An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. With a comm. by the author of 'England and America' (E.G. Wakefield).1836 |
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... seems to be as well secured as the nature of human affairs can admit of . The beauty of the country besides , the pleasures of a country life , the tranquillity of mind which it promises , and wherever the 4 [ BOOK III . NATURAL PROGRESS.
... seems to be as well secured as the nature of human affairs can admit of . The beauty of the country besides , the pleasures of a country life , the tranquillity of mind which it promises , and wherever the 4 [ BOOK III . NATURAL PROGRESS.
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... seems to retain a predilection for this primitive employment . Without the assistance of some artificers , indeed , the cultivation of land cannot be carried on , but with great inconveniency and continual interruption , Smiths ...
... seems to retain a predilection for this primitive employment . Without the assistance of some artificers , indeed , the cultivation of land cannot be carried on , but with great inconveniency and continual interruption , Smiths ...
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... by which labour can be employed in combi- nation , and surplus produce be obtained , the next paragraph seems to be full of error . - E . is sufficient to purchase his own maintenance , can be c 3 CHAP . II . ] 17 AGRICULTURE .
... by which labour can be employed in combi- nation , and surplus produce be obtained , the next paragraph seems to be full of error . - E . is sufficient to purchase his own maintenance , can be c 3 CHAP . II . ] 17 AGRICULTURE .
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... seems , in the present times , cannot . In the English colonies , of which the principal produce is corn , the far greater * But the labour of slaves being combined , is more pro- ductive than the much divided labour of freemen . The ...
... seems , in the present times , cannot . In the English colonies , of which the principal produce is corn , the far greater * But the labour of slaves being combined , is more pro- ductive than the much divided labour of freemen . The ...
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... seems , however , to have been rather a pious exhortation , than a law to which exact obedience was required from the faithful . Slavery continued to take place almost universally for several centuries afterwards , till it was gradually ...
... seems , however , to have been rather a pious exhortation , than a law to which exact obedience was required from the faithful . Slavery continued to take place almost universally for several centuries afterwards , till it was gradually ...
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Сторінка 422 - Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production ; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
Сторінка 104 - ... would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.
Сторінка 348 - To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers.
Сторінка 90 - By means of it, the narrowness of the home market does not hinder the division of labour in any particular branch of art or manufacture from being carried to the highest perfection. By opening a more extensive market for whatever part of the produce of their labour may exceed the home consumption, it encourages them to improve its productive powers, and to augment its annual produce to the utmost, and thereby to increase the real revenue and wealth of society
Сторінка 104 - The statesman, who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself...
Сторінка 100 - Every individual is continually exerting himself to find out the most advantageous employment for whatever capital he can command. It is his own advantage, indeed, and not that of society, which he has in view. But the study of his own advantage naturally or, rather, necessarily leads him to prefer that employment which is most advantageous to the society.
Сторінка 92 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Сторінка 114 - The first is, when some particular sort of industry is necessary for the defence of the country.
Сторінка 125 - Were those high duties and prohibitions taken away all at once, cheaper foreign goods of the same kind might be poured so fast into the home market, as to deprive all at once many thousands of our people of their ordinary employment and means of subsistence.
Сторінка 117 - As defence, however, is of much more importance than opulence, the act of Navigation is, perhaps, the wisest of all the commercial regulations of England.