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In their case a further cause , and one dependent , like the decreasing fertility of the soil , on an unchangeable law of nature , was pressing them unceasingly towards either misery or guilt . They were endowed , as a part of their ...
In their case a further cause , and one dependent , like the decreasing fertility of the soil , on an unchangeable law of nature , was pressing them unceasingly towards either misery or guilt . They were endowed , as a part of their ...
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... progress of those sciences which are dependent on mere observation for their materials , and of those in which experiment can be resorted to . I have Mr. Herschel's leave to use these observations here , although it is possible that ...
... progress of those sciences which are dependent on mere observation for their materials , and of those in which experiment can be resorted to . I have Mr. Herschel's leave to use these observations here , although it is possible that ...
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... and make the permanent and progressive growth of the revenues of the landed body , not only consistent with , but dependent on , the prosperous career of their tenantry , and of the community to which they belong .
... and make the permanent and progressive growth of the revenues of the landed body , not only consistent with , but dependent on , the prosperous career of their tenantry , and of the community to which they belong .
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... that those natural and wholesome causes of retardation which come into general action with the spread of increasing prosperity are never found necessarily accessory to the increase of vicious habits ; much less dependent on them .
... that those natural and wholesome causes of retardation which come into general action with the spread of increasing prosperity are never found necessarily accessory to the increase of vicious habits ; much less dependent on them .
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Summary of the effects of Serf Rents - Dependence of W'ages on Rents_Insufficiency of agricultural labor — Reluctance and want of skill of Peasants in Russia_Prussia - Austria— Tendency to corrupt habits of free laborers living in the ...
Summary of the effects of Serf Rents - Dependence of W'ages on Rents_Insufficiency of agricultural labor — Reluctance and want of skill of Peasants in Russia_Prussia - Austria— Tendency to corrupt habits of free laborers living in the ...
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| Title | An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation. By the Rev. Richard Jones ... An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth, and on the Sources of Taxation, Richard Jones Books for college libraries Issue 26666 of Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature |
| Author | Richard Jones |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1831 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 May 2008 |
| Length | 329 pages |
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