Excerpt from Essays on the Spirit of Legislation, in the Encouragement of Agriculture, Population, Manufactures, and Commerce: Containing Observations on the Political Systems at Present Pursued in Various Countries of Europe, for the Advancement of Those Essential Interests It therefore imports much that thofe who by their birth or their talents, are called to {hate in the affairs of government, {hould be well inftrue'ted in the connection between agriculture and the general welfare of the nation; and that they be perfuaded, that favouring population, encouraging the arts, protecting manufactures and commerce, as far as they are concerned in the perfection of agriculture, is to augment the real and abfolute power of a State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.