EconomySimpkin, Marshal, 1882 - 208 páginas |
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... means of that action ; but employers did not on that account come to the House and lodge a claim for compensation . " You will perceive the hollow- ness of such an argument , when you recollect that Adam Smith proved that the State had ...
... means of that action ; but employers did not on that account come to the House and lodge a claim for compensation . " You will perceive the hollow- ness of such an argument , when you recollect that Adam Smith proved that the State had ...
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... means , otherwise they will be led away by the plausible appeals to im- pose duties under the disguise of " fair trade , " " reciprocity , " " retaliation " —all meaning " protection " under a new name— a return to the fatal policy of ...
... means , otherwise they will be led away by the plausible appeals to im- pose duties under the disguise of " fair trade , " " reciprocity , " " retaliation " —all meaning " protection " under a new name— a return to the fatal policy of ...
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... means so much more tea , coffee , sugar , & c . , consumed by each and every one . We could all of us consume or buy more than we do if the prices of articles collectively enabled us to obtain the larger number by the means at our ...
... means so much more tea , coffee , sugar , & c . , consumed by each and every one . We could all of us consume or buy more than we do if the prices of articles collectively enabled us to obtain the larger number by the means at our ...
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... what they sell . It means compelling every one to move about with a weight attached to his leg — a weight that impedes progress . " But free trade is against common sense , " a man said to me to - day . " I INTRODUCTION . 13.
... what they sell . It means compelling every one to move about with a weight attached to his leg — a weight that impedes progress . " But free trade is against common sense , " a man said to me to - day . " I INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... means whereby sequences may be compelled -like that falsity of eyesight which overlooks the gradations of distance , seeing that which is afar off as if it were within a step or a grasp precipitates the mistaking soul on destruction ...
... means whereby sequences may be compelled -like that falsity of eyesight which overlooks the gradations of distance , seeing that which is afar off as if it were within a step or a grasp precipitates the mistaking soul on destruction ...
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able action advantage amount average become benefit better body capital cause cent charge commodities consumer cost demand depends distribution duties economy effect England equal existence expenditure exports fact faith follow force foreign free trade freedom future give Government greater happiness human idea imports improvement income increased individual industry interest keep kind knowledge labour land landlord laws less live man's manufacturers material means mind moral nation nature necessary never object once paid persons political position present principle produce profit progress prosperity protection railways reason reduced regarded rent result saving secure seems sell sense success suffering supply tell things thought true understand wealth wise
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Página 109 - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.
Página 162 - For the love of God is broader Than the measures of man's mind, And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind...
Página 109 - One man draws out the wire; another straights it; a third cuts it; a fourth points it; a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head...
Página 73 - Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel; And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against the Eternal Cause.
Página 109 - ... the important business of making a pin is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen distinct operations, which in some manufactories are all performed by distinct hands, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them.
Página 33 - Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.
Página 73 - Go, wiser thou! and, in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence; Call imperfection what thou fanciest such, Say, here he gives too little, there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet cry, If man's unhappy, God's unjust...
Página 23 - Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole Empire was made tranquil and happy.
Página 47 - Everything harmonizes with me, which is harmonious to thee, O Universe. Nothing for me is too early nor too late, which is in due time for thee. Everything is fruit to me which thy seasons bring, O Nature: from thee are all things, in thee are all things, to thee all things return.
Página 136 - It is because high or low wages and profit must be paid, in order to bring a particular commodity to market, that its price is high or low. But it is because its price is high or low; a great deal more, or very little more, or no more, than what is sufficient to pay those wages and profit, that it affords a high rent, or a low rent, or no rent at all.