Cato's 

 Farm Management 



THE pursuits of commerce 

 would be as admirable as they 

 are profitable if they were not sub- 

 ject to so great risks: and so, like- 

 wise, of banking, if it was always 

 honestly conducted. For our ances- 

 tors considered, and so ordained in 

 their laws, that, while the thief 

 should be cast in double damages, 

 the usurer should make four-fold 

 restitution. From this we may judge 

 how much less desirable a citizen 

 they esteemed the banker than the 

 thief. When they sought to com- 

 mend an honest man, they termed 

 him good husbandman, good farmer. 

 This they rated the superlative of 



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