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" The distribution of wealth, therefore, depends on the laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the opinions and feelings of the ruling portion of the community make them, and are very different in different ages and countries;... "
Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social ... - Page 240
by John Stuart Mill - 1848 - 566 pages
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 24; Volume 88

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1848 - 794 pages
...on the same subject in his chapter of Property, Book ii. Chap. 1 :— ' The distribution of wealth is a matter of human institution solely. The things...might be still more different, if mankind so chose.' Guarding ourselves against being supposed to assent to every part of this passage, we quote it to show...
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The Edinburgh Review, Volume 88

English literature - 1848 - 594 pages
...always what the opinions and wishes of the community make them ; are very different in * Vol. ip 226. different ages and countries ; and might be still more different if mankind so chose. We have already mentioned that Mr. Mill adheres to the usual division of the instruments of production...
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Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications ..., Volume 1

John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1852 - 672 pages
...society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the opinions and feelings of the ruling portion of the community make them, and are very different...consequences of the fundamental laws of human nature, combined with the existing state of knowledge and experience, and the existing condition of social...
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The elements of social science; or, Physical, sexual, and natural religion ...

George Drysdale - Birth control - 1861 - 616 pages
...society. The rules by which it is determined are what the opinions and feelings of the ruling portion of the community make them, and are very different...might be still more different if mankind so chose." From these remarks we can see the error of those socialist writers who assert that the laws of political...
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The Elements of Social Science ...

George Drysdale - 1861 - 622 pages
...society. The rules by which it is determined are what the opinions and feelings of the ruling portion of the community make them, and are very different...might be still more different if mankind so chose." From these remarks we can see the error of those socialist writers who assert that the laws of political...
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Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social ...

John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1866 - 628 pages
...society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the opinions and feelings of the ruling portion of the community make them, and are very different...chose. The opinions and feelings of mankind, doubtless, aro not a matter of chance. They are consequences of the fundamental laws of human nature, combined...
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The British Quarterly Review, Volume 28

Henry Allon - Christianity - 1858 - 576 pages
...laws and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined are what the opinion and feeling's of the community make them, and are very different...might be still more different if mankind so chose.'* Mr. Mill differs therefore more than Mr. M'Culloch from the Physiocrats as to distribution. He adopts...
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Political Economy, for Plain People: Applied to the Past and Present State ...

George Poulett Scrope - Economics - 1873 - 492 pages
...them as they like." . . . "The distribution of wealth therefore depends on the laws 350 APPENDIX II. and customs of society. The rules by which it is determined...different in different ages and countries, and might still be more different, if mankind so chose."* These phrases sound very profound and philosophical,...
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Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social ...

John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1885 - 626 pages
...society. The rules by which it is determined, are what the opinions and feelings of the ruling portion of the community make them, and are very different...consequences of the fundamental laws of human nature, combined with the existing state of knowledge and experience, and the existing condition of social...
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Principles of Political Economy

John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1887 - 736 pages
...society. The rules by which it is determined are what the opinions and feelings of the ruling portion of the community make them, and are very different...might be still more different, if mankind so chose. We have here to consider, not the causes, but the consequences, of the rules according to which wealth...
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