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 ¬ CHAPTER XIII. ¬In which the Author concludes his Opinion upon the State and Condition of Armata. ¬When Morven visited me next morning, he expressed his impatience to hear what had been left unfinished the night before ; and I then pro- ceeded as follows : — ¬" The more I reflect upon every part of your statement, the more I am convinced that a grand system of well directed industry, sup- ported at once by your government and people, would give an entire new face to your country; but it cannot be even begun without re-casting the laws which regulate the importations of what your own soil could produce. I am sen- sible that this subject is complicated in the details, and that I cannot be qualified to deal with them; but a sound principle gives a sure direction throughout all the branches of ¬N C political ¬