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" The second generation receives it clear of the debts and incumbrances of the first, the third of the second, and so on. For if the first could charge it with a debt, then the earth would belong to the dead and not to the living generation. Then, no generation... "
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson - Page 28
by Thomas Jefferson - 1829
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The Character of Thomas Jefferson: As Exhibited in His Own Writings

Theodore Dwight - 1839 - 384 pages
...second, and so on. For if the first could charge it with a debt, then the earth would belong to the'dead and not to the living generation. Then no generation...lands for thirty-four years to come ; at twenty-two ftji thirty-three ; at twenty-three for thirty-two ; and at fifty-four for one year only ; because...
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A Memoir of S.S. Prentiss, Volume 2

George Lewis Prentiss - 1855 - 598 pages
...I say, the earth belongs to each of these generations during iu course, fully and in its own right. For If the first could charge it with a debt, then...may be paid during the course of Its own existence. " What is true of generations succeeding one another at fixed epochs, as has been supposed for clearer...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3

Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 758 pages
...then the earth would belong to the dead and not to the living generation. Then, no generation caj» contract debts greater than may be paid during the...and at fifty-four, for one year only ; because these arc the terms of life which remain to them at the respective epochs. But a material difference must...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3

Henry Stephens Randall - 1858 - 760 pages
...then the earth would belong to the dead and not to the living generation. Then, no generation с:ш contract debts greater than may be paid during the...twenty-one years of age, they may bind themselves and their binds for thirtyfour years to come ; at twenty-two, for thirty-three ; at twenty-three, for thirty-two...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3

Henry Stephens Randall - 1871 - 758 pages
...second generation receives it clear of the debts and incumbranccs of the first, the third of •Jic second, and so on. For if the first could charge it...themselves and their lands for thirtyfour years to come ; ut twenty-two, for thirty-three ; at twenty-three, for thirty-two; and at fifty-four, for one year...
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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: 1788-1792

Thomas Jefferson - 1895 - 562 pages
...so on. For if the 1st. could charge it with a debt, then the earth would belong to the dead and not the living generation. Then no generation can contract...debts greater than may be paid during the course of it's own existence. At 21. years of age they may bind themselves and their lands for 34. years to come...
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A Remoir of S.S. Prentiss, Volume 2

George Lewis Prentiss - 1899 - 594 pages
...say, the earth belongs to each of these generations during its course, fully and in its own right. For if the first could charge it with a debt, then...may be paid during the course of its own existence. " What is true of generations succeeding one another at fixed epochs, as has been supposed for clearer...
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The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia: A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1504 pages
...arid incumbrances of the first, the third of the sec375 Generation» THE JEFFERSONIAN CYCLOPEDIA ond, and so on. For if the first could charge it with a...fiftyfour, for one year only ; because these are the terms cf life which remain to them at the respective epochs. But a material difference must be noted between...
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The Jeffersonian Cyclopedia: A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of ...

Thomas Jefferson - 1900 - 1082 pages
...and incumbrances of the first, the third of the sec375 Generation« THE JEFFERSONIAN CYCLOPEDIA ond, and so on. For if the first could charge it with a...thirty-three ; at twenty-three, for thirty-two ; and at fiftylour, for one year only ; because these are the terms cf life which remain to them at the respective...
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The Life and Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Including All of His Important ...

Samuel Eagle Forman - 1900 - 494 pages
...collectively, since the rights of the whole can be no more than the sum of the rights of individuals. Then no generation can. contract debts greater than...may be paid during the course of its own existence. * * * Nineteen years is the term beyond which neither the representatives of a nation nor even the...
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