When there is an agrarian law, and the lands are equally divided, the country may be extremely well peopled, though there are but few arts; because every citizen receives from the cultivation of his land whatever is necessary for his subsistence, and all the citizens together consume all the fruits of the earth.
Lurraren lege bat dagoenean, eta lurrak berdin partituta daudenean, herrialdea oso populatuta egon daiteke, nahiz eta industria gutxi izan, hiritar bakoitzak lurra lantzetik atera baitezake bizibidea, eta hiritar guztiek kontsumitzen baitituzte herrialdeko fruitu guztiak.