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3963. INHERITANCES, Equal.—

If the overgrown wealth of an individual be deemed
dangerous to the State, the best corrective
is the law of equal inheritance to all in equal
degree; and the better, as this enforces a law
of nature, while extra taxation violates it.—
Note to Tracy's Political Economy. Washington ed. vi, 575.
(1816)