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In the first stone which he [the savage] flings at the wild animals he pursues, in the first stick that he seizes to strike down the fruit which hangs above his reach, we see the appropriation of one article for the purpose of aiding in the acquisition of another, and thus discover the origin of capital.
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Born:
1814
Died:
August 31, 1884
(aged 70)
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Sir Robert Richard Torrens was the third Premier of South Australia and a pioneer and author of a simplified system of transferring land.
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