Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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... poor . The means brought into action by the poor - law for the purpose of effecting its object , have been as much mistaken and misdescribed as its prin- ciple . Those means are not , as is often stated , the support of the idle ...
... poor . The means brought into action by the poor - law for the purpose of effecting its object , have been as much mistaken and misdescribed as its prin- ciple . Those means are not , as is often stated , the support of the idle ...
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... poor . Those , however , who are not content to take up hasty impressions from first appearances , and who examine the history of the English poor - law , and the origin and real nature of its injurious practices , soon discover that ...
... poor . Those , however , who are not content to take up hasty impressions from first appearances , and who examine the history of the English poor - law , and the origin and real nature of its injurious practices , soon discover that ...
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... poor - law as an evil not to be tolerated in any form . That some parts of the statutory poor - law are capable of improvement , we are far from denying . The law of settlement , indeed , requires a com- plete revision . The extremely ...
... poor - law as an evil not to be tolerated in any form . That some parts of the statutory poor - law are capable of improvement , we are far from denying . The law of settlement , indeed , requires a com- plete revision . The extremely ...
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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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