- / ,. FREDERIC BASTIAT' S THE LAW STUDY GUIDE by Thomas J . Shelly • { ' THE LAW StUdy Guide 1. "We hold from ·God the gift which includes all others." What, according , I to Frederic Bastiat, is this gift? How does this gift include all other gifts? Page 5. 2. Why, according to the author, has "the Creator of life •... :provided us with a collection of marvelous facultie*'~ Page 5. 3-.-- -Wha:t--does Mr. Bastiat mean when he says on age- 6 rtindividuali ty,...