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... comparatively small , and therefore the quantity of gold required for such purposes does not vary greatly -- Gold and silver have always possessed an intrinsic value of their own , since no other substances are so well qualified for ...
... comparatively small , and therefore the quantity of gold required for such purposes does not vary greatly -- Gold and silver have always possessed an intrinsic value of their own , since no other substances are so well qualified for ...
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... comparatively trifling ; but so great a quantity of meat was almost worthless to so sparse a population . The gold discoveries at once caused the population of Australia to be largely increased ; the mutton which had been before wasted ...
... comparatively trifling ; but so great a quantity of meat was almost worthless to so sparse a population . The gold discoveries at once caused the population of Australia to be largely increased ; the mutton which had been before wasted ...
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... comparatively speaking , unskilled , and conse- quently very inefficient . The precision and quickness acquired by practice are not in any way confined to the mechanical operations of trade . What can be more extra- ordinary than the ...
... comparatively speaking , unskilled , and conse- quently very inefficient . The precision and quickness acquired by practice are not in any way confined to the mechanical operations of trade . What can be more extra- ordinary than the ...
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... comparatively speaking , a simple article to make , whilst on the other hand , some of the parts on which the accuracy of a chronometer depends , must be so delicately adjusted that only very few workmen ever acquire the refined skill ...
... comparatively speaking , a simple article to make , whilst on the other hand , some of the parts on which the accuracy of a chronometer depends , must be so delicately adjusted that only very few workmen ever acquire the refined skill ...
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... comparatively inefficient . A village community virtually isolated from the rest of India cannot now raise that produce for which their land is best adapted , but must cultivate it with a view of supplying themselves with the first ...
... comparatively inefficient . A village community virtually isolated from the rest of India cannot now raise that produce for which their land is best adapted , but must cultivate it with a view of supplying themselves with the first ...
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Page 519 - 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.
Page 519 - The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.
Page 520 - Thirdly, by the forfeitures and other penalties which those unfortunate individuals incur who attempt unsuccessfully to evade the tax, it may frequently ruin them, and thereby put an end to the benefit which the community might have received from the employment of their capitals.
Page 182 - Give a man the secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden ; give him a nine years lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.
Page 551 - Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it.