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The appeal must , in all cases , be to the reason of those who will think upon the subject . It is to that tribunal that every writer addresses himself . Those who do not acknowledge the authority and unity of reason , calmly and ...
The appeal must , in all cases , be to the reason of those who will think upon the subject . It is to that tribunal that every writer addresses himself . Those who do not acknowledge the authority and unity of reason , calmly and ...
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The great body of every society must , therefore , see almost instinctively ( for the boundaries of instinct and reason are not easily definable ) the necessity of discountenancing the commission of such wrongs , and of giving their ...
The great body of every society must , therefore , see almost instinctively ( for the boundaries of instinct and reason are not easily definable ) the necessity of discountenancing the commission of such wrongs , and of giving their ...
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But the reason assigned by them for this preference , namely , that in agriculture labour is most productive , as being exclusively assisted by the powers of Nature , is an evident fallacy . The manufacturer and the merchant avail ...
But the reason assigned by them for this preference , namely , that in agriculture labour is most productive , as being exclusively assisted by the powers of Nature , is an evident fallacy . The manufacturer and the merchant avail ...
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Contents
PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE On the Coincidence of | 1 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY DEDUCED | 40 |
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| Title | Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain Reprints of economic classics |
| Author | George Poulett Scrope |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | A. M. Kelley, 1969 |
| ISBN | 067800563X, 9780678005637 |
| Length | 457 pages |
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