The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart: Lectures on political economy ... To which is prefixed part third of the Outlines of moral philosophy. 1855.56T. Constable and Company, 1856 |
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... favour . ' * " Against this system Mr. Smith argues in the following satisfactory and conclusive manner : - " By restraining either by high duties or by absolute prohibitions , the importa- tion of such goods from foreign countries as ...
... favour . ' * " Against this system Mr. Smith argues in the following satisfactory and conclusive manner : - " By restraining either by high duties or by absolute prohibitions , the importa- tion of such goods from foreign countries as ...
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... favour of the active interposition of Government to produce an increased plantation of English oaks , in order to render the. could safely be trusted , not only to no single person , but to no council or senate whatever , and which would ...
... favour of the active interposition of Government to produce an increased plantation of English oaks , in order to render the. could safely be trusted , not only to no single person , but to no council or senate whatever , and which would ...
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... favour . And the loss or capture of homeward - bound ships in the same manner , by diminishing the amount of entered imports , falla- ciously adds to the apparent favourable balance . " On the other hand , there are branches of trade ...
... favour . And the loss or capture of homeward - bound ships in the same manner , by diminishing the amount of entered imports , falla- ciously adds to the apparent favourable balance . " On the other hand , there are branches of trade ...
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... favour ; and he had undoubtedly the merit of encouraging , by his example , his friend Mr. Smith to devote his profound and comprehensive genius to a systematical illustration of them . His Political Discourses were first printed in the ...
... favour ; and he had undoubtedly the merit of encouraging , by his example , his friend Mr. Smith to devote his profound and comprehensive genius to a systematical illustration of them . His Political Discourses were first printed in the ...
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... favour of the particular employment of capital and industry , which has for its object the supply of native oak for the purposes of our naval demand ; [ supra , p . 25 , seq . , ] and I expressed my doubts how far this plea would be ...
... favour of the particular employment of capital and industry , which has for its object the supply of native oak for the purposes of our naval demand ; [ supra , p . 25 , seq . , ] and I expressed my doubts how far this plea would be ...
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Сторінка 387 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Сторінка 24 - ... intends only his own security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain; and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for the society that it was no part of it. By pursuing his own interest, he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it.
Сторінка 25 - What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy it of them with some part of the produce of our oWn industry, employed in a way in which we have some advantage.
Сторінка 24 - By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intends only his own security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.
Сторінка 222 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Сторінка 460 - Sed cum omnia ratione animoque lustraris, omnium societatum nulla est gravior, nulla carior quam ea, quae cum re publica est uni cuique nostrum. Cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est, pro qua quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere, si ei sit profuturus?
Сторінка 85 - ... seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chess-board...
Сторінка 207 - And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he...
Сторінка 207 - Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
Сторінка 7 - When the price of any commodity is neither more nor less than what is sufficient to pay the rent of the land, the wages of the labour, and the profits of the stock employed in raising, preparing, and bringing to market, according to their natural rates, the commodity is then sold for what may be called its natural price.