The history of land-ownership ... is as strikingly a history of losses as it is of profits. We see the successes, as we see the ships which float on … - Joel Benton

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The history of land-ownership ... is as strikingly a history of losses as it is of profits. We see the successes, as we see the ships which float on the ocean, while the unnumbered wrecks in both cases are out of thought and beyond vision.