Principles of Social Science, Том 2J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1860 |
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... crops destroyed - his cattle carried off - his house and his barn . reduced to ashes - and his family and himself obliged to seek for refuge within the city walls . The warrior - chief demands his ser- vices for the carrying on of wars ...
... crops destroyed - his cattle carried off - his house and his barn . reduced to ashes - and his family and himself obliged to seek for refuge within the city walls . The warrior - chief demands his ser- vices for the carrying on of wars ...
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... and the result is found in large additions to his crops . At one time he raises the marl with which he covers the surface ; and , at another , quarries the limestone by help of which he is enabled to lighten 28 CHAPTER XX . § 9 .
... and the result is found in large additions to his crops . At one time he raises the marl with which he covers the surface ; and , at another , quarries the limestone by help of which he is enabled to lighten 28 CHAPTER XX . § 9 .
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... crops of corn . On one hand he has a demand for potash , and on another for madder . The woollen manufacturer asks for ... crop of broom corn this season . Mr. H. had 60 acres under cultivation , from which he realized 40,000 pounds of ...
... crops of corn . On one hand he has a demand for potash , and on another for madder . The woollen manufacturer asks for ... crop of broom corn this season . Mr. H. had 60 acres under cultivation , from which he realized 40,000 pounds of ...
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... crop ; and with equally constant diminution in the powers of the man who cultivates it - until at length he finds him- self a slave not only to nature , but to those of his fellow - men whose physical powers are greater than his own ...
... crop ; and with equally constant diminution in the powers of the man who cultivates it - until at length he finds him- self a slave not only to nature , but to those of his fellow - men whose physical powers are greater than his own ...
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... crops , * and thus greatly increases the return to labor . With every such increase , he learns to attach a higher value to the powers of nature at his command , and from year to year he economizes them more and more — and thus does ...
... crops , * and thus greatly increases the return to labor . With every such increase , he learns to attach a higher value to the powers of nature at his command , and from year to year he economizes them more and more — and thus does ...
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