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The Division of Rights. 75
with the will of God," who gave up his pJac~er
than vote against hi, judgment. .
In the former set, you must vary the phrase a lIt;. .)
tie, when vou introduce the definition instead of the!/
term. Such a one ha~ a "right" to this estate, that
is, it is "consistent with the will of God," that such
a one shou!d have it-parents have a " right" to rev·
erence from their children, that is, it is ." consistent
"vith the will of God," that children should reverence
their parents; and the same of the rest.
CHAPTER X.
THE DIVISION OF RIGHTS.
( RIGHTS, when applied to pers!Jns, are,)
lNatural or adventitious,
}Alienable or unalienable,
{'erfect or imperfect.
FIRST, Rights art;; ~atura12r.Jldyentitig_u~ .
Natural rightsare ~uch as- would belong to a man.,/
although there subsisted in the world no civil government
whatever.
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Adventiti()us ri hts are such as woul t.
atural rights are, a man's right to his life, limbs,
and liberty; his right to the produce of his pers,?n ..
al labour; to the use in common with others, 0
air, light, water. If a thousand different persons,
from a thousand different corners of the world, were
cast together upon a desert island, they would from
the first be every one ent~tled to these rights.
Adventitious rights are, the right of a king o'ver
his subjects; of a general over his soldiers; of a
judge over the life and liberty of a prisoner; a right
to elect or appoint magi~trates, to impose taxes, de-
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