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there i s a si nl i i ng, there nrust be a compensat or y el evati ontt. W hy not reversehi s stateme nt and say " rvhere there i s an el eval i onthere rnust be a com pensrtory si rrl < i ng" ? The opi ni ons of the tw o authori ti eson the islands of the I'acific, who have been quoted, and the facts nrlclucedby tlrem from personal study and investigati on, make i t appear perfectl y pl ausi bJe t hat t l: e l rumel ous i sl ands and atol l s i n the coral line ar c in ll're Pacific, especial)y betu'eenthe equator and the Tropi c of C apri corn rvheretbey are < 1ui tenum er ous, are but the peaksand mountai n tops of a s ubm er ged rni ghty conti nent, and that the rui ns of l e nr plesancl othc' r structuresand the stati resand ncnumenls t hat remai n on a few of these i sl ancl sare al l tha t is ] ef t of great ci vi l i zal i ons and of mi l l i ons of pe ople uho di sappea,redancl n' ere l ost i n the mi sty a gesof t he di m past.
TOOMANYLAWS C arn ai l publ i c and pl i vate i l l s be remedied by l er' v? S onreyears ago a pubi i cati on know n as "The I3ucl gct" rvas i ssueclby The N ati onal B udget Cor nmi ssi on, i n l vhi ch the statement w as made t hat t her e are 100,000 l egi sl atorsi n the tTni tecl S tat es - - Nai i onal , S tat,esand Muni ci pal - w ho ena ct ed eacir 1' e:rrmore i ans than rvcre enacteclanri ttallv bcf or e the rval i n C rl reat-B ri tai n,France, Gerrl anv, Aust liaH ungar.y, and Ital v, added toget,her. ' fhe same publ i cati on contai ned the i nf or m at ion that there are 2,000,000l arvsand ordi nancesat pr escnb i n force i n thc U ni ted S tates. The -ol d fal mer w ho had been ei ected t o t hc S t,ate Legi sl ature, w as more than hal f ri ght when, i i nmedi atel y after the openi ng pra)rer,he nr ovedt hat thc H orrse do nou' adj ourn. A sked to explain his re& sonhe sai d: B ecuz w e have too dern manf iaws alrearly.-T/te ,4mericanRevieutof Reviews.
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