...work of man. It is seldom less than a fourth, and frequently more than a third, of the whole produce. No equal quantity of productive labour employed in...manufactures, can ever occasion so great a reproduction. In them Nature does nothing ; man does all ; and the reproduction must always be in proportion to the...

...because nature performs seldom less than a fourth, and frequently more than a third, of the labour; and no equal quantity of • productive labour employed in manufactures can ever occasion so great a production." Next to the capital of the farmer, Adam Smith ranks that of the manufacturer, " who augments...

...work of men. It is seldom less than a fourth, and frequently more than a third of the whole produce. No equal quantity of productive labour employed in...manufactures can ever occasion so great a reproduction." In short, land is itself a great fixed capital — the gift of heaven to the human race; whereas air,...

...work of man. It is seldom less than a fourth, and frequently more than a third, of the whole produce. No equal quantity of productive labour Employed in manufactures, can ever occasion so great reproduction. In them Nature does nothing ; man does all ; and the reproduction must always be in proportion...

...quantity which falls to the share of the farmer, but also that which is paid as rent to the landlord. Mr. Malthus says, " It has been justly observed by Adam Smith, that no equal quantity of produc. live labour employed in manufactures can ever occasion so great a reproduction as in agriculture."...

...work of man. It is seldom less than a fourth, and frequently more than a third of the whole produce. No equal quantity of productive labour employed in...manufactures, can ever occasion so great a reproduction. In them nature does nothing, man does all ; and the reproduction must always be in proportion to the...

...seldom less than a fourth, and frequently more than a third of the whole produce. No equal quantityfof productive labour employed in manufactures can ever occasion so great a reproduction. In them nature does nothing ; man does all ; and the reproduction must always be in proportion to the...

...work of man. It is seldom less than a fourth, and frequently more than a third, of the whole produce. No equal quantity of productive labour employed in manufactures, can ever occasion «> great reproduction. In them Nature does nothing ; man does all ; and the reproduction must always...

...that of the farmer, not only bis labouring servants, but his labouring cattle are productive labour. 9 No equal quantity of productive labour employed in...manufactures can ever occasion so great a reproduction, in them nature does nothing— ''man does all, and the reproduction must always be in proportion to...

...agricultural industry, which mo<t political economists consider peculiarly productive. Mr. ibltlius says; " It has been justly observed by Adam Smith, that no equal quantity of productive labor, employed in manufactures, can ever occasion so great a re-production as in agriculture." Commenting...