On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
The landholder, the farmer, the manufacturer, the merchant, the tradesman, and every occupation, prospers by the aid which each receives from the other, and from the whole.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine illustrates in "Rights of Man" how various occupations within a society mutually support each other, contributing to collective prosperity.
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