...illustrate the provisions made by Nature in the principles of the human mind" for gradual augmentation of national wealth and "to demonstrate that the most...that order of things which Nature has pointed out."" Cliffe Leslie maintained, on the other hand, that Smith actually pursued both methods — some deductive...

...if the laws tolerated the giving and taking of * ' The most effectual plan,' says Dr. Smith, ' for advancing a people to greatness, is to maintain that order of things which Nature pointed out; by allowing every man, as long as he observes the rules of justice, to pursue his mterest...