Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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There is in our nature an original and inward principle of love to our kind , expressly designed by its Divine Author to generate our moral sentiments and affections , and ultimately constitute our social happiness .
There is in our nature an original and inward principle of love to our kind , expressly designed by its Divine Author to generate our moral sentiments and affections , and ultimately constitute our social happiness .
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The principle of the poor - law is the maintenance of the peace and security of society by the suppression of mendicancy , vagrancy , and petty plunder , which no other course can by possibility prevent . It is not to be looked upon as ...
The principle of the poor - law is the maintenance of the peace and security of society by the suppression of mendicancy , vagrancy , and petty plunder , which no other course can by possibility prevent . It is not to be looked upon as ...
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445 The principle of graduation was admitted in the income - tax levied during the war ; from which all incomes below a certain amount were exempted . It is clear that the same principle which wholly exempts the lowest class of incomes ...
445 The principle of graduation was admitted in the income - tax levied during the war ; from which all incomes below a certain amount were exempted . It is clear that the same principle which wholly exempts the lowest class of incomes ...
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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE On the Coincidence of | 1 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY DEDUCED | 40 |
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