 | 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...last twelve months. A very small proportion indeed ofthat large aggregate was in existence ten years ago; of the present productive capital of the country,... | |
 | 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
...is accustomed to the instantaneous creation of wealth. It is the maxim of their economists, ' that the greater part in value of the wealth now existing...produced by human hands within the last twelve months.' Meantime, three or four days' rain will reduce hundreds to starving in London." — pp. 98- 103. Mr.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 324 pages
...is accustomed to the instantaneous creation of wealth. It is the maxim of their economists, " that the greater part in value of the wealth now existing...produced by human hands within the last twelve months." Meantime, three or four days' rain will reduce hundreds to starving in London. One secret of their... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey - 1859 - 528 pages
...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...last twelve months. A very small proportion indeed," as he continues, "was in existence ten years ago : of the present productive capital of the country,... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey - 1859 - 546 pages
...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... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey - 1865 - 528 pages
...conviction of the error should not bo forced upon its teachers. Mr. Mill assures his readers, that " the greater part in value of the wealth now existing...produced by human hands within the last twelve months. A yery small proportion indeed," as he continues, " was in existence ten years ago : of the present productive... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...nation is accustomed to the instantaneous creation of wealth. It is the maxim of their economists, "that the greater part in value of the wealth now existing...produced by human hands within the last twelve months." Meantime, three or four days' rain will reduce hundreds to starving in London. One secret of their... | |
 | William B. Dana - 1868 - 594 pages
...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 existing...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,... | |
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He unroofs the houses, and ships the population to America. The nation is accustomed to the instantaneous creation of wealth. It is the maxim of their economists, "that the greater part in value of the wealth now existing in England, has been produced... 
