outlined (c. iv.), with a third intermediate kind, the appropriation of the uncultivated gifts of the soil; and reference is made to former treatises, dealing in particular with monopoly. The relation of the head of the family (c. v.) to the wife resembles republican government, and that to the children royalty. All three classes of household subjects have their virtues, the slaves’ imparted by the master’s admonition, the women’s and children’s by education directed in the interest of the state.
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