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Page 170
... possession , or " having , " is not an absolute , but a gradated , power ; and consists not only in the quantity or nature of the thing possessed , but also ( and in a greater degree ) in its suit- ableness to the person possessing it ...
... possession , or " having , " is not an absolute , but a gradated , power ; and consists not only in the quantity or nature of the thing possessed , but also ( and in a greater degree ) in its suit- ableness to the person possessing it ...
Page 216
... possession of them , we merely keep our bank notes in the shape of gravel or clay , of book leaves , or of embroidered tissue . Circumstances may perhaps render such forms the safest , or a certain complacency may attach to the ...
... possession of them , we merely keep our bank notes in the shape of gravel or clay , of book leaves , or of embroidered tissue . Circumstances may perhaps render such forms the safest , or a certain complacency may attach to the ...
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... possession , which , when they are unobserved , possession becomes rapine . The object of meristic law is not only to secure every man his rightful share ( the share , that is , which he has worked for , produced , or received by gift ...
... possession , which , when they are unobserved , possession becomes rapine . The object of meristic law is not only to secure every man his rightful share ( the share , that is , which he has worked for , produced , or received by gift ...
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accumulation artist become body bread catallactic Charybdis cheap commercial common consists Cornhill Magazine cost currency demand depends desire destruction economist Eleutheria employed evil examine exchange exchangeable value existing farther give given gold hands honour human Illth increase J. S. Mill John Ruskin justice kind land less live luxury Mammon man's matter means ment merchant merely meristic mind modern moral nation nature necessary never noble obtain painter Paul Veronese perfect perhaps persons pleasure Plutus political economy poor possession possible present principles produce proportion purchase quantity of labour question reader real property respecting rich sense servants slavery soul spend suppose things thought tion Titian true Unto this Last Verona wages wealth wholly wise word worth youth