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MAN, YOUR AGENT, WHOM WE PLACE OVER YOU," THUS EFFECTUALLY PREVENTING HIM FROM SEEING OR MOVING IN ANY CIVILIZATION BUT HIS OWN. THIS, YOU SEE, IS A LESSON IN FREEDOM AND LIBERTY. THEIR FIRST LESSON IN THE ART OF CIVILIZATION. [[paragraph symbol]] NEXT COMES THE LESSON IN COMMERCE. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS TO THE INDIAN: "YOU MUST TRADE ONLY WITH THIS MAN WHOM WE APPOINT. YOU MUST BUY FROM HIM ONLY, AND SELL TO HIM ONLY ALL THE PRODUCTS OF YOUR FARM." [[paragraph symbol]] THIS IS THE LAW CONCERNING SPONTANEOUS PRODUCTIONS OF THE SOIL. A YEAR AGO LAST WINTER MY FATHER AND BROTHER AND ONE OR TWO OF OUR FRIENDS WENT INTO THE WOODS AND LIVED IN A TENT ALL WINTER, SO THAT THEY COULD HAUL LOGS TO BUILD MY FATHER A HOUSE. WE CHILDREN WERE GROWING, AND THERE WAS NOT ROOM