Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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... existence is yet a matter of dispute , it is evident that the majority of the members of a society must always feel it to be against their interest that the strong and crafty should do what they please with the persons or acquisitions ...
... existence is yet a matter of dispute , it is evident that the majority of the members of a society must always feel it to be against their interest that the strong and crafty should do what they please with the persons or acquisitions ...
Page 110
... existence of an hereditary aris- tocracy , or intermediate class of powerful indivi- duals between the throne and the mass of the people . Such a class has never shown itself in Asia . There the officers of state , nobles , and inferior ...
... existence of an hereditary aris- tocracy , or intermediate class of powerful indivi- duals between the throne and the mass of the people . Such a class has never shown itself in Asia . There the officers of state , nobles , and inferior ...
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... existence ? In a condition of barbarism , with nothing to depend on but his natural resources , his existence is necessarily precarious ; -hunger and misery his occasional , perhaps frequent , visi- ters . But every step that he makes ...
... existence ? In a condition of barbarism , with nothing to depend on but his natural resources , his existence is necessarily precarious ; -hunger and misery his occasional , perhaps frequent , visi- ters . But every step that he makes ...
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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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