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Every landowner has been at liberty to portion 

 out the soil into farms of ten, five, or even of one 

 acre ; he has been at liberty to sell for fifty years, 

 for a hundred years, and, in short, has been left to 

 act as he pleases. We see the fruits of this. 



In Great Britain things have not been allowed 

 to take their own course in this respect. The 

 reader will soon judge of this other system. 



