| 1848 - 788 pages
...year, except so much as may have been this year added to the total amount. The fact is far otherwise. The greater part, in value, of the wealth now existing...produced by human hands within the last twelve months. A very small proportion indeed of that large aggregate was in existence ten years ago ; — of the... | |
| 1848 - 806 pages
...year, except so much as may have been this year added to the total amount. The fact is far otherwise. The greater part, in value, of the wealth now existing...produced by human hands within the last twelve months. A very small proportion indeed ofthat large aggregate was in existence ten years ago; of the present... | |
| 1920 - 450 pages
...suggestion ?] . 9. P. 58. 1. 22. It is the maxim of their economists, " that the greater part in value ot the wealth now existing in England has been produced by human hands within the last twelve months.' ' [Is this a verbatim quotation from some writer on economics before 1856 ?] 10. P. 50, 1. 9. The Danish... | |
| John Stuart Mill - 1849 - 638 pages
...year, except as much as may have been this year added to the total amount. The fact is far otherwise. The greater part, in value, of the wealth now existing in England has been produced to a forced economy. Suppose a sudden demand for some article of Inxory, caused by the caprice of a... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1856 - 588 pages
...are unprofitable ; let me have sheep.' He unroofs the houses, and ships the population to America. The nation is accustomed to the instantaneous creation...rain will reduce hundreds to starving in London." — pp. 98- 103. Mr. Emerson has been twice in England. His second voyage thither was in 1847, at the... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 200 pages
...tenantry are unprofitable; let me have sheep." He unroofs the houses, and ships the population to America. The nation is accustomed to the instantaneous creation...days' rain will reduce hundreds to starving in London. almost arctic isle, being made the most fruitful, luxurious, and imperial land in the whole earth.... | |
| Henry Charles Carey - 1859 - 542 pages
...that conviction of the error should not be forced upon its teachers. Mr. Mill assures his readers, that " the greater part in value of the wealth now...produced by human hands within the last twelve months. A very small proportion indeed," as he continues, " was in existence ten years ago : of the present... | |
| Henry Charles Carey - 1859 - 546 pages
...that conviction of the error should not be forced upon its teachers. Mr. Mill assures his readers, that " the greater part in value of the wealth now existing in England lias been produced by human hands within the last twelve months. A very small proportion indeed," as... | |
| William B. Dana - 1868 - 594 pages
...assume that the wealth of the nation has all been created since 1770. It is remarked by John Stuart Mill that, "The greater part, in value, of the wealth now...produced by human hands within the last twelve months." The power of reproduction is not less, proportionately, in the United States. But as, with population,... | |
| 1868 - 490 pages
...of the nation has al! been created since 1770. It is remarked by John Stuart Mill that, "The.greater part, in value, of the wealth now existing in England has been produced by human hands within the l<tst twelve months." The power of reproduction is not less, proportionately, in the United States.... | |
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