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 175
... fertility of soil , why do some acres of land in England let for ten pounds a year , while an acre of equal fertility in Canada will not command a sixpence of rent ? Whilst this school of political economists declare rent to be solely ...
... fertility of soil , why do some acres of land in England let for ten pounds a year , while an acre of equal fertility in Canada will not command a sixpence of rent ? Whilst this school of political economists declare rent to be solely ...
Page 263
... fertile valley , —and in numbers , to the few thou- sands whom the pasture of this limited territory could supply with milk ... fertility can be made to support many times the number of inhabitants that it will maintain under a system of ...
... fertile valley , —and in numbers , to the few thou- sands whom the pasture of this limited territory could supply with milk ... fertility can be made to support many times the number of inhabitants that it will maintain under a system of ...
Page 265
... fertility of the 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 ...
... fertility of the 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 ...
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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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