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Not the humble and needy only, but the high-placed and opulent, had looked to the soil--the one as their chief source of livelihood, and the other as a means of profitable speculation.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Not the humble and needy only, but the high-placed and opulent, had looked to the soil--the one as their chief source of…”
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Beveridge notes that both the wealthy and the poor viewed land as essential for their livelihoods and investments.
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