Knowledge is PowerBell and Daldy, 1866 - 426 pages |
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... should be used in Public Elementary Education these interrogatories may be put by the teacher . If used at home they may not be without their value to the student . CONTENTS . PART I. CAPITAL AND LABOUR NECESSARY FOR PRODUCTION X Preface .
... should be used in Public Elementary Education these interrogatories may be put by the teacher . If used at home they may not be without their value to the student . CONTENTS . PART I. CAPITAL AND LABOUR NECESSARY FOR PRODUCTION X Preface .
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... necessary for the production of utility . CHAPTER II . Society a system of exchanges - Security of individual property the principle of exchange - Alexander Selkirk and Robinson Crusoe- Imperfect appropriation and unprofitable labour ...
... necessary for the production of utility . CHAPTER II . Society a system of exchanges - Security of individual property the principle of exchange - Alexander Selkirk and Robinson Crusoe- Imperfect appropriation and unprofitable labour ...
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... - The Rochdale pioneers - Moral benefits of co - operative societies - Material benefits of co - operation - Duties of the employed - Duties of employers 417 KNOWLEDGE IS POWER . PART I. CAPITAL AND LABOUR NECESSARY xvi Contents .
... - The Rochdale pioneers - Moral benefits of co - operative societies - Material benefits of co - operation - Duties of the employed - Duties of employers 417 KNOWLEDGE IS POWER . PART I. CAPITAL AND LABOUR NECESSARY xvi Contents .
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... necessary for the production of utility . LET ET us suppose a man brought up in civilized life , cast upon a desert land - without food , without clothes , without fire , without tools . We see the human being in the very lowest state ...
... necessary for the production of utility . LET ET us suppose a man brought up in civilized life , cast upon a desert land - without food , without clothes , without fire , without tools . We see the human being in the very lowest state ...
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... necessary to provide a supply of food from hand to mouth , even in the season when wild fruits were abundant . If this labour , in the most favourable season , were interrupted for a single day , or at most for two or three days , by ...
... necessary to provide a supply of food from hand to mouth , even in the season when wild fruits were abundant . If this labour , in the most favourable season , were interrupted for a single day , or at most for two or three days , by ...
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