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... mean not to pursue this illustration further : we have employed it as enabling us to express the more emphatically our utter dissent from , and disapprobation of , the narrow , circumscribed , and party view , promulgated in a recent ...
... mean not to pursue this illustration further : we have employed it as enabling us to express the more emphatically our utter dissent from , and disapprobation of , the narrow , circumscribed , and party view , promulgated in a recent ...
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... means and appliances of his business , in the cheapest market that he can find : that the bricks , tiles , and slates employed in his buildings and drains , be free from excise duty : that the timber , iron , and leather , of which his ...
... means and appliances of his business , in the cheapest market that he can find : that the bricks , tiles , and slates employed in his buildings and drains , be free from excise duty : that the timber , iron , and leather , of which his ...
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... means to that end is open to full , if it be fair , consideration ; and we shall have to discuss the subject of an income tax , not merely on the comparatively narrow and low basis of a means of revenue , but as a condition in finance ...
... means to that end is open to full , if it be fair , consideration ; and we shall have to discuss the subject of an income tax , not merely on the comparatively narrow and low basis of a means of revenue , but as a condition in finance ...
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... means of meeting temporary defalcations of revenue , and as a subject of subsequent consideration for the nation , after experiencing the effects of its weight and position , —should be utterly and for ever set aside , as not merely ...
... means of meeting temporary defalcations of revenue , and as a subject of subsequent consideration for the nation , after experiencing the effects of its weight and position , —should be utterly and for ever set aside , as not merely ...
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... mean the balance of taxation between high and low , between rich and poor . The balance between agriculture and ... means of an income tax on the one side ( which we wish to include every direct tax ) , and a moderate proportion of ...
... mean the balance of taxation between high and low , between rich and poor . The balance between agriculture and ... means of an income tax on the one side ( which we wish to include every direct tax ) , and a moderate proportion of ...
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