 His object has been to write a book, which, any one who chooses may understand. He has, therefore, labored to express the general principles in the plainest manner possible, and to illustrate them by cases with which every person is familiar. It has been...  The Elements of Political Economy - Page vby Francis Wayland - 1837 - 472 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Wayland - 1837 - 502 pages
...District Court of the United States-, for the District of Rhode-Island. KNOWLES, VOSE AND FQ, PRINT. v* PREFACE. THE following work contains, in substance,...express the general principles in the plainest manner pos-- sible, and to illustrate them by cases with which every person is familiar. In doing this, he... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 522 pages
...object has been to write a book which any one who chooses may understand. He has, therefore, laboured to express the general principles in the plainest...possible, and to illustrate them by cases with which any person is familiar." He has, in our judgment, succeeded in his undertaking. A careful perusal of... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1837 - 520 pages
...energies. It is proper, however, to state that it was not Dr. Wayland's design to compose a text book. " His object has been to write a book which any one who chooses may understand." We wish he would condense the principles contained in this volume into one of about half the size,... | |
 | 1837 - 528 pages
...serviceable either to the general student or the practical merchant." His object was to supply this defect, " to write a book which any one who chooses may understand." He has fully accomplished his design. All the principles of the science are distinctly stated and clearly... | |
 | 1837 - 1068 pages
...serviceable either to the general student or the practical merchant." His object was to supply this defect, " to write a book which any one who chooses may understand." He has fully accomplished his design. All the principles of the science are distinctly stated and clearly... | |
 | Transmontanus - 1844 - 198 pages
...atext-book in many of our principal Colleges, and has an extensive sale. Extract from the Preface. " His object has been to write a book, which any one...them by cases with which every person is familiar. It has been to the author a source of regret, that the course of discussion in the followin? pages,... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1844 - 484 pages
...a text-toot in many of our principal Colleges, and has an extensive sale. Extract from the Preface. His object has been to write a book, which any one...them by cases with which every person is familiar. It has been to the author a source of regret, that the course of discussion in the following pages,... | |
 | Barnas Sears - 1844 - 224 pages
...text-book in many of our principal Colleges, and has an extensive sale. Extract from the Preface. " His object has been to write a book, which any one...them by cases with which every person is familiar. It has been to the author a source of regret, that the course of discussion in the following pages,... | |
 | Lyman Coleman - 1844 - 482 pages
...text-book in many of OUT principal Colleges, and has an extensive sale. Extract from the Preface. ''' His object has been to write a book, which any one...plainest manner possible, and to illustrate them by caned with which every person is familiar. It has been to the author a source of. regret, that the... | |
 | John Harris - 1844 - 336 pages
...Colleges, and has an extensive sale. Extract from the Preface. " His object has been to write a bnok, which any one who chooses may understand. He has....possible, and to illustrate them by cases with which every parson is familiar. It has been to the author a source of regret, ihit the course of discussion in... | |
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