▁Pa ine ▁had ▁taken ▁as ▁his ▁average ▁adult ▁life ▁expect ancy . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁remainder ▁would ▁be ▁used ▁to ▁make ▁fixed ▁pay ments ▁of ▁£ 1 5 ▁to ▁every ▁man ▁and ▁woman ▁on ▁reaching ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 2 1 , ▁then ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁legal ▁majority . ▁ ▁The ▁small ▁remainder ▁of ▁the ▁money ▁raised ▁that ▁was ▁still ▁un used ▁would ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁pay ing ▁p ensions ▁to ▁" the ▁l ame ▁and ▁blind ." ▁ ▁For ▁context , ▁the ▁average ▁week ly ▁w age ▁of ▁an ▁agricult ural ▁labour er ▁was ▁around ▁ 9 ▁sh ill ings , ▁which ▁would ▁mean ▁an ▁annual ▁income ▁of ▁about ▁£ 2 3 ▁for ▁an ▁able - b od ied ▁man ▁working ▁throughout ▁the ▁year . ▁ ▁Philosoph ical ▁background ▁ ▁The ▁work ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁cont ention ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁state ▁of ▁nature , ▁" the ▁earth , ▁in ▁its ▁natural ▁un c ult iv ated ▁state ... ▁was ▁the ▁common ▁property ▁of ▁the ▁human ▁race ." ▁The ▁concept ▁of ▁private ▁ownership ▁arose ▁as ▁a ▁necessary ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁agricult ure ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁impossible ▁to ▁distinguish ▁the ▁possession ▁of ▁improvements ▁to ▁the ▁land ▁from ▁the ▁possession ▁of ▁the ▁land ▁itself . ▁Thus , ▁Pa ine ▁viewed ▁private ▁property ▁as ▁necessary ▁while ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁as ser ting ▁that ▁the ▁basic ▁needs ▁of ▁all ▁human ity ▁must ▁be ▁provided ▁for ▁by ▁those ▁with ▁property , ▁who ▁have ▁originally ▁taken ▁it ▁from ▁the ▁general ▁public . ▁In ▁some