 Labour was the first price, the original purchasemoney that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased; and its value, to those who possess it, and who want to exchange...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 1721856Full view - About this book
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pages
...Labour," says he, " was the first price, the original purchase money that was paid for all tilings. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that...wealth of the world was originally purchased ;" and the mode by which the labour of man can be rendered most productive to his use and happiness is the... | |
 | Daniel Bishop - 1835 - 748 pages
...and equally increases the whole mass of wealth. (Edin. Rev. vol. \. ) Labour was the first price, the original purchase-money, that was paid for all things....the wealth of the world was originally purchased. — (Wealth of Nations.) Wealth is produced by labour : no other ingredient but labour makes any object... | |
 | Mrs. Loudon (Margracia) - 1835 - 348 pages
...goods," says Adam Smith, " is purchased by labour as much as what we acquire by the toil of our own body. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour that...the wealth of the world was originally purchased." By what acts of savage violence, perpetrated by the demon of war, or by what other means, whether of... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs - 1837 - 328 pages
...the soil. Labor, to use the words of Adam Smith, was the first price — the original purchase money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver that the wealth of all the world was purchased. And in proportion as the powers of the soil to produce... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 pages
...is supposed at the time to contain the value of an equal quantity. Labour was the first price, the original purchasemoney that was paid for all things....or by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of die world was originally purchased ; and its value, to those who possess it, and who want to exchange... | |
 | John Francis Bray - 1839 - 224 pages
...justice, and practicable, and efficient in the highest degree. LABOUR. " Labour was the first price, the original purchasemoney, that was paid for all things....the wealth of the world was originally purchased." " Every man in society ought to belong to one class of producers or the other, or to stimulate production... | |
 | Ralph Barnes Grindrod - 1839 - 564 pages
...first price, the original purchase-money which was paid for all things; it was neither by gold, nor by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased."* Labour procures wealth, but economy increases it. Capital is that by which mankind lay the foundation... | |
 | Ralph Barnes Grindrod - 1840 - 1080 pages
...first price, the original purchase-money which was paid for all things ; it was neither by gold, nor by silver, but by labour, that all the wealth of the world was originally purchased."§ Labour procures wealth, but economy increases it. Capital is that by which mankind lay the foundation... | |
 | Charles Bray - 1841 - 380 pages
...labour was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not, and is not, by gold or by silver, but by labour that all the wealth of the world was originally produced." No factitious or artificial want can be indulged without causing extra labour to nues, in... | |
 | Charles Bray - 1841 - 694 pages
...labour was the first price, the original purchase-money that was paid for all things. It was not, and is not, by gold or by silver, but by labour that all the wealth of the world was originally produced." No factitious or artificial Want can be indulged without causing extra labour to nues, in... | |
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