The Unity of Law: As Exhibited in the Relations of Physical, Social, Mental and Moral ScienceH. C. Baird, 1872 - 433 pages |
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... man himself , hardly any one is so ignorant as to allow his worst animals to breed . " Darwin , Descent of Man , vol . 1 , p . 161 . † James Mill . Elements of Political Economy , p . 42 assured , we say , of all these things , XX PREFACE .
... man himself , hardly any one is so ignorant as to allow his worst animals to breed . " Darwin , Descent of Man , vol . 1 , p . 161 . † James Mill . Elements of Political Economy , p . 42 assured , we say , of all these things , XX PREFACE .
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... upon assumptions . ” — Saturday Review . Political economy " necessarily reasons from assumptions , and not from facts . " — J . S. Mill . 1 ( 1 ) more than thirty years since by Mr. Senior , one -A SCIENCE BASED UPON ASSUMPTIONS.
... upon assumptions . ” — Saturday Review . Political economy " necessarily reasons from assumptions , and not from facts . " — J . S. Mill . 1 ( 1 ) more than thirty years since by Mr. Senior , one -A SCIENCE BASED UPON ASSUMPTIONS.
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... Mill advises his readers that " the greater part in value of the wealth now exist- ing in England , " farmhouses , factories , a few ships and machines , being , as he says , the only exceptions , " has been produced by human hands ...
... Mill advises his readers that " the greater part in value of the wealth now exist- ing in England , " farmhouses , factories , a few ships and machines , being , as he says , the only exceptions , " has been produced by human hands ...
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... Mill and his fellow - economists of the British school , no wealth has been thus created except so far as is made mani- fest in certain poles and wires distributed over the earth's surface , or in certain other wires submerged beneath ...
... Mill and his fellow - economists of the British school , no wealth has been thus created except so far as is made mani- fest in certain poles and wires distributed over the earth's surface , or in certain other wires submerged beneath ...
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... Mill , be classed as non - pro- ducers of wealth , for the reason that , however bene- ficial their labors , an " increase of material products forms no part of that benefit . " * The landholder sinks a shaft upon his property by means ...
... Mill , be classed as non - pro- ducers of wealth , for the reason that , however bene- ficial their labors , an " increase of material products forms no part of that benefit . " * The landholder sinks a shaft upon his property by means ...
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Page 62 - The natural price of labor is that price which is necessary to enable the laborers, one with another, to subsist and perpetuate their race, without either increase or diminution.
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Page xx - With savages the weak in body or mind are soon eliminated, and those that survive commonly exhibit a vigorous state of health. We civilized men, on the other hand, do our utmost to check the process of elimination; we build asylums for the imbecile, the maimed, and the sick; we institute poor laws; and our medical men exert their utmost skill to save the life of every one to the last moment.
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