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In England trade enriched citizens and made them freer, and that freedom in turn extended commerce and the state's greatness
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- Voltaire French writer and public activist (1694 to 1778)
As trade enriched the citizens in England, so it contributed to their freedom, and this freedom on the other side extended their commerce, whence arose the grandeur of the State.
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↗Letters on England (1733 English edition, ed. Henry Morley, 1894)gutenberg.org
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