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			 The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the 
French, a calmer nation, claim that of read more 
	 The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the 
French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air.
 [Fr., Les Anglais, nation trop fiere
  S'arrogent l'empire des mers;
   Les Francais, nation legere,
    S'emparent de celui des airs.] 
		
 
	
			 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have 
abundance: but from him that hath read more 
	 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have 
abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even 
that which he hath. 
		
 
	
			 Cleon hath ten thousand acres,--
 Ne'er a one have I;
  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--
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	 Cleon hath ten thousand acres,--
 Ne'er a one have I;
  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--
   In a cottage I. 
		
 
	
			 Exclusive property is a theft against nature.
 [Fr., La propriete exclusive est un vol dans la nature.]  
	 Exclusive property is a theft against nature.
 [Fr., La propriete exclusive est un vol dans la nature.] 
		
 
	
			 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; 
as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.  
	 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; 
as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. 
		
 
	
			 Possession means to sit astride the world
 Instead of having it astride of you.  
	 Possession means to sit astride the world
 Instead of having it astride of you. 
		
 
	
			 That possession was the strongest tenure of the law.  
	 That possession was the strongest tenure of the law. 
		
 
	
			 Britannia needs no bulwarks
 No towers along the steep;
  Her march is o'er the mountain wave,
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	 Britannia needs no bulwarks
 No towers along the steep;
  Her march is o'er the mountain wave,
   Her home is on the deep. 
		
 
	
			 When we have not what we love, we must love what we have.
 [Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce read more 
	 When we have not what we love, we must love what we have.
 [Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime,
  Il faut aimer ce que l'on a.]