He to whom the land belongs is also the proprietor of him who lives upon it and cultivates it.

— Clause in a deed of gift to the Abbey of Tihany, Hungary, 1211.

Many sweating, ploughing, threshing, and then the chaff for payment receiving, A few idly owning, and they the wheat continually claiming.

— WALT WHITMAN, Song of Myself, in Leaves of Grass, p. 68.