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...of their land, from the profits of their stock, or from the wages of their labor. Capitation Taxes Capitation taxes, if it is attempted to proportion...each contributor, become altogether arbitrary. The state of a man's fortune varies from day to day; and, without an inquisition, more intolerable than...