SincethenthecenturiesinEnglandhaveachievedsomethingdifferent;
andsomethingwhich,fortunately,isperfectlyeasytostate。Thereisnodoubtaboutwhatwehavedone。Wehavekepttheinequality,butwehavedestroyedthesecurity。Themanisnottiedtotheland,asinserfdom;noristhelandtiedtotheman,asinapeasantry。Therichmanhasenteredintoanabsoluteownershipoffarmsandfields;andinthemodernindustrialphrasehehaslockedouttheEnglishpeople。Theycanonlyfindanacretodigorahousetosleepinbyacceptingsuchcompetitiveandcrueltermsashechoosestoimpose。
Well,whatwouldhappenthen,overthelargerpartsoftheplanet,partsinhabitedbysavages?Savages,ofcourse,wouldhuntandfish。ThatretreatfortheEnglishpoorwasperceived;andthatretreatwascutoff。
GamelawsweremadetoextendoverdistrictsliketheArcticsnowsortheSahara。TherichmanhadpropertyoveranimalshehadnomoredreamedofthanagovernorofRomanAfricahaddreamedofagiraffe。Heownedallthebirdsthatpassedoverhisland:hemightaswellhaveownedallthecloudsthatpassedoverit。IfarabbitranfromSmith\'slandtoBrown\'sland,itbelongedtoBrown,asifitwerehispetdog。
Thelogicalanswertothiswouldbesimple:AnyonestungonBrown\'slandoughttobeabletoprosecuteBrownforkeepingadangerouswaspwithoutamuzzle。