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... definition of WEALTH : such definition L being absolutely needed for a basis of economical science . The most reputed essay on that subject which has appeared in modern times , after open- ing with the statement that " writers on ...
... definition of WEALTH : such definition L being absolutely needed for a basis of economical science . The most reputed essay on that subject which has appeared in modern times , after open- ing with the statement that " writers on ...
Page xii
... definition of a star is not the object of this treatise ; " the essay so opened might yet have been far more true in its final statements , and a thousand- fold more serviceable to the navigator , than any treatise on wealth which ...
... definition of a star is not the object of this treatise ; " the essay so opened might yet have been far more true in its final statements , and a thousand- fold more serviceable to the navigator , than any treatise on wealth which ...
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... definition of money is that it is a documentary promise ratified and guaranteed by the nation to give or find a certain quan- tity of labor on demand . A man's labor for a day is a bet- ter standard of value than a measure of any ...
... definition of money is that it is a documentary promise ratified and guaranteed by the nation to give or find a certain quan- tity of labor on demand . A man's labor for a day is a bet- ter standard of value than a measure of any ...
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... definition of his own " science . " He calls it , shortly , the " science of getting rich . " But there are many sciences , as well as many arts , of getting rich . Poisoning people of large estates was one employed largely in the ...
... definition of his own " science . " He calls it , shortly , the " science of getting rich . " But there are many sciences , as well as many arts , of getting rich . Poisoning people of large estates was one employed largely in the ...
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... definition , is the word " just , " or " legal , " finally to stand ? For it is possible among certain nations , or under certain rulers , or by help of certain advocates , that proceedings may be legal which are by no means just . If ...
... definition , is the word " just , " or " legal , " finally to stand ? For it is possible among certain nations , or under certain rulers , or by help of certain advocates , that proceedings may be legal which are by no means just . If ...
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