Somebody else probably got broken shoulders before your nimble progenitor took possession.

Of course I am willing to admit that time does create in us the sense of a divine right in anything that we have owned for a number of years, as if our inheritance were the crown of some archaic king.

I myself feel that strongly.

If it came to the point, though I have said that I am too old to fight for distressed Virtue, I should very likely die in the last ditch for every inch of land and every worthless object I ever owned.

When Vetch talks about taxing property more heavily I am utterly and openly against him because it is my instinct to be.