...insensibly into the argument from the division of labour. " It is the maxim of every prudent master of <i family never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The taylor does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker does not...

...few sentences, pregnant with wisdom and common sense : — " It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. . . . What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great...

...evidently useless. If it cannot, it must generally be hurtful. It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family never to attempt to make at home what...to make his own clothes, but employs a tailor. The fanner attempts to make neither the one nor the other, but employs those different artificers. All...

...restraints on importation, appeals to the maxims upon which men act in private life ; when he remarks, that the tailor does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker, that the shoemaker does not attempt to make his own clothes, but employs a tailor; and when he concludes,...

...evidently useless. If it cannot, it must generally be hurtful. It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The taylor does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them •of the shoemaker. The shoemaker does...

...accordance with its natural capacity. Such methods were opposed to the common sense of ordinary life. ' ' The tailor does not attempt to make his own shoes,...to make his own clothes, but employs a tailor." The analogy was obvious. " What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly...

...in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom." Nobody will make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy ; and the country will only buy goods from abroad if the goods can be supplied more cheaply there than...

...share of the things he procures in the world's market." * "It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what...make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker. 1 W. Cunningham, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition, Vol. XI, p. 89. Perhaps it ought to be stated...

...family never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The taylor does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them...not attempt to make his own clothes, but employs a taylor. The farmer attempts to make neither the one nor the other, but employs those different artificers....

...marine equal to that of all other nations combined : — " It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy. The taylor does not attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them of the shoemaker. The shoemaker does not...