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For in a warm climate, no man will labour for himself who can make another labour for him....
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “For in a warm climate, no man will labour for himself who can make another labour for him....”
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He argues that in warm climates, economic dependency leads to a lack of personal labor.
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