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"There is another fundamental question, Mr. Midith, that I have been wanting to ask you for some time," said Mr. Uwins as we were ready the next evening to listen to Mr. Midith's Marsian narrative, "and that question is the _ownership_ of _land_. I have thought and written quite extensively on that subject, but have thus far not been able to solve it to my entire satisfaction. We would undoubtedly be very much pleased to have you give us an account of the Marsian theory and practice of owning land. It is certainly a fundamental question, for, as you said, all wealth comes _from_ or _out_ of the land by the application of labor."
"That is very true," said Mr. Midith; "it is one of the fundamental problems of economics, and, when once solved, it is apparently the simplest.