Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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Page 54
... true measure of the increase of enjoyment ; and the science of wealth , if the attention be con- fined to the means of increasing its aggregate amount , may just as frequently lead to what will injure as to what will benefit the human ...
... true measure of the increase of enjoyment ; and the science of wealth , if the attention be con- fined to the means of increasing its aggregate amount , may just as frequently lead to what will injure as to what will benefit the human ...
Page 228
... true in the simplest cases , it is equally true of the more complicated ; which it would be still more impracticable for any foreign party to adjudicate . Custom will , indeed , establish a sort of standard by which these questions may ...
... true in the simplest cases , it is equally true of the more complicated ; which it would be still more impracticable for any foreign party to adjudicate . Custom will , indeed , establish a sort of standard by which these questions may ...
Page 254
... true that a marked pre- ference has been awarded in all times and coun- tries to this branch of industry ; and it is diffi- cult to believe that so prevalent a feeling can have its origin in a miserable fallacy . A little reflection ...
... true that a marked pre- ference has been awarded in all times and coun- tries to this branch of industry ; and it is diffi- cult to believe that so prevalent a feeling can have its origin in a miserable fallacy . A little reflection ...
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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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