An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation. By the Rev. Richard Jones ..., Volume 1 |
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Page i
... means , first , of getting possession of as much of the precious metals as possible , and then , of holding them fast so as to keep the heap ever grow- ing . It is in the different measures , or rather systems of measures , successively ...
... means , first , of getting possession of as much of the precious metals as possible , and then , of holding them fast so as to keep the heap ever grow- ing . It is in the different measures , or rather systems of measures , successively ...
Page x
... means and efforts on the old . Of the two richer classes , therefore , the one is threatened that the increase of the people , and the spread of tillage , will bring to it an invidious wealth founded on the public distress , and the ...
... means and efforts on the old . Of the two richer classes , therefore , the one is threatened that the increase of the people , and the spread of tillage , will bring to it an invidious wealth founded on the public distress , and the ...
Page xi
... means of subsist- ence ; and their numbers could be kept down to the level of those means , only by checks which re- solve themselves into either guilt or misery , or into a pure state of moral restraint , which , according to the ...
... means of subsist- ence ; and their numbers could be kept down to the level of those means , only by checks which re- solve themselves into either guilt or misery , or into a pure state of moral restraint , which , according to the ...
Page xiii
... means were in reserve , and ready to be circulcated , of eluding the passions implanted by the Creator in the original constitution of the human race ; and that thus at last human wisdom might be made to triumph over defects in the phy ...
... means were in reserve , and ready to be circulcated , of eluding the passions implanted by the Creator in the original constitution of the human race ; and that thus at last human wisdom might be made to triumph over defects in the phy ...
Page xvii
... means of a healthful subsistence , remain single more fre- quently , marry later , and increase more slowly , than those whose means of subsistence are more scanty ; and comparing afterwards nation with nation , a similar fact forces ...
... means of a healthful subsistence , remain single more fre- quently , marry later , and increase more slowly , than those whose means of subsistence are more scanty ; and comparing afterwards nation with nation , a similar fact forces ...
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