The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man... History of Economic Thought.. - Page 179by Lewis Henry Haney - 1911 - 567 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1787 - 440 pages
...man lies in the (trength and dexterity of his hands, and to hinder him from employing his ftrength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour is a plain vioIntion of this inpit facred property. His a tnĀ». nif-iT encroagement upon... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1789 - 526 pages
...man lies in the ftrength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this ftrength and .dexterity in what manner he thinks proper without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violatioa of this moft facred property. It is a manifeft encroachment upon the... | |
| 1865 - 632 pages
...is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this...what manner he thinks proper without injury to his neighbours is a plain violation of this most sacred property. As it hinders the one from working at... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 372 pages
...is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner Jie thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred property.... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 452 pages
...is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this...what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred property. Itfijg a manifest encroachment upon the... | |
| Joseph Chitty - Apprentices - 1812 - 192 pages
...the most sacred and inviolable, (w) The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this...what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbours, is a plain violation of his most sacred property. It is a manifest encroachment upon the... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1812
...man lies in the ftrength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this ftrength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this moft facred property. It is a manifeft encroachment upon the... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1812 - 520 pages
...man lies in the ftrength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this ftrength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this moft facred property. It is a manifeft encroachment Upon the... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1824 - 780 pages
...is the most sacred and inviotable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this...what manner he thinks proper, without injury^ to his neighbour; is a plain violation of his most sacred property." As the law stood at present, a gentleman... | |
| William Newnham Blane - History - 1824 - 532 pages
...is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in the manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of his most sacred... | |
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