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... merely as a covetous machine , examine by what laws of labour , purchase , and sale , the greatest accumulative result in wealth is attainable . Those et u Me FLONOMICUS laws once determined , it will be for each individual 66 ...
... merely as a covetous machine , examine by what laws of labour , purchase , and sale , the greatest accumulative result in wealth is attainable . Those et u Me FLONOMICUS laws once determined , it will be for each individual 66 ...
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... been unwisely lost sight of by many thoughtful persons , merely because he presents his The next clearest and simplest example of relation between master 2 THE ROOTS OF HONOUR . 25 ungently, will be revengeful; and the man who ...
... been unwisely lost sight of by many thoughtful persons , merely because he presents his The next clearest and simplest example of relation between master 2 THE ROOTS OF HONOUR . 25 ungently, will be revengeful; and the man who ...
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... merely from love of gambling on the part of the masters , and from ignorance and sensuality in the men . The masters cannot bear to let any opportunity of gain escape them , and frantically rush at every gap and breach in the walls of ...
... merely from love of gambling on the part of the masters , and from ignorance and sensuality in the men . The masters cannot bear to let any opportunity of gain escape them , and frantically rush at every gap and breach in the walls of ...
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... merely as subjects to experiment upon ; much more , if we found that , receiving bribes from persons interested in their deaths , he was using his best skill to give poison in the mask of medicine . Finally , the principle holds with ...
... merely as subjects to experiment upon ; much more , if we found that , receiving bribes from persons interested in their deaths , he was using his best skill to give poison in the mask of medicine . Finally , the principle holds with ...
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... merely in careful pre- servation and just division of these possessions . Perhaps , however , after some time one or other might be dissatisfied with the results of their common farming ; and they might in consequence agree to divide ...
... merely in careful pre- servation and just division of these possessions . Perhaps , however , after some time one or other might be dissatisfied with the results of their common farming ; and they might in consequence agree to divide ...
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Page 24 - But let us not lose the use of Dickens's wit and insight, because he chooses to speak in a circle of stage fire. He is entirely right in his main drift and purpose in every book he has written ; and all of them, but especially Hard Times, should be studied with close and earnest care by persons interested in social questions.
Page 15 - AMONG the delusions which at different periods have possessed themselves of the minds of large masses of the human race, perhaps the most curious - certainly the least creditable - is the modern soi-disant science of political economy, based on the idea that an advantageous code of social action may be determined irrespectively of the influence of social affection.
Page vi - Writers on Political Economy profess to teach, or to investigate, the nature of Wealth, and the laws of its production and distribution: including, directly or remotely, the operation of all the causes by which the condition of mankind, or of any society of human beings, in respect to this universal object of human desire, is made prosperous or the reverse.
Page 59 - In fact, it may be discovered that the true veins of wealth are purple, and not in rock, but in flesh ; perhaps even that the final outcome and consummation of all wealth is in the producing as many as possible full-breathed, bright-eyed, and happy-hearted human creatures.
Page 98 - The real science of political economy, which has yet to be distinguished from the bastard science, as medicine from witchcraft, and astronomy from astrology, is that which teaches nations to desire and labour for the things that lead to life ; and which teaches them to scorn and destroy the things that lead to destruction.
Page 35 - The Soldier's profession is to defend it. The Pastor's to teach it. The Physician's to keep it in health. The Lawyer's to enforce justice in it. The Merchant's to provide for it.
Page 35 - ... sixpences have to be lost as well as lives, under a sense of duty ; that the market may have its martyrdoms as well as the pulpit ; and trade its heroisms as well as war.