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 take as much as I can get, and to pay no more than I can help. These are every man's principles, whether they be the right principles or no. There, sir, is political economy in a nutshell.

The principles, sir, which regulate production and consumption are independent of the will of any individual as to giving or taking, and do not lie in a nutshell by any means.

Sir, I will thank you for a leg of that capon. But, sir, by the by, how came your footman to be going into your cook's room? It was very providential to be sure, but—