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Page 34
... reason of the general lowness of estimate in which the profession of commerce is held , as com- pared with that of arms . Philosophically , it does not , at first sight , appear reasonable ( many writers have endeavoured to prove it ...
... reason of the general lowness of estimate in which the profession of commerce is held , as com- pared with that of arms . Philosophically , it does not , at first sight , appear reasonable ( many writers have endeavoured to prove it ...
Page 36
... reason must lie deeper than in the measurement of their several powers of mind . And the essential reason for such preference will be found to lie in the fact that the merchant is pre- sumed to act always selfishly . His work may be ...
... reason must lie deeper than in the measurement of their several powers of mind . And the essential reason for such preference will be found to lie in the fact that the merchant is pre- sumed to act always selfishly . His work may be ...
Page 71
... reason in a man's being poor , that if he give me a pound of bread to - day , I should return him less than a pound of bread to- morrow ; or any equitable reason in a man's being uneducated , that if he uses a certain quantity of skill ...
... reason in a man's being poor , that if he give me a pound of bread to - day , I should return him less than a pound of bread to- morrow ; or any equitable reason in a man's being uneducated , that if he uses a certain quantity of skill ...
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absolute AD VALOREM advantage Bearing precious seed become body bread CALIFORN capital caput mortuum catallactic commercial common consuming consumption definition depends desire difference economists employed equal ESSAY exchangeable value finally force function gain Geryon getting rich give given gold Government hands honour human idea implies industry inequalities interest Ixion J. S. Mill John Ruskin justice kind land laws less live luxury manufacture master Master Humphrey's Clock material means mercantile merchant Mill mind modern moral nation nature operation paragraph payment peace perhaps person Ploughshare political economy poor possession possible practical principles produce profit quantity of labour question rate of wages reader respect result Ricardo root sense servant suppose theory things tion Tisiphone trade true ultimately UNIVERSIT UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES unjust Unto this Last VALOREM Vulgate word workman