—If they say to you: The sun gives his heat and light without requiring remuneration—
Reply: So much the better for me, since it costs me nothing to see distinctly.
—And if they reply to you: Industry in general loses what you would have paid for lights—
Retort: No, for having paid nothing to the sun, I use that which it saves me in paying for clothes, furniture and candles.
—So, if they say to you: These English rascals have capital which pays them nothing—
Reply: So much the better for us; they will not make us pay interest.
—If they say to you: These perfidious Englishmen find iron and coal at the same spot—
Reply: So much the better for us; they will not make us pay anything for bringing them together.
—If they say to you: The Swiss have rich pastures which cost little—
Reply: The advantage is on our side, for they will ask for a lesser quantity of our labor to furnish our farmers oxen and our stomachs food.