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Page xii
... first object of these following papers to give an accurate and stable definition of wealth . Their second object was to show that the acquisition of wealth was finally possible only under certain moral con- ditions of society xii PREFACE .
... first object of these following papers to give an accurate and stable definition of wealth . Their second object was to show that the acquisition of wealth was finally possible only under certain moral con- ditions of society xii PREFACE .
Page xiii
John Ruskin. finally possible only under certain moral con- ditions of society , of which quite the first was a belief in the existence , and even , for practical purposes , in the attainability of honesty . means Without venturing to ...
John Ruskin. finally possible only under certain moral con- ditions of society , of which quite the first was a belief in the existence , and even , for practical purposes , in the attainability of honesty . means Without venturing to ...
Page xxi
... possible to answer for the final truth of principles , not for the direct success of plans and that in the best of these last , what can be immediately accomplished is always questionable , and what can be finally accomplished ...
... possible to answer for the final truth of principles , not for the direct success of plans and that in the best of these last , what can be immediately accomplished is always questionable , and what can be finally accomplished ...
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... possible , both to others and ourselves , though we can neither say what is best , or how it is likely to come to pass . I have said balances of justice , meaning , in the term justice , to include affection , such affection as one man ...
... possible , both to others and ourselves , though we can neither say what is best , or how it is likely to come to pass . I have said balances of justice , meaning , in the term justice , to include affection , such affection as one man ...
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... possible from the servant , seeks rather to render his appointed and necessary work beneficial to him , and to forward his interests in all just and wholesome ways , the real amount of work ultimately done , or of good rendered , by the ...
... possible from the servant , seeks rather to render his appointed and necessary work beneficial to him , and to forward his interests in all just and wholesome ways , the real amount of work ultimately done , or of good rendered , by the ...
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