Life of Adam SmithW. Scott, 1887 - 161 páginas |
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... give some account of the life and work of this man , without magnifying or diminishing either unduly , is the object aimed at in these pages . In order to do so at all fairly , within the compass of a small space , it will be necessary ...
... give some account of the life and work of this man , without magnifying or diminishing either unduly , is the object aimed at in these pages . In order to do so at all fairly , within the compass of a small space , it will be necessary ...
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... gives the following description of his delivery : — " There was no situation in which the abilities of Mr. Smith appeared to greater advantage than in that of a professor . In delivering his lectures he trusted almost entirely to ...
... gives the following description of his delivery : — " There was no situation in which the abilities of Mr. Smith appeared to greater advantage than in that of a professor . In delivering his lectures he trusted almost entirely to ...
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... give you thanks for the agreeable present of your theory . Wedderburn and I made presents of our own copies to such of our acquaintances as we thought good judges , and proper to spread the reputation of the book . I sent one to the ...
... give you thanks for the agreeable present of your theory . Wedderburn and I made presents of our own copies to such of our acquaintances as we thought good judges , and proper to spread the reputation of the book . I sent one to the ...
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... Voltaire has lately published a small work called ' Candide ; ou , L'Optimisme . ' I shall give you a detail of it . But what is all this to my book ? say you . My dear Mr. Smith , have patience : compose yourself to ADAM SMITH . 27.
... Voltaire has lately published a small work called ' Candide ; ou , L'Optimisme . ' I shall give you a detail of it . But what is all this to my book ? say you . My dear Mr. Smith , have patience : compose yourself to ADAM SMITH . 27.
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... give so little , that I shall still doubt for some time of its being at first very popular . But it has depth , and solidity , and acuteness , and is so much illustrated by curious facts , that it must at last take the public attention ...
... give so little , that I shall still doubt for some time of its being at first very popular . But it has depth , and solidity , and acuteness , and is so much illustrated by curious facts , that it must at last take the public attention ...
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Página 109 - The market price of every particular commodity is regulated by the proportion between the quantity which is actually brought to market, and the demand of those who are willing to pay the natural price of the commodity...
Página 65 - How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it.
Página 108 - As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce.
Página 47 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Página 143 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as Little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.
Página 111 - It is not the actual greatness of national wealth, but its continual increase, which occasions a rise in the wages of labour. It is not, accordingly, in the richest countries, but in the most thriving, or in those which are growing rich the fastest, that the wages of labour are highest.
Página 103 - The word VALUE, it is to be observed, has two different meanings, and sometimes expresses the utility of some particular object, and sometimes the power of purchasing other goods which the possession of that object conveys. The one may be called "value in use;" the other "value in exchange.
Página 117 - The probability that any particular person shall ever be qualified for the employment to which he is educated, is very different in different occupations. In the greater part of mechanic trades success is almost certain, but very uncertain in the liberal professions. Put your son apprentice to a shoemaker, there is little doubt of his learning to make a pair of shoes : but send him to study the law, it is at least twenty to one if ever he makes such a proficiency as will enable him to live by the...
Página 106 - As soon as stock has accumulated in the hands of particular persons, some of them will naturally employ it in setting to work industrious people, whom they will supply with materials and subsistence, in order to make a profit by the sale of their work, or by what their labour adds to the value of the materials.
Página 120 - By the 5th of Elizabeth, commonly called the Statute of Apprenticeship, it was enacted, that no person should for the future exercise any trade, craft, or mystery at that time exercised in England, unless he had previously served to it an apprenticeship of seven years at least...