls, becomes^ in procefs of time, the moft dan- 

 gerous of all governments. The dignity of em- 

 .ployments would thereby be greatly enhanced, as 

 they muft, in this cafe, rife in eflimation, being 



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