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 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. 
 The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows 
[elsewhere] the sun never sets.
 [Lat., Altera read more 
 The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows 
[elsewhere] the sun never sets.
 [Lat., Altera figlia
  Di quel monarea a cui
   Ne anco, quando annotta, il Sol tramonta.] 
 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.] 
That possession was the strongest tenure of the law.
That possession was the strongest tenure of the law.
 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.] 
 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is 
thine eye evil, because read more 
 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is 
thine eye evil, because I am good? 
Property has its duties as well as its rights.
Property has its duties as well as its rights.
 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. 
 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.