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 xiv
... evil . No statesman , no despot even , in the present day , sets to work knowingly to destroy his country and deteriorate the condition of the people under his sway , for his own selfish purposes . It is well understood now that the ...
... evil . No statesman , no despot even , in the present day , sets to work knowingly to destroy his country and deteriorate the condition of the people under his sway , for his own selfish purposes . It is well understood now that the ...
Page 15
... evil resulting from it to mankind at large infinitely exceeds all the pos- sible gain . The determination of the specific acts which are or are not permissible to a free member of society , is the province of the codes of law and ...
... evil resulting from it to mankind at large infinitely exceeds all the pos- sible gain . The determination of the specific acts which are or are not permissible to a free member of society , is the province of the codes of law and ...
Page 26
... evil : at least if any evils accompany it , they are compen- sated by an infinitely preponderating balance of good . The right , therefore , to good government , which we have placed last in the order of man's natural rights ...
... evil : at least if any evils accompany it , they are compen- sated by an infinitely preponderating balance of good . The right , therefore , to good government , which we have placed last in the order of man's natural rights ...
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... evil - ignorance , and widely disseminating the seed of all good - know- ledge . I have no intention , however , of going into a discussion of the mode and degree in which the great business of general education should be un- dertaken ...
... evil - ignorance , and widely disseminating the seed of all good - know- ledge . I have no intention , however , of going into a discussion of the mode and degree in which the great business of general education should be un- dertaken ...
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... evil passions of our nature , and smother the germs of every generous and noble sentiment . 2. I shall pass over with equal brevity the con- sideration of the means possessed by a government for securing the members of the community it ...
... evil passions of our nature , and smother the germs of every generous and noble sentiment . 2. I shall pass over with equal brevity the con- sideration of the means possessed by a government for securing the members of the community it ...
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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