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... skill in detecting the fallacies of others . Their error is threefold at least : 1. If , in saying that man acts uniformly from selfish motives , they only mean that every action supposes a pro- pensity on the part of the agent , and a ...
... skill in detecting the fallacies of others . Their error is threefold at least : 1. If , in saying that man acts uniformly from selfish motives , they only mean that every action supposes a pro- pensity on the part of the agent , and a ...
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... and , likewise , to ac- quire by the force of habit and undivided attention a high degree of skill in the performance of his peculiar task . By help of these natural and acquired advantages , he is enabled to produce far more.
... and , likewise , to ac- quire by the force of habit and undivided attention a high degree of skill in the performance of his peculiar task . By help of these natural and acquired advantages , he is enabled to produce far more.
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... skill and manual dexterity in workmen . A nail - maker , for example , by con- fining himself exclusively to the manufacture of that article , will make two or three thousand nails in a day ; where an ordinary smith , who only turned ...
... skill and manual dexterity in workmen . A nail - maker , for example , by con- fining himself exclusively to the manufacture of that article , will make two or three thousand nails in a day ; where an ordinary smith , who only turned ...
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... skill or natural capacity for some particular branch of in- dustry would be forced to let his great powers of production remain dormant for the greater part of his time , while he was providing for his varied necessities in a number of ...
... skill or natural capacity for some particular branch of in- dustry would be forced to let his great powers of production remain dormant for the greater part of his time , while he was providing for his varied necessities in a number of ...
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... skill , and application of the labourer , or any other circumstances which may render his labour more productive than that of another . A man whose natural powers of body or mind enable him to contribute more efficiently to the general ...
... skill , and application of the labourer , or any other circumstances which may render his labour more productive than that of another . A man whose natural powers of body or mind enable him to contribute more efficiently to the general ...
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Page 262 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 174 - Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.
Page 18 - Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his.
Page 30 - ... from a determinate spot of ground, because his father had done so before him ; or why the occupier of a particular field or of a jewel, when lying on his death-bed, and no longer able to maintain possession, should be entitled to tell the rest of the world which of them should enjoy it after him.
Page 19 - The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever then he removes out of the state that nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.
Page 75 - In watchmaking, as Mr. Babbage observes, " it was stated in evidence before a Committee of the House of Commons, that there are a hundred and two distinct branches of this art, to each of which a boy may be put apprentice ; and that he only learns his master's department, and is unable, after his apprenticeship has expired, without subsequent instruction, to work at any other branch. The watch-finisher, whose business...
Page 30 - Pleased as we are with the possession, we seem afraid to look back to the means by which it was acquired, as if fearful of some defect in our title ; or at least we rest satisfied with the decision of the laws in our favour, without examining the reason or authority upon which those laws have been built.
Page 143 - ... any sort of action or operation, whether performed by man, the lower animals, machinery, or natural agents, that tends to bring about a desirable result!
Page 19 - For this labour being the unquestionable property of the labourer, no man but he can have a right to what that is once joined to, at least where there is enough, and as good left in common for others.
Page 146 - The profit obtained by the owner of capital from its productive employment, whether in his own hands or those of another party, to whom it is lent, is to be viewed in the light of a compensation to him for abstaining for a time from the consumption of that portion of his property on his personal gratification...