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Book 1. Ch. 5
Of Frugality 12 pages.
Punishment an
evil to a criminal.
Reward to the honest
man who pays. We
should therefore be
frugal.
Whether reward
consist of money or
honour
Or Power
or Even exemptions
it increase the burthens
of others
If an exemption can
be grated without
expense it is an
exemption from
punishment
The evil of prodigality
is not confined to
diminishing the fund
of reward.
It causes real
services to be paid for
extravagantly
thus the evil is
perpetually accumulating
The man of talent
will feel this
Profusion of honours
deteriorates the stock
and produces pecuniary
expense
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A Reciage required
a pension
Honorary rewards
among the Greeks
and Romans were
personal
The Americans have
no hereditary
nobility
Republican governments
have generally been
frugal of every
thing but power
Specious arguments
may be framed
for liberality
What is superfluous
may be considered
as the fund of a
lottery as giving
birth to hope.
But this will not
justify the creation
or real evil
The lottery must also
be drawn before
services are obtained
Political reasons
may be assigned
for the arbitrary disposal
of reward
Then correctness belongs
not to the present
enquiry
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Comparative reasons
may be adduced
As between the
expence of a war
and the reward of
a favorite or the
building of a Palace
This used at the
Court of Louis 14.
Comparison may
also be made
between useless
expenditure and
burthensome taxes
The conclusion is
that all rewards
being costly none
should be thrown
away
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