...celebrated writer. Indeed Adam Smith in one place states, that " the "annual labour of every nation is the fund which " originally supplies it with all the necessaries and " conveniences of life, which it annually consumes, " and which consist always either in the immediate " produce of...

...defence of this assertion. In one place Adam Smith says, " that the annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life, which it annually consumes ; and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that...

...those who fabricate all the wealth of the country. ' The labour of every nation,' says Adam Smith, ' is the fund which originally supplies it with all the...themselves left with empty hands; those who grow all the corn, make all the clothes, build all the houses which we see, are the worst fed, the worst clothed,...

...those who fabricate all the wealth of the country. ' The labour of every nation,' says Adam Smith, ' is the fund which originally supplies it with all the...labourers, those from whose hands issue all wealth, arc themselves left with empty hands; those who grow all the corn, make all the clothes, build all...

...those who fahricate all the wealth of the country. " The lahour of every nation," says Adam Smith, " is the fund which originally supplies it with all the...necessaries and conveniences which it consumes." But the lahourers, those from whose hands issue all the wealth, are themselves left with empty hands ; those...

...the employment of Machinery, By the celebrated Dr. A SMITH*. " THE annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes, and which consist either in the immediate produce of that labour,...

...collected on one spot. — Edwards. SECTION II. PRODUCTIVE LABOUR. THE annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that...

...in the progress of society * In the words of Adam Smith — " The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life, which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that...

...community as certainly insures poverty. " The annual labour of every nation," says Adam Smith, " is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes, and which consist always either in the immediate produce of that...

...so happy and exempt from question, as in the earlier analysis. "The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes." Such were the opening words of the " Wealth of Nations," and the...