Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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... exertions by the dread of personal torture . But even in this extreme state of degradation , a sentiment of their outraged rights seems rarely to have been extinguished among the slaves themselves ; nor could one slave take from another ...
... exertions by the dread of personal torture . But even in this extreme state of degradation , a sentiment of their outraged rights seems rarely to have been extinguished among the slaves themselves ; nor could one slave take from another ...
Page 279
... exertions of a people , not so much through their own ignorance and mistaken views ( for the in- stinct which prompts the man , as well as the ant , to secure himself from hunger by timely precau- tions , might be safely trusted to ...
... exertions of a people , not so much through their own ignorance and mistaken views ( for the in- stinct which prompts the man , as well as the ant , to secure himself from hunger by timely precau- tions , might be safely trusted to ...
Page 410
... exertions and productiveness of the debtor . The injustice and impolicy of such an interpretation of all pecuniary liens upon industry are obvious . It must both check the desire to improve , and diminish the means of improvement . The ...
... exertions and productiveness of the debtor . The injustice and impolicy of such an interpretation of all pecuniary liens upon industry are obvious . It must both check the desire to improve , and diminish the means of improvement . The ...
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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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