Letters of J.E. Thorold Rogers ... and Mr. Henry Tupper ... and Others, on the History and Working of the Laws of Primogeniture and Entail in Their Moral, Social, and Political AspectsA. Ireland, 1864 - 28 Seiten |
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Seite 7 - ... of men have not an equal right to the earth, and to all that it possesses ; but that the property of the present generation should be restrained and regulated according to the fancy of those who died perhaps five hundred years ago. Entails, however, are still respected through the greater part of Europe, in those countries particularly in which noble birth is a necessary qualification for the enjoyment either of civil or military honours. Entails are thought necessary for maintaining this exclusive...
Seite 6 - When great landed estates were a sort of principalities, entails might not be unreasonable. Like what are called the fundamental laws of some monarchies, they might frequently hinder the security of thousands from being endangered by the caprice or extravagance of one man. But in the present state of Europe, when small as well as great estates derive their security from the laws of their country, nothing can be more completely absurd.
Seite 6 - Laws frequently continue in force long after the circumstances, which first gave occasion to them, and which could alone render them reasonable, are no more.
Seite 6 - The right of primogeniture, however, still continues to be respected, and as of all institutions it is the fittest to support the pride of family distinctions, it is still likely to endure for many centuries. In every other respect, nothing can be more contrary to the real interest of a numerous family than a right which, in order to enrich one, beggars all the rest of the children *. Entails are the natural consequences of the law of primogeniture.
Seite 7 - ... respected through the greater part of Europe, in those countries particularly in which noble birth is a necessary qualification for the enjoyment either of civil or military honours. Entails are thought necessary for maintaining this exclusive privilege of the nobility to the great offices and honours of their country ; and that order having usurped one unjust advantage over the rest of their fellowcitizens, lest their poverty should render it ridiculous, it is thought reasonable that they should...
Seite 6 - are founded on the most absurd of all suppositions, the supposition that every successive generation has not an equal right to the earth...