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" I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable. But the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care... "
History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America - Page 464
by George Bancroft - 1882 - 495 pages
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History of the Life and Times of James Madison, Volume 2

William Cabell Rives - United States - 1866 - 716 pages
...REFLECTIONS. 93 lands to be labored. I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable. But, the consequences of this enormous inequality...hand with the natural affections of the human mind." Mr. Jefferson concludes his reflections by enunciating the following general and somewhat bold propositions...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: 1795-1801

Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1896 - 544 pages
...permitting these lands to be laboured. I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable. But the consequences of this enormous inequality producing...therefore to all the children, or to all the brothers & sisters, or other relations in equal degree is a politic measure, and a practicable one. Another...
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Napoleon Bonaparte, a Sketch: Written for a Purpose, Brief Discussions of ...

John Davis - 1896 - 128 pages
...be labored. I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable; but the consequence of this enormous inequality producing so much misery...many devices for subdividing property, only taking cnre to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind. The descent...
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Contemporary American Opinion of the French Revolution

Charles Downer Hazen - France - 1897 - 352 pages
...permitting these lands to be labored. I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality,...hand with the natural affections of the human mind." Jefferson goes on to discuss the methods for subdividing. He insists that provisions should be made...
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Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political ..., Volume 16

History - 1897 - 340 pages
...permitting these lands to be labored. I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality,...go hand in hand with the natural affections of the htynan mind." Jefferson goes on to discuss the methods for subdiv1ding. He insists that provisions...
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The Life and Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including All of His Important ...

Samuel Eagle Forman - Biography & Autobiography - 1900 - 494 pages
...TAXATION. — I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable. But the consequences of enormous inequality producing so much misery to the...natural affections of the human mind. The descent of n/operty of every kind therefore to all the children, or to all the brothers and sisters, or other...
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The Writings of James Madison: 1783-1787

James Madison - Constitutional history - 1901 - 440 pages
...to the most proper be laboured. I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing...sub-dividing property, only taking care to let their sub divisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind, the descent of property...
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The Writings of James Madison: 1783-1787

James Madison - Constitutional history - 1787 - 446 pages
...to the most proper be laboured. I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing...sub-dividing property, only taking care to let their sub divisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind, the descent of property...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 19

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1903 - 594 pages
...permitting these lands to be labored. I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing...devices for subdividing property, only taking care VOL. XIX 2 they have a succession of as good from early in the summer till frost. I am to-morrow to...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 19

Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1903 - 582 pages
...permitting these lands to be labored. I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing...devices for subdividing property, only taking care VOL. XIX 2 to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind....
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