For these reasons there are not more useful members in a commonwealth than merchants. They knit mankind together in a mutual intercourse of good offices, distribute the gifts of nature, find work for the poor, add wealth to the rich, and magnificence... The Spectator, no. 1-314 - Page 115by Joseph Addison - 1837Full view - About this book
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