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... principles on which it rests and the facts by which it is justified . Of course the book is not exactly what it would have been had either of these purposes been kept singly in view . Some explanations are given , which are here only ...
... principles on which it rests and the facts by which it is justified . Of course the book is not exactly what it would have been had either of these purposes been kept singly in view . Some explanations are given , which are here only ...
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... principles that underlie these rules are perceived . When these are once grasped , the process of submitting rules to the test of principles is an easy and safe one . The science has then passed into its dynamical stage . The ancients ...
... principles that underlie these rules are perceived . When these are once grasped , the process of submitting rules to the test of principles is an easy and safe one . The science has then passed into its dynamical stage . The ancients ...
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... ( Principles of Political Economy , 1767 ) . Contemporary opponents are Sir Josiah Child ( Brief Observations con- cerning Trade , 1668 ) ; le Sieur de Boisguillebert ( Factum de France , 1712 , & c . ) ; Marshal Vauban ( Projet d'une ...
... ( Principles of Political Economy , 1767 ) . Contemporary opponents are Sir Josiah Child ( Brief Observations con- cerning Trade , 1668 ) ; le Sieur de Boisguillebert ( Factum de France , 1712 , & c . ) ; Marshal Vauban ( Projet d'une ...
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... principle of free competition he discerns the tap - root of all national indus- trial life and growth ; the enlightened .and active selfishness of the individuals who make up society , is the source of general well - being . That which ...
... principle of free competition he discerns the tap - root of all national indus- trial life and growth ; the enlightened .and active selfishness of the individuals who make up society , is the source of general well - being . That which ...
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... principle of competition was shown to be the tap - root of in- dustrial phenomena in both cases ; both vindicated the passive policy as the only wise one , and argued all national interference to be a fighting against invincible facts ...
... principle of competition was shown to be the tap - root of in- dustrial phenomena in both cases ; both vindicated the passive policy as the only wise one , and argued all national interference to be a fighting against invincible facts ...
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Page 38 - And the eye cannot say to the hand, ' I have no need of thee ' ; nor again the head to the feet,
Page 133 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 198 - The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid...
Page 76 - My father was a yeoman, and had no lands of his own, only he had a farm of three or four pound by year at the uttermost, and hereupon he tilled so much as kept half a dozen men. He had walk for a hundred sheep ; and my mother milked thirty kine.
Page 198 - Taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot ; taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste ; taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion ; taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Page 73 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 198 - Taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth ; on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home. Taxes on the raw material ; taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man.
Page 328 - IT IS TRUE, I CANNOT PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FLOWING POISON; GAIN-SEEKING AND CORRUPT MEN WILL, FOR PROFIT AND SENSUALITY, DEFEAT MY WISHES ; BUT NOTHING WILL INDUCE ME TO DERIVE A REVENUE FROM THE VICE AND MISERY OF MY PEOPLE.
Page 37 - Whether it be in the development of the Earth, in the development of Life upon its surface, in the development of Society, of Government, of Manufactures, of Commerce, of Language, Literature, Science, Art, this same evolution of the simple into the complex, through successive differentiations, holds throughout.
Page 262 - But it cannot be expected that individuals should, at their own risk, or rather to their certain loss, introduce a new manufacture, and bear the burden of carrying it on, until the producers have been educated up to the level of those with whom the processes are traditional.