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to refrain from competition with private parties; 10.
to rid itself of functions which these private parties can fulfill equally well--and we see that the limits assigned to the State by the public interest (l'interet commun) correspond to those stipulated by duty and justice. VI.
Indirect common interest. Indirect common interest .-- This consists in the most economical and most productive employment of spontaneous forces .-- Difference between voluntary labor and forced labor .-- Sources of man's spontaneous action.
Conditions of their energy, work and products .-- Motives for leaving them under personal control .-- Extent of the private domain. -- Individuals might voluntarily extend it .-- What is left becomes the domain of the State .-- Obligatory functions of the State .-- Optional functions of the State. Let us now take into consideration, no longer the direct, but the indirect interest of all.
Instead of considering individuals let us concern ourselves with their works.
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