 | George Park Fisher, George Burton Adams, Henry Walcott Farnam, Arthur Twining Hadley, John Christopher Schwab, William Fremont Blackman, Edward Gaylord Bourne, Irving Fisher, Henry Crosby Emery, Wilbur Lucius Cross - American literature - 1894 - 480 pages
...of society, has presented this question to my mind; and that no such obligation can be transmitted I think very capable of proof. I set out on this ground,...that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living." He proceeds to show to his own satisfaction that the sole basis of a right of inheritance is " the... | |
 | George Park Fisher, George Burton Adams, Henry Walcott Farnam, Arthur Twining Hadley, John Christopher Schwab, William Fremont Blackman, Edward Gaylord Bourne, Irving Fisher, Henry Crosby Emery, Wilbur Lucius Cross - American literature - 1894 - 528 pages
...society, has presented this question to my mind ; and that no such obligation can be transmitted I think very capable of proof. I set out on this ground,...that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living." He proceeds to show to his own satisfaction that the sole basis of a right of inheritance is " the... | |
 | American Historical Association - Electronic journals - 1894 - 632 pages
...question to my mind; and that no such obligation can bo transmitted I think very capable of proof. I sot out on this ground, which I suppose to be self-evident,...that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living. lie proceeds to show to his own satisfaction that the sole basis of a right of inheritance is " the... | |
 | American Historical Association - Electronic journals - 1894 - 624 pages
...to my mind; and that no such obligation can be transmitted I think very capable of proof. I set ont on this ground, which I suppose to be self-evident,...that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living. He proceeds to show to his own satisfaction that the sole basis of a right of inheritance is " the... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1895 - 562 pages
...of society has presented this question to my mind ; and that no such obligation can be transmitted I think very capable of proof. I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self evident, " that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living ; " that the dead have neither powers... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - Conduct of life - 1900 - 1082 pages
...society, has presented this question to my mind ; and that no such obligation can be transmitted, I think very capable of proof. I set out on this ground,...powers nor rights over it. The portion occupied by an individual ceases to be his when himself ceases to be, and reverts to the society. If the society... | |
 | Samuel Eagle Forman - Biography & Autobiography - 1900 - 494 pages
...among the fundamental principles of every government. That no such obligation can be transmitted I think very capable of proof. I set out on this ground...usufruct to the living, that the dead have neither right nor power over it. The portion occupied by any individual ceases to be his when himself ceases... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 498 pages
...among the fundamental principles of every government. That no such obligation can be transmitted I think very capable of proof. I set out on this ground...usufruct to the living, that the dead have neither right nor power over it. The portion occupied by any individual ceases to be his when himself ceases... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1903 - 530 pages
...— a question "that seems never to have been started either on this or on our side of the water." "I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self-evident," observes Jefferson, "that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living, that the dead have neither powers... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1904 - 538 pages
...of society has presented this question to my mind; and that no such obligation can be transmitted I think very capable of proof. I set out on this ground which I suppose to be self evident, "that the earth belongs in usufruct to the 3 living;" that the dead have neither powers... | |
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I set out on this ground, which I suppose to be self-evident, that the earth belongs in usufruct to the living : that the dead have neither powers nor rights over it. 
