Tell me, King of Armenia , said he, would you be willing that that land of yours which now lies uncultivated should be cultivated, if those who cultivate it would pay you the usual rental?
The Armenian answered that he would give a great deal to have it so; for in this way his revenues would be greatly increased.
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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