It can be attributed to this cause, and this only,--that they were conscious, that, without power and influence to subdue the cultivators of the land to their own purposes, they never could afford to engage on the lowest possible terms.
Burke explains that the ability to exert power over cultivators allows bidders to secure better terms in contracts.
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