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Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett. HB171.5 F27 1876 Cambridge : PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY , M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS . GIFT OF C. A. MOORE WHEN I was helping my husband to prepare a third PANCELLED FROM Feb , 14,1927 . CAKER LIBRARY.
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett. HB171.5 F27 1876 Cambridge : PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY , M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS . GIFT OF C. A. MOORE WHEN I was helping my husband to prepare a third PANCELLED FROM Feb , 14,1927 . CAKER LIBRARY.
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Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett. WHEN I was helping my husband to prepare a third edition of his Manual of Political Economy , it occurred to us both that a small book , explaining as briefly as possible the most important principles of ...
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett. WHEN I was helping my husband to prepare a third edition of his Manual of Political Economy , it occurred to us both that a small book , explaining as briefly as possible the most important principles of ...
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... third advantage of the division of La- bour . Adam Smith says that " the third advantage of the division of labour is the invention of a great number 14 [ SECT . I. PRODUCTION .
... third advantage of the division of La- bour . Adam Smith says that " the third advantage of the division of labour is the invention of a great number 14 [ SECT . I. PRODUCTION .
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... third , the impor- tance of which must be evident to all ; viz . the use of tools and machinery . There is no industry which is independent of the use of tools ; even the rudest agri- culture could not be carried on without a spade ...
... third , the impor- tance of which must be evident to all ; viz . the use of tools and machinery . There is no industry which is independent of the use of tools ; even the rudest agri- culture could not be carried on without a spade ...
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... to characterize the substance se- lected as a measure of value and as a medium of ex- change . The third quality which money should possess , viz . great value in small bulk , has already been alluded CHAP . II . ] 51 ON MONEY .
... to characterize the substance se- lected as a measure of value and as a medium of ex- change . The third quality which money should possess , viz . great value in small bulk , has already been alluded CHAP . II . ] 51 ON MONEY .
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