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" has more yams than he wants, let him exchange some of them away for pork or gnatoo. Certainly money is much handier, and more convenient, but then, as it will not spoil by being kept, people will store it up, instead of sharing it out, as a chief ought... "
Apologies to Thucydides: Understanding History as Culture and Vice Versa - Page 6
by Marshall Sahlins - 2004 - 334 pages
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An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South ..., Volume 1

William Mariner, John Martin - Ethnology - 1817 - 540 pages
...as much handier, " and more convenient, but then as it would " not spoil by being kept, people would store " it up, instead of sharing it out, as a chief...ought to do, and thus become selfish ; " whereas, if provision was the principal " property of a man, and it ought to be, as " being both the most useful...
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Asiatic Journal and Monthly Register for British India and Its ..., Volume 3

Asia - 1817 - 678 pages
...more convenient, but then as it would not spoil by being kept, people would store it up, instead uf sharing it out, as a chief ought to do, and thus become selfish ; whereas, if provision was the principal property of a man, and it ought to be, as being both the most useful and...
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An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands in the South ..., Volume 1

William Mariner - Ethnology - 1818 - 510 pages
...he added, " has more " yams than he wants, let him exchange some " of them away for pork or gnatoo; certainly " money is much handier, and more convenient,...ought to do, and thus become " selfish ; whereas, if provision were the prin" cipal property of a man, and it ought to be, " as being both the most useful...
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Dissertation sur l'origine des negres

1827 - 384 pages
...man, " he added, " has more yams than he wants, let him exchange some of them away for pork or gnatoo. Certainly money is much handier, and more convenient,...chief ought to do, and thus become selfish ; whereas, it provisions were the principal property of a man, and it ought to be, as being both the most useful...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, for 1808-26, Volume 10

Europe - 1821 - 726 pages
...was much handier, and more convenient, but then ?.s it would not spoil by being kept, people would store it up, instead of sharing it out, as a chief...ought to do, and thus become selfish ; whereas, if provision was the principal property of a man, and it ought to be, as being both the most useful and...
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The Edinburgh annual register, Volume 10

1821 - 720 pages
...money was much handier, and more convenient, but then M it would not spoil by being kept, people would store it up, instead of sharing it out, as a chief ought to do, and thus become stilish ; whereas, if provision was the principal property of a man, and it ought to be, as being both...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 10

Walter Scott - Europe - 1821 - 730 pages
...instead of sharing it out, as a chief ought to do, and thus become selfish ; whereas, if provision was the principal property of a man, and it ought to be, as being both the most useful and the most necessary, he could not store it up, for it would spoil, and so he...
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Constable's miscellany of original and selected publications

Constable and co, ltd - 1827 - 722 pages
...man, " he added, " has more yams than he wants, let him exchange some of them away for pork or gnatoo. Certainly money is much handier, and more convenient,...instead of sharing it out, as a chief ought to do, anil thus become selfish ; whereas, if provisions were the principal property of a man, and it ought...
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An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South ..., Volume 1

William Mariner - Ethnology - 1827 - 358 pages
...he added, '• has more yams than he wants, let him exchange some of them away for pork or gnatoo. Certainly money is much handier, and more convenient,...principal property of a man, and it ought to be, as being both the most useful and the most necessary, he could not store it up, for it would spoil, mid so he...
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The Edinburgh Annual Register, Volume 10

Walter Scott - Europe - 1821 - 726 pages
...money was much handier, and more convenient, but then M it would not spoil by being kept, people would store it up, instead of sharing it out, as a chief...ought to do, and thus become selfish ; whereas, if provision was the principal property of a man, and it ought to be, as being both the most useful and...
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