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They also learn that if he voluntarily exchange his apple or flower with a playmate, for some other article of desire, he has thereby surrendered his right to it, and must not reclaim it.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “They also learn that if he voluntarily exchange his apple or flower with a playmate, for some other article of desire…”
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Spooner discusses the principle of voluntary exchange as a fundamental aspect of natural law learned by children.
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