32 -------------------------------------------------------------------- People : ---------------------------------- Author : Jean Jacques Rousseau : A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Among Men Text : ---------------------------------- ...as the poor had nothing but their freedom to lose, it would have been in the highest degree absurd for them to resign voluntarily the only good they still enjoyed, without getting anything in exchange: whereas the rich having feelings, if I may so express myself, in every part of their possessions, it was much easier to harm them, and therefore more necessary for them to take precautions against it; and, in short, because it is more reasonable to suppose a thing to have been invented by those to whom it would be of service, than by those whom it must have harmed. From : Second Part. Events : ---------------------------------- 32 -- Added : April 15, 2020 32 -- Updated : July 13, 2022 About This Textfile : ---------------------------------- Text file generated from : http://RevoltSource.com/