Commerce is no other than the traffic of two individuals, multiplied on a scale of numbers; and by the same rule that nature intended for the intercourse of two, she intended that of all.
From his "Rights of Man," this passage defines commerce as a natural extension of individual interaction, intended for all humanity.
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