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— William Petty"A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect."
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"I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want."
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