And now let us turn from Harry's case to
the case of Tom and Dick. They have been
accustomed to precisely the same standard of
living as he has been; and they require for
their support precisely the same amount of
produce. But each day, after they have all
of them fared alike, each taking the same
quantity from his own particular basket, the
baskets of Tom and Dick present a different
appearance to that of Harry. There is in each
of the two first a something which is not to be
found in his. There is a surplus. In Dick's
basket there are three extra loaves remaining ;
and in Tom's basket there are six. To what
then is the production of these extra loaves
due ? Is it due to land, or is it due to the
exertions of Tom and Dick ? Mill, as we have
seen, would tell us that this was an unmeaning
question ; but we shall soon see that it is not so.
