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 xxi
... Persons and Property CHAPTER X - PRODUCTIVE INTERESTS.- Agriculture- Manufactures - Commerce . - Progress , Subdivisions , and utility of each . Their community of interest , and equal importance . - Preference awarded to Agricul- с xxi ...
... Persons and Property CHAPTER X - PRODUCTIVE INTERESTS.- Agriculture- Manufactures - Commerce . - Progress , Subdivisions , and utility of each . Their community of interest , and equal importance . - Preference awarded to Agricul- с xxi ...
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... persons must dispute , on the same grounds , the existence of any essential distinction between right and wrong , for none can be shown to exist but by an appeal to reason , that is , to enlightened instinct . II . The second objection ...
... persons must dispute , on the same grounds , the existence of any essential distinction between right and wrong , for none can be shown to exist but by an appeal to reason , that is , to enlightened instinct . II . The second objection ...
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... persons or acquisitions of the weaker and incautious . Scarcely any individual can feel secure or happy for a moment , so long as he holds his life , and whatever he may possess , only on the frail chance of no one stronger or more ...
... persons or acquisitions of the weaker and incautious . Scarcely any individual can feel secure or happy for a moment , so long as he holds his life , and whatever he may possess , only on the frail chance of no one stronger or more ...
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... persons acknowledge that , in the great majority of instances , the interests of individuals and of the mass are the ... person and property at the expense of his neighbours ? The old saw , What is everybody's interest is nobody's ...
... persons acknowledge that , in the great majority of instances , the interests of individuals and of the mass are the ... person and property at the expense of his neighbours ? The old saw , What is everybody's interest is nobody's ...
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... person and action , of which it is a natural corollary . And this is the opinion of Mr. Locke , as given in his view of the origin and foundation of a right to property . Every man , ' he says , has a property in his own person , that ...
... person and action , of which it is a natural corollary . And this is the opinion of Mr. Locke , as given in his view of the origin and foundation of a right to property . Every man , ' he says , has a property in his own person , that ...
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