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Page iv
... less current , and therefore less useful , than they must otherwise have been . The iv PREFACE .
... less current , and therefore less useful , than they must otherwise have been . The iv PREFACE .
Page viii
... less extent , must demon- stratively outstrip any possible increase of food ; and he had shewn that much of the happiness or misery of a large part of the population of nations , must always depend on the extent to which this power is ...
... less extent , must demon- stratively outstrip any possible increase of food ; and he had shewn that much of the happiness or misery of a large part of the population of nations , must always depend on the extent to which this power is ...
Page x
... less gloomy . The effects of that diminution in the productive powers of industry , which is supposed to be indicated by increasing rents , reach , it is said , the owners of capital , in the shape of a dwindling rate of profits ; and ...
... less gloomy . The effects of that diminution in the productive powers of industry , which is supposed to be indicated by increasing rents , reach , it is said , the owners of capital , in the shape of a dwindling rate of profits ; and ...
Page xvii
... less rapidly than those who are confessedly most wretched . These facts indi- cate at once , to an unprejudiced observer , the presence and influence , among communities of men , of causes which coming into action during the pro- gress ...
... less rapidly than those who are confessedly most wretched . These facts indi- cate at once , to an unprejudiced observer , the presence and influence , among communities of men , of causes which coming into action during the pro- gress ...
Page xxi
... less extensive . It is true , that the facts which best illustrate principles in any branch of knowledge , are little likely to be care- fully recorded , before some glimmering perception of the principles themselves exists . Hence a ...
... less extensive . It is true , that the facts which best illustrate principles in any branch of knowledge , are little likely to be care- fully recorded , before some glimmering perception of the principles themselves exists . Hence a ...
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