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Rh suffering from hunger or cold succeed in enslaving him. Man, admitting that labor for bread is a law imposed on all, will consider it a strict duty not to permit the sale of bread (that is, articles of actual necessity), but will nourish, clothe, and care for each other.

I regard Bondareff's work from another point of view, which is this:

You will often hear it said that we must not be content with negative laws and commandments, that is, the rules which decide what we must not do; but we should have positive laws, which determine in a precise manner what we ought to do.

For example, Jesus Christ gave five negative commandments:

1st. Never regard any one as a fool or idiot; and never be angry with any one.

2d. Do not look on marriage as a mere source of pleasure. Let not the husband leave his wife, nor the wife her husband.