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... speculations , which his comprehensive plan necessarily led him to state under different titles . I have observed , in my Account of the Life and Writings of Mr. Smith , " that the great and leading object of Mr. Smith's speculations is ...
... speculations , which his comprehensive plan necessarily led him to state under different titles . I have observed , in my Account of the Life and Writings of Mr. Smith , " that the great and leading object of Mr. Smith's speculations is ...
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... speculations respecting the component parts of price , although sufficiently accurate for our present purpose , is by no means unexceptionable in point of distinctness . It appears from a manuscript of Mr. Smith's , now in my possession ...
... speculations respecting the component parts of price , although sufficiently accurate for our present purpose , is by no means unexceptionable in point of distinctness . It appears from a manuscript of Mr. Smith's , now in my possession ...
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... speculations of others , and to present them in a strong light to the common sense of mankind . I shall only quote one passage from this writer , which I select merely from its more immediate connexion with the doctrines which I have ...
... speculations of others , and to present them in a strong light to the common sense of mankind . I shall only quote one passage from this writer , which I select merely from its more immediate connexion with the doctrines which I have ...
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... speculations on the legislation of grain . One thing is certain , that the argument in favour of the old pro- hibition system has been stated by no writer , either in France or in England , with equal force and plausibility . And we ...
... speculations on the legislation of grain . One thing is certain , that the argument in favour of the old pro- hibition system has been stated by no writer , either in France or in England , with equal force and plausibility . And we ...
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... speculations , to rest in general on very authentic documents . I shall transcribe the passage , ( with a few retrenchments , ) though at the hazard of repeating some ideas , which may occur else- where , in a different form , in the ...
... speculations , to rest in general on very authentic documents . I shall transcribe the passage , ( with a few retrenchments , ) though at the hazard of repeating some ideas , which may occur else- where , in a different form , in the ...
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Página 387 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Página 24 - ... intends only his own security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain; and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention. Nor is it always the worse for the society that it was no part of it. By pursuing his own interest, he frequently promotes that of the society more effectually than when he really intends to promote it.
Página 25 - What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom. If a foreign country can supply us with a commodity cheaper than we ourselves can make it, better buy it of them with some part of the produce of our oWn industry, employed in a way in which we have some advantage.
Página 24 - By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intends only his own security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.
Página 222 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Página 460 - Sed cum omnia ratione animoque lustraris, omnium societatum nulla est gravior, nulla carior quam ea, quae cum re publica est uni cuique nostrum. Cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares, sed omnes omnium caritates patria una complexa est, pro qua quis bonus dubitet mortem oppetere, si ei sit profuturus?
Página 85 - ... seems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great society with as much ease as the hand arranges the different pieces upon a chess-board...
Página 207 - And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he...
Página 207 - Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
Página 7 - When the price of any commodity is neither more nor less than what is sufficient to pay the rent of the land, the wages of the labour, and the profits of the stock employed in raising, preparing, and bringing to market, according to their natural rates, the commodity is then sold for what may be called its natural price.