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munity of nations. It must, on the other hand, be 

 attended with beneficial effects beyond the borders of 

 that nation. 



Thus the enormous development of industry in 

 Germany that followed upon her adoption of the 

 principle of protecting her native industries made her 

 a great exporting country. But the subsequent growth 

 of wealth created in her people new wants and an 

 enlarged desire for the products of the soil and the 



manufactured articles of other lands ; the effect of 



n 

 which upon these countries was to stimulate the 



cultivation of the special productions and special manu- 

 factures which Germany required. 



As in society man's first care and duty lies 

 obviously in studying the interests and well-being of 

 his own household, so the first care and study of a 

 nation's Government should be the welfare of the 

 people whose interests are entrusted to its keeping. 

 The inner circle should be first cared for before the 

 claims of the outer circle begin to engross the attention 

 of an individual or of a community. In this way the 

 influence for good of the inner upon the outer circle 

 will become increasingly greater. 



