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Page 115
... nature ; but avarice and the desire of progress are constant elements . Let us elimin- ate the inconstants , and , considering the human being merely as a covetous machine , examine by what laws of labour , purchase , and sale , the ...
... nature ; but avarice and the desire of progress are constant elements . Let us elimin- ate the inconstants , and , considering the human being merely as a covetous machine , examine by what laws of labour , purchase , and sale , the ...
Page 188
... natural life ? You will feed a greater number , in the first case , 1 by rapidity of succession ; probably a happier number in the second : which does Mr. Ricardo mean to be their natural state , and to which state belongs the natural ...
... natural life ? You will feed a greater number , in the first case , 1 by rapidity of succession ; probably a happier number in the second : which does Mr. Ricardo mean to be their natural state , and to which state belongs the natural ...
Page 201
... nature . Certain substances being good for his food , and others noxious to him , what he thinks or wishes respecting them can neither change their nature , nor prevent their power . If he eats corn , he will live ; if nightshade , he ...
... nature . Certain substances being good for his food , and others noxious to him , what he thinks or wishes respecting them can neither change their nature , nor prevent their power . If he eats corn , he will live ; if nightshade , he ...
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