ABSTRACT
WE HA VE GIVEN the name "Natural System" to the economic doctrine that we have put forward in this treatise. We have not made any a priori assertions and then attempted to prove them. We have arrived at our conclusions by proving the truth of principles derived from what actually happens in the real world. We are not numbered among those who deny that nations have individual characteristics and special interests. We have not ignored the fact that these interests give rise to special relationships between them. For our part we favour the eventual unification of all the peoples in the world on the basis of the existence of different nations. We regard both free trade and a universal republic as the natural consequence of the harmonious and uniform development of the political and social institutions of all countries.
