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> [“There is no precept of the natural law commanding men to appropriate all things in such a way that each person is assigned his own separate portion...it nonetheless left it up to men's judgement whether to make all things proper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-vallentyne/there-is-no-precept-of-the-natural-law-commanding-men-to-appropriate/)

[Peter Vallentyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-vallentyne/)

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