Political Economy for High Schools and AcademiesGinn, 1895 - 108 стор. |
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... to be studied in other ways . A second school of economists arose in France which taught that natural wealth is to be sought neither in money nor in any industry but farming . Only the tillage of the soil , POLITICAL ECONOMY . 3.
... to be studied in other ways . A second school of economists arose in France which taught that natural wealth is to be sought neither in money nor in any industry but farming . Only the tillage of the soil , POLITICAL ECONOMY . 3.
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Robert Ellis Thompson. but farming . Only the tillage of the soil , they said , gives us a real addition to what we have already . Manufactures only change the form of things , just as commerce only changes their place . A yard of cotton ...
Robert Ellis Thompson. but farming . Only the tillage of the soil , they said , gives us a real addition to what we have already . Manufactures only change the form of things , just as commerce only changes their place . A yard of cotton ...
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... soil and cease depending on what nature offered without labor . Out of a species of wild grass , which still grows in southern Mexico , they developed the maize plant by artificial selection . They also cultivated the cassia root , and ...
... soil and cease depending on what nature offered without labor . Out of a species of wild grass , which still grows in southern Mexico , they developed the maize plant by artificial selection . They also cultivated the cassia root , and ...
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... soil by manuring , and widens the area of tillage by draining wet lands . He brings the forces of nature wind , water , steam and electricity into his service , and adds their power to his own . Thus with every year he becomes more ...
... soil by manuring , and widens the area of tillage by draining wet lands . He brings the forces of nature wind , water , steam and electricity into his service , and adds their power to his own . Thus with every year he becomes more ...
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... soil under tillage , and secure a larger share of necessary things for each , than when a small number seemed to possess everything . 8. Association with his fellowmen is man's first need , if he is to attain a comfortable existence ...
... soil under tillage , and secure a larger share of necessary things for each , than when a small number seemed to possess everything . 8. Association with his fellowmen is man's first need , if he is to attain a comfortable existence ...
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