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Page lxxii
... head hit it . ' Wherever you find an article , a product , a trade , a profession , or a source of income , tax it ! And so an edict went forth to this effect , and the people cheerfully submitted . Incomes under $ 5,000 were taxed 5 ...
... head hit it . ' Wherever you find an article , a product , a trade , a profession , or a source of income , tax it ! And so an edict went forth to this effect , and the people cheerfully submitted . Incomes under $ 5,000 were taxed 5 ...
Page 18
... head of a finance committee in the legislature , and a finance minister in the executive . * They are sure to quarrel , and the result is sure to satisfy neither . And when the taxes do not yield as they were expected to yield , who is ...
... head of a finance committee in the legislature , and a finance minister in the executive . * They are sure to quarrel , and the result is sure to satisfy neither . And when the taxes do not yield as they were expected to yield , who is ...
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... heads of news , and through the paper . They do not enter upon a discussion . They do not think of entering upon a discussion which would be useless . After saying that the division of the legislature and the executive in presidential ...
... heads of news , and through the paper . They do not enter upon a discussion . They do not think of entering upon a discussion which would be useless . After saying that the division of the legislature and the executive in presidential ...
Page 45
... head of our society . If she did not exist the Prime Minister would be the first person in the country He and his wife would have to receive foreign ministers , and occasionally foreign princes , to give the first parties in the country ...
... head of our society . If she did not exist the Prime Minister would be the first person in the country He and his wife would have to receive foreign ministers , and occasionally foreign princes , to give the first parties in the country ...
Page 46
... head of our world . We are not now remarkable for the highest sort of ambition ; but we are remarkable for having a great deal of the lower sort of ambition and envy . The House of Commons is thronged with people who get there merely ...
... head of our world . We are not now remarkable for the highest sort of ambition ; but we are remarkable for having a great deal of the lower sort of ambition and envy . The House of Commons is thronged with people who get there merely ...
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