...applying this principle, as a test of its justice to private property in land, he maintains that no one "may use the earth in such a way as to prevent the...that to do this is to assume greater freedom than tbe rest, and consequently to break the law." Both writers maintain that land is the free gift of nature,...

...adapted to the gratification of those desires—a world into which such beings are similarly born—and it unavoidably follows that they have equal rights...than the rest, and consequently to break the law. 2. Equity, therefore, does not permit property in land. For if one portion of the earth's surface may...

...is free to use the earth for the satisfaction of his wants, provided he allows all others the Eame liberty. And, conversely, it is manifest that no one or part of them may use the earth in such a way SB to prevent the rest from similarly using it. Equity, therefore, does not permit property in land.—...

...are similarly born, and it unavoidably follows that they have equal rights to the use of this world It is manifest that no one or part of them may use the earth in such a way as to prevent others from similarly using it ; seeing that to do this is to assume greater freedom than the rest,...