Knowledge is PowerBell and Daldy, 1866 - 426 pages |
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Page xii
... profitable employment of labour - Con- trast between the prodigal and the prudent man : the Dukes of Buckingham and Bridgewater - Making good for trade - Unprofitable consumption - War against capital in the middle ages - Evils of ...
... profitable employment of labour - Con- trast between the prodigal and the prudent man : the Dukes of Buckingham and Bridgewater - Making good for trade - Unprofitable consumption - War against capital in the middle ages - Evils of ...
Page xvi
... profitably directed . The power of labour would in his case be in its least productive state . He would partly justify the assertion that man has the feeblest natural means of any animal ; because he would be utterly unpossessed of ...
... profitably directed . The power of labour would in his case be in its least productive state . He would partly justify the assertion that man has the feeblest natural means of any animal ; because he would be utterly unpossessed of ...
Page xvi
... profitably ? to maintain existence in tolerable comfort ? Simply , the gun , the knife , and the flint , which he accidentally had with him when the ship sailed away . The flint and the bit of steel which he hardened out of the gun ...
... profitably ? to maintain existence in tolerable comfort ? Simply , the gun , the knife , and the flint , which he accidentally had with him when the ship sailed away . The flint and the bit of steel which he hardened out of the gun ...
Page xvi
... profitable labour . Let us state all the conditions necessary for the produc- tion of Utility , or of what is essential to the support , comfort , and pleasure of human life : — 1. There shall be Labour . The man thrown upon a desert ...
... profitable labour . Let us state all the conditions necessary for the produc- tion of Utility , or of what is essential to the support , comfort , and pleasure of human life : — 1. There shall be Labour . The man thrown upon a desert ...
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... profitable direction , besides that of accumulation . It is a power which can only exist where man is social , as it is his nature to be ; — and where the principles of civilization are in a certain degree developed . It is , indeed ...
... profitable direction , besides that of accumulation . It is a power which can only exist where man is social , as it is his nature to be ; — and where the principles of civilization are in a certain degree developed . It is , indeed ...
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