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6. Of Agriculture in warm Climates. Agriculture is the principal labour of man.
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14.6. 6. Of Agriculture in warm Climates. Agriculture is the principal
labour of man.

The more the climate inclines him to shun this labour, the more the religion and laws of the country ought to incite him to it. Thus the Indian laws, which give the lands to the prince, and destroy the spirit of property among the subjects, increase the bad effects of the climate, that is, their natural indolence.