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made, and in seeing that those who refuse to obey 
them are justly punished. 
The laws have to do with so many different affairs, 
that it is impossible for one person to manage the 
various kinds of government business. 
2. You know that the owner of large plantations, 
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or any man who has a factory, arranges that each 
man employed by him shall do a particular part of 
the work. In the same way the duties of the 
government are divided amongst several persons, 
one of whom is placed at the head of each branch 
or department. 
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