Always an interesting perspective from you, Paracme.

Quotations aren't usually immortalized by the person who said them, of course. The rest of the article was from a biography by Edward S. Ellis, 'whoever he was'.

The evolution and revolution of humans has always involved land, hasn't it?

We can't change the past, and we are already part of the future. People still want their piece of 'land', whether they live on it now or dream about it for coming years.

Regardless of who he was or the events in his lifetime, any worthwhile comments regarding the use of taxes, which you well know was the reason for my post?