The Elements of Political EconomyGould and Lincoln, 1852 - 406 pages |
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Common terms and phrases
able accomplish accumulation advantage amount of labor amount of value annual bank benefit bills borrow bushels capi capitalist cent cheap cheaper circulating capital circulating medium cloth coin commodity consumed consumption cost cotton course create demand diminished division of labor duction duty effect employed employment enabled equal evident exchangeable value exerted expense exported fixed capital frequently gratify greater greatly Hence human industry hundred dollars important improvement inasmuch individual indolence instrument intellectual invest iron Julius Cæsar laws less liable loan machinery manner manufactures means ment merchant millions mode moral nation natural agents necessary number of laborers obliged operation paid payment persons portion possess precious metals principles procure profit proportion purchase purpose quantity reason receive render result rich rise sand dollars sell skill society specie steam engine sufficient supply Suppose thing tion transportation vidual wants wheat whole worth
Popular passages
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Page 79 - One of those boys, who loved to play with his companions, observed that, by tying a string from the handle of the valve which opened this communication, to another part of the machine, the valve would open and shut without his assistance, and leave him at liberty to divert himself with his playfellows.