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			 Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession, 
many.  
	 Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession, 
many. 
		
 
	
			 This is the truth as I see it, my dear,
 Out in the wind and the rain:
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	 This is the truth as I see it, my dear,
 Out in the wind and the rain:
  They who have nothing have little to fear,
   Nothing to lose or to gain. 
		
 
	
			 I die,--but first I have possess'd,
 And come what may, I have been bless'd.  
	 I die,--but first I have possess'd,
 And come what may, I have been bless'd. 
		
 
	
			 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.] 
		
 
	
			 Property has its duties as well as its rights.  
	 Property has its duties as well as its rights. 
		
 
	
			 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.] 
		
 
	
			 Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the 
English that of the sea, to read more 
	 Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the 
English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air! 
		
 
	
			 It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you 
may have in the future. read more 
	 It is said, that the thing you possess is worth more than two you 
may have in the future. The one is sure and the other is not.
 [Fr., Un tiens vaut, ce dit-on, mieux que deux tu l'auras.
  L'un est sur, l'autre ne l'est pas.] 
		
 
	
			 For what one has in black and white,
 One can carry home in comfort.
  [Ger., Denn was read more 
	 For what one has in black and white,
 One can carry home in comfort.
  [Ger., Denn was man schwarz auf weiss besitzt,
   Kann man getrost nach Hause tragen.]