[The Origins of Contemporary France Volume 4 (of 6) by Hippolyte A. Taine]@TWC D-Link bookThe Origins of Contemporary France Volume 4 (of 6) CHAPTER II 16/49
When it demands its outlay of me it is not my property which it takes away, but its own property, which it collects and, in this light, it may legitimately force me to pay .-- On condition, however, that it does not exact more than my liabilities, and this it does when it oversteps its original engagements; 1.
when it undertakes some extra material or moral work that I do not ask for; 2.
when it constitutes itself sectarian, moralist, philanthropist, or pedagogue; 3.
when it strives to propagate within its borders, or outside of them, any religious or philosophic dogma, or any special political or social system. For then, it adds a new article to the primitive pact, for which article there is not the same unanimous and assured assent that existed for the pact.
We are all willing to be secured against violence and fraud; outside of this, and on almost any other point, there are divergent wills.
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