Complete Works of Helvétius

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would be finished, could not operate it for lack of water to make it move.

It is always good, however, that minds turn toward this goal of public utility and primary necessity. By talking about it and occupying oneself with it, the fancy may strike a minister to think about it as well. And why should that fancy not come to him like another? Then, by tracing back to the true principles that would be the foundation of agriculture, the observations gathered on this subject would find their place, and would be useful for experiments.