Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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... term labour , to such exertion as is productive of wealth . Men exert themselves for amusement , health , or recreation , and may fatigue themselves as much in so doing as a ploughman or a mason ; but their exertion neither produces nor ...
... term labour , to such exertion as is productive of wealth . Men exert themselves for amusement , health , or recreation , and may fatigue themselves as much in so doing as a ploughman or a mason ; but their exertion neither produces nor ...
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... term capital . - It is thus made clear that labour can produce nothing , or scarce anything , without the aid both of capital and the useful qualities of those natural substances which are scattered over the surface of the earth . These ...
... term capital . - It is thus made clear that labour can produce nothing , or scarce anything , without the aid both of capital and the useful qualities of those natural substances which are scattered over the surface of the earth . These ...
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... term of years , as the lime - manuring of land , temporary farm - buildings , and improved rotations of crops , the increased return must be sufficient to replace the capital expended at the end of the term , and pay the usual profit ...
... term of years , as the lime - manuring of land , temporary farm - buildings , and improved rotations of crops , the increased return must be sufficient to replace the capital expended at the end of the term , and pay the usual profit ...
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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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