...the proprietor or proprietors ... in some proportion, and such ... as is the proportion or balance of dominion or property in land, such is the nature of the empire'. With this insight, Harrington returned to the classical cycle, this time adding his twist to the proceedings....

...in a city that has little or no land, and whose revenue is in trade) as is the proportion or balance have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no govern If one man be sole landlord of a territory, or overbalance the people, for example, three parts in...

...doctrine shortly afterwards formally laid down by Harrington, that "such as is the proportion or balance of dominion or property in land, such is the nature of the empire6." Whatever we may think of the morality of the proceeding, its success is unquestioned. There...