Classics Property: John Locke
…Shall we consider natural reason, which tells us that men, once born, have a right to self-preservation, and therefore to food and drink, and the like things which nature provides for the maintenance of their existence, or shall we consider revelation , which tells us the story of the earthly blessings that God gave to Adam and Noah with his sons, it is absolutely clear that God, as David says (Ps. 115:16), “gave the earth to the sons of men,” gave it to all humanity as a whole.