 | 1840 - 662 pages
...who aspire to the name of statesmen. ' In the progress of ' the division of labour,' says Dr Smith,* the employment of ' the far greater part of those who live by labour comes to be ' confined to very few operations. But the understandings of the ' greater part of men... | |
 | Thomas Green Fessenden - Inventions - 1822 - 524 pages
...employment of the greater part of those who live by labor, that is of the great body of the people, conies to be confined to a few very simple operations ; frequently to one or two. But ihe understandings of the greater part of men are necessarily formed by their ordinary employments.... | |
 | Scottish periodicals - 1832 - 952 pages
...moral training may be necessary. " In the progress of the division of labour," «ays Adam Smith, " the employment of the far greater part of those who...labour, that is, of the great body of the people, comes tu be confined to a few very simple operations ; frequently to one or two. But the understaudmcs of... | |
 | Charles Hall - Civilization - 1849 - 280 pages
...manufacturing trades just occupy the mind so as to exclude all other ideas on which it might operate. In the -progress of the division of labour, the employment " of the far greater part of those live by labour — that is, the great body of the people — comes to be confined to a very few simple... | |
 | Charles Hall - Civilization - 1850 - 270 pages
...manufacturing trades just occupy the mind so as to exclude all other ideas on which it might operate. In the progress of the division of labour, the employment " of the far greater part of those live by labour — that is, the great body of the people — comes to be confined to a very few simple... | |
 | Sir James Kay-Shuttleworth - Education - 1862 - 462 pages
...Smith thus describes the condition of a people whose education is neglected by the Government:— * In the progress of the division of labour, the employment...people, comes to be confined to a few very simple operations—frequently to one or two. But the understandings of the greater part of men are necessarily... | |
 | Capital - 1871 - 38 pages
...prevent the almost entire corruption and degeneracy of the great body of the people. He points out that in the progress of the division of labour, the employment...far greater part of those who live by labour, that is~of the great body of the people, comes to be confined to a very few simple operations, frequently... | |
 | Henry Dunning Macleod - Economics - 1875 - 574 pages
...known to every man whom business or curiosity has led to converse much with both." And again1 — " In the progress of the division of labour the employment...simple operations ; frequently to one or two. But the understanding of the greater part of men are necessarily formed by their ordinary employments. The... | |
 | Poor law conference - 1878 - 396 pages
...employments." The nature of the employments of the most part of those who live by labour, and that is the great body of the people, comes to be confined to a few simple operations. How true it is that the man whose life is spent in performing a few simple operations,... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1880 - 274 pages
...attention to the education of the people ? In some cases it is not necessary, in others it may be. In the progress of the division of labour, the employment of the great body of the people comes to be confined to a few very simple operations. The mind is formed by... | |
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In the progress of the division of labour, the employment of the far greater part of those who live by labour, that is, of the great body of the people, comes to be confined to a few very simple operations ; frequently to one or two. 
