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Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of wealth, as lands are the Mother, that the state by killing, mutilating, or imprisoning their members do withal punish themselves.


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  • NameWilliam Petty
  • DescriptionEnglish economist, scientist and philosopher.
  • AliasesTrue Protestant and well-wisher of his countrey
  • BornMay 26, 1623
  • DiedDecember 16, 1687
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionEconomist; Mathematician; Author; Philosopher; Statistician