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As soon however as the threads of Roman state-finance were concentrated no longer as hitherto in the senate, but in the cabinet of Caesar, new life, stricter order, and more compact connection at once pervaded all the wheels and springs of that great machine. the two institutions, which originated with Gaius Gracchus and ate like a gangrene into the Roman financial system the leasing of the direct taxes, and the distributions of grain were partly abolished, partly remodelled.
"It is natural," said Colbert, with a proud ease, "that you should be ignorant of the usages of state-finance; but, monsieur, when you have a thousand livres to pay, what do you do?" "I never have a thousand livres to pay," replied D'Artagnan. "Once more," said Colbert, irritated "once more, if you had any sum to pay, would you not pay what you ought?"
Furthermore the medieval state, loosely knit together and bristling with isolated fortresses, showed in defeat the tenacious vitality of the lower organisms, and could not be entirely reduced without an expenditure, on the invader's part, which the methods of medieval state-finance were powerless to meet.
As soon however as the threads of Roman state-finance were concentrated no longer as hitherto in the senate, but in the cabinet of Caesar, new life, stricter order, and more compact connection at once pervaded all the wheels and springs of that great machine. the two institutions, which originated with Gaius Gracchus and ate like a gangrene into the Roman financial system the leasing of the direct taxes, and the distributions of grain were partly abolished, partly remodelled.
"It is natural," said Colbert with a proud ease, "that you should be ignorant of the usages of state-finance; but, monsieur, when you have a thousand livres to pay, what do you do?" "I never have a thousand livres to pay," replied D'Artagnan. "Once more," said Colbert, irritated "once more, if you had any sum to pay, would you not pay what you ought?"
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