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Page 104
... proportion of the produce of the soil has been almost everywhere required for this purpose from its cultivators . In ancient Egypt , one - fifth of the crops was so taken . Among the Jews , a tenth ; and in the Grecian likewise and ...
... proportion of the produce of the soil has been almost everywhere required for this purpose from its cultivators . In ancient Egypt , one - fifth of the crops was so taken . Among the Jews , a tenth ; and in the Grecian likewise and ...
Page 212
... proportion of goods thus constantly find their way into the consumer's hands at less than cost price . In times of general embarrassment and of a scarcity of money in circulation , ( such as we have witnessed almost periodically for ...
... proportion of goods thus constantly find their way into the consumer's hands at less than cost price . In times of general embarrassment and of a scarcity of money in circulation , ( such as we have witnessed almost periodically for ...
Page 408
... proportion to the change in its power of purchase . ' The extent to which the value of money has fluctuated in this country , effecting by each change a proportionate injury on either the debtor or cre- ditor interest , is frightful to ...
... proportion to the change in its power of purchase . ' The extent to which the value of money has fluctuated in this country , effecting by each change a proportionate injury on either the debtor or cre- ditor interest , is frightful to ...
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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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