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... will always be to be traced in his works on population , and on rent : and enough will remain to leave him the character of a powerful and original enquirer after truth , when time and the labors of many other minds have corrected ...
... will always be to be traced in his works on population , and on rent : and enough will remain to leave him the character of a powerful and original enquirer after truth , when time and the labors of many other minds have corrected ...
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we classes , that is , those classes which have an almost unlimited command over food and all the means of a healthful subsistence , remain single more frequently , marry later , and increase more slowly , than those whose means of ...
we classes , that is , those classes which have an almost unlimited command over food and all the means of a healthful subsistence , remain single more frequently , marry later , and increase more slowly , than those whose means of ...
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But however much may remain to be done , it is cheering to reflect that whatever knowledge is thus elicited by a legitimate and careful reference to experience cannot deceive us . Even by the present imperfect effort , enough at least ...
But however much may remain to be done , it is cheering to reflect that whatever knowledge is thus elicited by a legitimate and careful reference to experience cannot deceive us . Even by the present imperfect effort , enough at least ...
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There remain to be developed and explained a variety of minor truths , which , if this branch of political economy is ever to be a safe and useful guide , must be securely placed on the firm basis of experience .
There remain to be developed and explained a variety of minor truths , which , if this branch of political economy is ever to be a safe and useful guide , must be securely placed on the firm basis of experience .
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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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