Principles of political economy, deduced from the natural laws of social welfare, and applied to the present state of BritainLongman, 1833 - 457 pages |
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Page xiii
... establishing itself among bodies of men in every region of the globe ; and millions of hearts now vibrate to the same chord , in conscious unison , from the Mississippi to the Ganges , from Torneo to the Cape . The number of minds ...
... establishing itself among bodies of men in every region of the globe ; and millions of hearts now vibrate to the same chord , in conscious unison , from the Mississippi to the Ganges , from Torneo to the Cape . The number of minds ...
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George Poulett Scrope. scope and limits of political economy ; and also of establishing a ground - work of axiomatic prin- ciples , with respect to the rights of individuals and the duties of governments , resting upon which the maxims ...
George Poulett Scrope. scope and limits of political economy ; and also of establishing a ground - work of axiomatic prin- ciples , with respect to the rights of individuals and the duties of governments , resting upon which the maxims ...
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... established by law . The absurdity of this not uncommon opinion need hardly be exposed . If there is no right an- tecedent to the establishment of law , then where there are no laws , as in a newly - occupied country , there are no ...
... established by law . The absurdity of this not uncommon opinion need hardly be exposed . If there is no right an- tecedent to the establishment of law , then where there are no laws , as in a newly - occupied country , there are no ...
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... establish fixed rules for the guidance of human conduct in the path of rectitude . The expediency of some restraint on individual freedom of action is easily seen . Man , by the constitution of his nature , is a social animal . Wherever ...
... establish fixed rules for the guidance of human conduct in the path of rectitude . The expediency of some restraint on individual freedom of action is easily seen . Man , by the constitution of his nature , is a social animal . Wherever ...
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... established code of legal right and wrong . The interference of the latter is necessarily con- fined to cases of a definite and determinate cha- racter , and cannot be extended to a vast variety of complicated and delicate relations in ...
... established code of legal right and wrong . The interference of the latter is necessarily con- fined to cases of a definite and determinate cha- racter , and cannot be extended to a vast variety of complicated and delicate relations in ...
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accumulated Adam Smith advantages afford agriculture amount arts benefit capital circulating circumstances comforts commerce commodities condition consequently consumed continually corn CORN-LAWS cost cultivation demand division of labour duce duction duties effect employed employment enjoyment equally evils exchange exclusive exertions existence expense extent favourable fertility foreign greater happiness human improvement increase individual industry injury interest invested Ireland labouring class land landlord less likewise limited machinery manufactures ment MIXED MATHEMATICS mode monopoly moral natural justice natural laws natural right necessary numbers object obtain occupation owner parishes parties perhaps persons Political Economy poor poor-law poor-rate population portion possession present principle procure production profit proportion proportionate purchase quantity raw produce rent skill society soil sumers supply surplus surplus labour taxation things tion tithe tivation trade value of money villeins wages wealth