53
See Chapter VII., Part I.
54
Aristotle did, however, have a flash of the truth. He said: "If the hammer and the shuttle could move themselves, slavery would be unnecessary."
55
"Facts and Comments," p. 112.
56
Buckle ("History of Civilization") points out that Philip II., who ruled half the world and drew tribute from the whole of South America, was so poor that he could not pay his personal servants or meet the daily expenses of the Court!
57
I mean by credit all the mechanism of exchange which replaces the actual use or metal, or notes representing it.