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The Works of Adam Smith: The nature and causes of the wealth of nations - Page 419
by Adam Smith - 1812
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2

Adam Smith - 1801 - 362 pages
...maintenance of the acquirer during his education, ftudy, or apprenticefliip , always cofts a real expenfe , which is a capital fixed and realized, as it were,...inftrument of trade which facilitates and abridges labor, and which , though it cofls a certain expenfe, repays that expenfe with a profit. The Third...
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The Works of Adam Smith, LL.D. and F.R.S. of London and Edinburgh:: The ...

Adam Smith - 1812 - 520 pages
...of fuch talents, by the maintenance of the acquirer during his education, ftudy, or apprenticefliip, always cofts a. real expence, which is a capital fixed...may be confidered in the fame light as a machine or in It rumen t of trade which facilitates and abridges labour, -and which, though it cofts a certain...
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The Principles of Political Economy: With a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ...

John Ramsay McCulloch - 1825 - 446 pages
...person. Those talents, as they make a part of his fortune, so do they likewise of that of the society to which he belongs. The improved dexterity of a workman may be considered in the same light as a machine or instrument of trade, which facilitates and abridges labour,...
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On production

Joseph Salway Eisdell - 1839 - 636 pages
...person. These talents, as they make a part of his fortune, so do they likewise that of the society to which he belongs. The improved dexterity of a workman may be considered in the same light as a machine or instrument of trade which facilitates and abridges labour,...
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The Principles of Political Economy: With Some Inquiries Respecting Their ...

John Ramsay McCulloch - 1849 - 686 pages
...person. Those talents, as they make a part of his fortune, so do they likewise of that of the society to which he belongs. The improved dexterity of a workman may be considered in the same light as a machine or instrument of trade, which facilitates and abridges labour,...
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The Principles of Political Economy: With Sketch of the Rise and Progress of ...

John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1870 - 376 pages
...person. Those talents, as they make a part of his fortune, so do they likewise • of that of the society to which he belongs. The improved dexterity of a workman may be considered in the same light as a machine or instrument of trade, which facilitates and abridges labour,...
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The Principles of Economical Philosophy, Volume 1

Henry Dunning Macleod - 1872 - 730 pages
...person. These talents as they make a part of his fortune, so do they likewise of that of the society to which he belongs. The improved dexterity of a workman may be considered in the same light as a machine or instrument of trade, which facilitates and abridges labour,...
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An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. A careful ...

Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 pages
...person. Those talents, as they make a part of his fortune, so do they likewise of that of the society to which he belongs. The improved dexterity of a workman may be considered in the same light as a machine or instrument of trade which facilitates and abridges labour,...
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The Celtic magazine, conducted by A. Mackenzie and A. MacGregor, Volume 8

Alexander Mackenzie - 1883 - 640 pages
...of the workman, for the cause is one and the same. For example, let us embody capital of the society to which he belongs. The improved dexterity of a workman may be considered in the same light as a machine or instrument of trade which facilitates and abridges labour,...
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The Economics of Industry

Alfred Marshall, Mary Paley Marshall - 1879 - 334 pages
...person. Those talents, as they make a part of his fortune, so do they likewise of that of the society to which he belongs. The improved dexterity of a workman may be considered in the same light as a machine or instrument of trade which facilitates and abridges labour,...
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