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... ment may countervail , for any given period , the decreasing fertility of the soils to which recourse is necessarily had in the progress of civilisation . It would , indeed , be easy to show , that the worst lands now under tillage in ...
... ment may countervail , for any given period , the decreasing fertility of the soils to which recourse is necessarily had in the progress of civilisation . It would , indeed , be easy to show , that the worst lands now under tillage in ...
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... ment in the condition of society , and to condemn the great majority of the human race to a state approach- ing to destitution . But farther inquiries have shown that the inferences drawn by these and other autho- rities from the ...
... ment in the condition of society , and to condemn the great majority of the human race to a state approach- ing to destitution . But farther inquiries have shown that the inferences drawn by these and other autho- rities from the ...
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... ment of a wise system of public economy compen- sates for almost every other deficiency ; and has rendered regions naturally inhospitable and unpro- ductive , the comfortable abodes of a refined , a crowd- ed , and a wealthy population ...
... ment of a wise system of public economy compen- sates for almost every other deficiency ; and has rendered regions naturally inhospitable and unpro- ductive , the comfortable abodes of a refined , a crowd- ed , and a wealthy population ...
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... ment that were , in consequence , established in cities . and towns , and the security enjoyed by their inhabi- tants , while the rest of the country was a prey to rapine and disorder , stimulated their industry , and gave them a ...
... ment that were , in consequence , established in cities . and towns , and the security enjoyed by their inhabi- tants , while the rest of the country was a prey to rapine and disorder , stimulated their industry , and gave them a ...
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... ment qui devient une tendance perpetuelle vers son meilleur état possible . " " 1 As other opportunities will be afforded of examin- ing the principles of this very ingenious theory , it is sufficient at present to remark , that , in ...
... ment qui devient une tendance perpetuelle vers son meilleur état possible . " " 1 As other opportunities will be afforded of examin- ing the principles of this very ingenious theory , it is sufficient at present to remark , that , in ...
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The Principles of Political Economy: With Some Inquiries Respecting Their ... John Ramsay McCulloch Перегляд фрагмента - 1965 |
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Сторінка 411 - By necessaries I understand not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without.
Сторінка 115 - With regard to profusion, the principle which prompts to expense is the passion for present enjoyment; which, though sometimes violent and very difficult to be restrained, is in general only momentary and occasional. But the principle which prompts to save is the desire of bettering our condition, a desire which, though generally calm and dispassionate, comes with us from the womb, and never leaves us till we go into the grave.
Сторінка 229 - It is in this manner that the demand for men, like that for any other commodity, necessarily regulates the production of men, quickens it when it goes on too slowly, and stops it when it advances too fast.
Сторінка 231 - The germs of existence contained in this earth, if they could freely develop themselves, would fill millions of worlds in the course of a few thousand years. Necessity, that imperious, all-pervading law of nature, restrains them within the prescribed bounds.
Сторінка 31 - The ordinary means, therefore, to increase our wealth and treasure, is by foreign trade ; wherein we must ever observe this rule — to sell more to strangers yearly than we consume of theirs in value.
Сторінка 198 - Every workman has a great quantity of his own work to dispose of beyond what he himself has occasion for ; and every other workman being exactly in the same situation, he is enabled to exchange a great quantity of his own goods for a great quantity, or, what 'comes to the same thing, for the price of a great quantity of theirs. He supplies them abundantly with what they have occasion for, and they accommodate him as amply with what he has occasion for, and a general plenty diffuses itself through...