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Few things , however , are more certain than that , of one hundred thousand new
- born infants indiscriminately taken in England and Wales , about fifteen
thousand die in the first year , about five thousand more in the second ; that
something ...
Few things , however , are more certain than that , of one hundred thousand new
- born infants indiscriminately taken in England and Wales , about fifteen
thousand die in the first year , about five thousand more in the second ; that
something ...
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To propel a steamboat a hundred miles , a given quantity of coal must be
decomposed into gas and cinders , and a given quantity of water turned into
steam . To effect a muscular action of the human body , the brain — the galvanic
battery of ...
To propel a steamboat a hundred miles , a given quantity of coal must be
decomposed into gas and cinders , and a given quantity of water turned into
steam . To effect a muscular action of the human body , the brain — the galvanic
battery of ...
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It is * “ Two hundred pounds of earth were dried in an oven , and afterwards put
into a large earthen vessel ; the earth was then moistened with rainwater , and a
willow tree weighing five pounds was planted therein . During the space of five ...
It is * “ Two hundred pounds of earth were dried in an oven , and afterwards put
into a large earthen vessel ; the earth was then moistened with rainwater , and a
willow tree weighing five pounds was planted therein . During the space of five ...
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It ordinarily constitutes from ninety to ninetyseven pounds in every hundred . This
part of the plant can only have been formed from air at first , if not directly , yet
from compounds whose elements were themselves derived from air , existing in ...
It ordinarily constitutes from ninety to ninetyseven pounds in every hundred . This
part of the plant can only have been formed from air at first , if not directly , yet
from compounds whose elements were themselves derived from air , existing in ...
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It has been computed , " says Lyell , the geologist , “ that eight hundred acres
furnish only as much subsistence to a community of hunters , as half an acre
under cultivation . ” Liebig gives us the scientific explanation of this fact . * It is
clear ...
It has been computed , " says Lyell , the geologist , “ that eight hundred acres
furnish only as much subsistence to a community of hunters , as half an acre
under cultivation . ” Liebig gives us the scientific explanation of this fact . * It is
clear ...
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Сторінка 17 - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Сторінка 77 - 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.
Сторінка 61 - ... it is the law of production from the land, that in any given state of agricultural skill and knowledge...
Сторінка 135 - The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred property.
Сторінка 216 - ... from having begun it sooner. There may be no inherent advantage on one part, or disadvantage on the other, but only a present superiority of acquired skill and experience. A country which has this skill and experience yet to acquire may, in other respects, be better adapted to the production than those which were earlier in the field ; and besides, it is a just remark of Mr.
Сторінка 90 - ... second, and it is regulated as before by the difference in their productive powers. At the same time, the rent of the first quality will rise, for that must always be above the rent of the second by the difference between the produce which they yield with a given quantity of capital and labor.
Сторінка 255 - The administration of private justice between the citizens of the same State, the supervision of agriculture and of other concerns of a similar nature, all those things, in short, which are proper to be provided for by local legislation, can never be desirable cares of a general jurisdiction.
Сторінка 178 - ... with quite different tools. A country weaver, who cultivates a small farm, must lose a good deal of time in passing from his loom to the field, and from the field to his loom. When the two trades can be carried on in the same workhouse, the loss of time is no doubt much less. It is even in this case, however, very considerable. A man commonly saunters a little in turning his hand from one sort of employment to another.
Сторінка 20 - It makes entire abstraction of every other human passion or motive; except those which may be regarded as perpetually antagonizing principles to the desire of wealth, namely, aversion to labour, and desire of the present enjoyment of costly indulgences.
Сторінка 267 - A country cannot be expected to renounce the power of taxing foreigners, unless foreigners will in return practise towards itself the same forbearance. The only mode in which a country can save itself from being a loser by the revenue duties imposed by other countries on its commodities, is to impose corresponding revenue duties on theirs.
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| Назва | A Manual of Political Economy |
| Автор | Erasmus Peshine Smith |
| Видавець | G. P. Putnam & Company, 1853 |
| Оригінал із | Каліфорнійський університет |
| Оцифровано | 14 груд. 2007 |
| ISBN | 0608400629, 9780608400624 |
| Обсяг | 269 стор. |
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