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proprietors of the soil over the surface of the globe , exist only because the qualities of different soils are different ; and can only be increased as the ...
proprietors of the soil over the surface of the globe , exist only because the qualities of different soils are different ; and can only be increased as the ...
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... soil and its occupiers determine the details of the condition of the majority of the people , and the spirit and forms of their political institutions .
... soil and its occupiers determine the details of the condition of the majority of the people , and the spirit and forms of their political institutions .
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But those effects are accompanied by a power of cultivating poorer soils and a ... 244 The decreasing fertility of the soil may ( as it affects wages and ...
But those effects are accompanied by a power of cultivating poorer soils and a ... 244 The decreasing fertility of the soil may ( as it affects wages and ...
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If that soil belongs to others , this circumstance alone makes the peasants at once tributary to the proprietors , and a portion of the produce is ...
If that soil belongs to others , this circumstance alone makes the peasants at once tributary to the proprietors , and a portion of the produce is ...
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... Origin and the body of the people with their daily bread , they Rents . must extract it with their own hands from the soil , or they must starve .
... Origin and the body of the people with their daily bread , they Rents . must extract it with their own hands from the soil , or they must starve .
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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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