Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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... political ex- citement , which more or less pervades every nation of Europe ; and still more in the subjects discussed by the periodical press of every state where freedom of discussion is allowed . The questions agitated in all ...
... political ex- citement , which more or less pervades every nation of Europe ; and still more in the subjects discussed by the periodical press of every state where freedom of discussion is allowed . The questions agitated in all ...
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... Political Economy , the science which teaches how to advance to the utmost possible extent the production and general diffusion of the means of enjoyment , and so improve , as far as is prac- ticable , the physical condition of every ...
... Political Economy , the science which teaches how to advance to the utmost possible extent the production and general diffusion of the means of enjoyment , and so improve , as far as is prac- ticable , the physical condition of every ...
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... political economist ; who , mindful of the true end of his science , looks to wealth only as a means of happiness , and declares against all such measures as , though tending to augment the mass of wealth , do not tend to distribute it ...
... political economist ; who , mindful of the true end of his science , looks to wealth only as a means of happiness , and declares against all such measures as , though tending to augment the mass of wealth , do not tend to distribute it ...
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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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