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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... sufficient to put his trade upon a fair level with other trades , and to compensate the many losses which he sustains upon other occasions , both from the perishable nature of the commodity itself , and from the frequent and unforeseen ...
... sufficient to put his trade upon a fair level with other trades , and to compensate the many losses which he sustains upon other occasions , both from the perishable nature of the commodity itself , and from the frequent and unforeseen ...
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... sufficient capital to deserve the credit of the farmers , as well as of that liberality of mind , and those enlarged views of their own interests , which are commonly to be found in men accustomed to the operations of an extensive ...
... sufficient capital to deserve the credit of the farmers , as well as of that liberality of mind , and those enlarged views of their own interests , which are commonly to be found in men accustomed to the operations of an extensive ...
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... sufficiently grievous , even at a period when a labourer can earn 18d . a day ; but between the Conquest and the accession of Edward the Third , the price of wheat varied from 8d . to £ 6 , 8s . the quarter , to which almost incredible ...
... sufficiently grievous , even at a period when a labourer can earn 18d . a day ; but between the Conquest and the accession of Edward the Third , the price of wheat varied from 8d . to £ 6 , 8s . the quarter , to which almost incredible ...
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... sufficient minuteness for my present purpose . Of the origin and progress of this literary and political con- troversy in France , a circumstantial account may be found in various writers . The following rapid sketch is a faint transla ...
... sufficient minuteness for my present purpose . Of the origin and progress of this literary and political con- troversy in France , a circumstantial account may be found in various writers . The following rapid sketch is a faint transla ...
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... sufficient to prevent the greatest desola- tion of famine . " * In proof of this , Sir James appeals to a fact which ( not having access at the time to the registers of the trade in grain ) he states on the authority of a London ...
... sufficient to prevent the greatest desola- tion of famine . " * In proof of this , Sir James appeals to a fact which ( not having access at the time to the registers of the trade in grain ) he states on the authority of a London ...
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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.