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“Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.”

Men Earth Law Rights Waste Every Man Portions Laws Of Nature Subsistence

Book:Utopia

Source: Utopia

“Rent is the portion of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the user of the original and indestructible powers of the soil”

Earth Paid Originals Soil Portions Users Indestructible Landlord

Author:David Ricardo

“I have already indicated to you the meaning of the word religion, as applied to Islam. The truth is that Islam is not a Church. It is a State conceived as a contractual organism long before Rousseau ever thought of such a thing, and animated by an ethical ideal which regards man not as an earth-rooted creature, defined by this or that portion of the earth, but as a spiritual being understood in terms of a social mechanism, and possessing rights and duties as a living factor in that mechanism.”

“All things and all acts and this whole wonderful universe proclaim to us the Lord our Father, Christ our love, Christ our hope, our portion, and our joy. Oh, brethren, if you would know the meaning of the world, read Christ in it. If you would see the beauty of earth, take it for a prophet of something higher than itself.”

Ifs Knows World Whole Earth Joy Universe Father Christ Nature Lord Wonderful Higher All Things Prophet Portions Our Love Our Father Brethren

Book:Sermons preached in Union chapel, Manchester

Source: Sermons preached in Union chapel, Manchester

“The body oppressed by excesses bears down the mind, and depresses to the earth any portion of the divine spirit we had been endowed with.”

Mind Body Earth Spirit Divine Bears Excess Portions Depressing Oppressed

Author:Horace

“In the second century of the Christian era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.”

Book Earth Christian Mankind Century Eras Empires Civilized Rome Portions Roman Empire Fall Of Rome

Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“Where is the reward of virtue? and what recompense has nature provided for such important sacrifices as those of life and fortune, which we must often make to it? O sons of earth! Are ye ignorant of the value of this celestial mistress? And do ye meanly inquire for her portion, when ye observe her genuine beauty?”

Important Earth Values Virtue Sacrifice Son Fortune Rewards Genuine Ignorant Portions Mistress Celestial Recompense

Book:Selected essays

Source: Selected essays