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7603. RIGHTS, Money and.—

Courtiers
had rather give up power than pleasure.
They will barter, therefore, the usurped prerogatives
of the King for the money of the
people. This is the agent by which modern
nations will recover their rights.—
To Comte de Moustier. Washington ed. ii, 389. Ford ed., v, 12.
(P. 1788)