Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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... human pains and pleasures , dislikes and preferences , - ' Hopes , fears , joys , sorrows , tears , and smiles . ' Still , though the nature of the subject precludes any approach to mathematical certainty , the ge- neral laws of human ...
... human pains and pleasures , dislikes and preferences , - ' Hopes , fears , joys , sorrows , tears , and smiles . ' Still , though the nature of the subject precludes any approach to mathematical certainty , the ge- neral laws of human ...
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... human happiness is easily demonstrable . Suppose , for example , a race of absolute sovereigns to have a taste for jewels , and to employ several thousands of their subjects or slaves , generation after genera- tion , in toiling to ...
... human happiness is easily demonstrable . Suppose , for example , a race of absolute sovereigns to have a taste for jewels , and to employ several thousands of their subjects or slaves , generation after genera- tion , in toiling to ...
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... HUMAN HAPPINESS MAY , BY AN EASY EXERCISE OF HUMAN FORESIGHT , BE MADE CONTINUALLY TO INCREASE , NOT ONLY IN THE PROPORTION , BUT BEYOND THE PROPORTION , OF ANY POSSIBLE INCREASE OF THE HUMAN FAMILY . Doubtless , in order to realize ...
... HUMAN HAPPINESS MAY , BY AN EASY EXERCISE OF HUMAN FORESIGHT , BE MADE CONTINUALLY TO INCREASE , NOT ONLY IN THE PROPORTION , BUT BEYOND THE PROPORTION , OF ANY POSSIBLE INCREASE OF THE HUMAN FAMILY . Doubtless , in order to realize ...
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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON the Coincidence of | 1 |
Primary Natural Rights1 To Personal | 13 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
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