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... individuals - it is not what is done for people , but what people do for themselves , that acts upon their character and condition . From being altogether passive , and having no voice in their own affairs , the Danish people with all ...
... individuals - it is not what is done for people , but what people do for themselves , that acts upon their character and condition . From being altogether passive , and having no voice in their own affairs , the Danish people with all ...
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... individuals , of whom 6960 individuals are civil functionaries sup- porting by their salaries 23,058 persons in their families ; 4424 are priests , supporting 21,125 per- sons ; 933 are military officers , supporting 2850 persons ; 190 ...
... individuals , of whom 6960 individuals are civil functionaries sup- porting by their salaries 23,058 persons in their families ; 4424 are priests , supporting 21,125 per- sons ; 933 are military officers , supporting 2850 persons ; 190 ...
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... individuals , is 121,444 persons ; or every 10 indi- viduals have to support 1 , who is not engaged in productive industry , but is a public functionary , or a pauper living upon their productive industry . There is one clergyman to ...
... individuals , is 121,444 persons ; or every 10 indi- viduals have to support 1 , who is not engaged in productive industry , but is a public functionary , or a pauper living upon their productive industry . There is one clergyman to ...
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... individual genius soars far above the flight of its contempo- raries . Now the spirit of composition of the Saga is very different from that of the venerable Bede , who was contemporary with the heroes and scalds of the historical Saga ...
... individual genius soars far above the flight of its contempo- raries . Now the spirit of composition of the Saga is very different from that of the venerable Bede , who was contemporary with the heroes and scalds of the historical Saga ...
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... secured by law to the individual whose in- dustry has produced them ; but the exercise of this industry , as a carpenter , smith , baker , or mer- chant , is also a property vested in particular indi- 78 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
... secured by law to the individual whose in- dustry has produced them ; but the exercise of this industry , as a carpenter , smith , baker , or mer- chant , is also a property vested in particular indi- 78 OBSERVATIONS IN SWEDEN .
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| Title | A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature 1450-1850 Making of the modern economy |
| Author | Samuel Laing |
| Publisher | Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1839 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 May 2008 |
| Length | 431 pages |
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