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Page xxiv
... reader could have no leisure , and , by the complica- tion of which , it seemed to me , the authors themselves had been not unfrequently prevented from seeing to the root of the business . Finally , if the reader should feel inclined to ...
... reader could have no leisure , and , by the complica- tion of which , it seemed to me , the authors themselves had been not unfrequently prevented from seeing to the root of the business . Finally , if the reader should feel inclined to ...
Page 97
... reader is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest possible words , or his reader will certainly misunderstand them . Generally , also , a down- right fact may be told in a plain way ; and we want down- right facts at present more than ...
... reader is sure to skip them ; and in the plainest possible words , or his reader will certainly misunderstand them . Generally , also , a down- right fact may be told in a plain way ; and we want down- right facts at present more than ...
Page 142
... reader's consideration . It has been shown that the chief value and virtue of money consists in its having power over human beings ; that , without this power , large material possessions are useless , and to any person possessing such ...
... reader's consideration . It has been shown that the chief value and virtue of money consists in its having power over human beings ; that , without this power , large material possessions are useless , and to any person possessing such ...
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