Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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... soil- which the bulk of the people must obtain leave to cultivate , or starve , -enables the land proprietors of a poor but populous country to impose on them any terms they are pleased to exact , and thus virtually , if not nominally ...
... soil- which the bulk of the people must obtain leave to cultivate , or starve , -enables the land proprietors of a poor but populous country to impose on them any terms they are pleased to exact , and thus virtually , if not nominally ...
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... soil . ' The fertility or productiveness of soils is , on the contrary , daily increasing , with every ad- vance in the science of agriculture ; and not only of agriculture but of every other useful art , since every step made in such ...
... soil . ' The fertility or productiveness of soils is , on the contrary , daily increasing , with every ad- vance in the science of agriculture ; and not only of agriculture but of every other useful art , since every step made in such ...
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... soils at a continually increasing expense . * But it seems to be forgotten by these economists that manufacturing industry only works up the raw produce of agriculture - that cotton , wool , and flax are as much the produce of the soil ...
... soils at a continually increasing expense . * But it seems to be forgotten by these economists that manufacturing industry only works up the raw produce of agriculture - that cotton , wool , and flax are as much the produce of the soil ...
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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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