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... kind of capital which is commonly known as money ( quite a different thing from the currency ) ; and the law of the increase of money , where habits of thrift are so strong as they are in England , is , that it constantly tends to ...
... kind of capital which is commonly known as money ( quite a different thing from the currency ) ; and the law of the increase of money , where habits of thrift are so strong as they are in England , is , that it constantly tends to ...
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... society . A mass of information of the most important kind is contained in Mr. Thornton's well - known work on Paper Credit . Other valuable contributions to mone- tary science are furnished by the evidence given before the XX PREFACE .
... society . A mass of information of the most important kind is contained in Mr. Thornton's well - known work on Paper Credit . Other valuable contributions to mone- tary science are furnished by the evidence given before the XX PREFACE .
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... kind , changes in the feel- ings , habits , and tastes of men , which would constitute that most awful of all events , a decay in the fibre of national character ? This is , indeed , a question , the very thought of which is enough to ...
... kind , changes in the feel- ings , habits , and tastes of men , which would constitute that most awful of all events , a decay in the fibre of national character ? This is , indeed , a question , the very thought of which is enough to ...
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... kind to that of him whose genius inspires life into the canvas or the marble - and all own the spell . This new power is no longer a mere representative of wealth . It is an addition to what previously existed , and wants only the open ...
... kind to that of him whose genius inspires life into the canvas or the marble - and all own the spell . This new power is no longer a mere representative of wealth . It is an addition to what previously existed , and wants only the open ...
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... kind , ought to have the greatest weight , from his familiarity with both the theory and practice of banking , and the caution and con- scientious care shown in his investigations . This aggregate of discounts must be taken according to ...
... kind , ought to have the greatest weight , from his familiarity with both the theory and practice of banking , and the caution and con- scientious care shown in his investigations . This aggregate of discounts must be taken according to ...
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Page 268 - I STOOD in Venice on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand ; I saw from out the wave her structures rise As from the stroke of the enchanter's wand : A thousand years their cloudy wings expand Around me, and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times, when many a subject land Look'd to the winged Lion's marble piles, Where Venice sate in state, throned on her hundred isles...
Page 290 - It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Page 141 - Abstract liberty, like other mere abstractions, is not to be found. Liberty inheres in some sensible object; and every nation has formed to itself some favorite point, which by way of eminence becomes the criterion of their happiness. It happened, you know, Sir, that the great contests for freedom in this country were from the earliest times chiefly upon the question of taxing.
Page 142 - They took infinite pains to inculcate, as a fundamental principle, that in all monarchies the people must in effect themselves, mediately or immediately, possess the power of granting their own money, or no shadow of liberty could subsist.
Page 105 - Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From Heaven; for even in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific.
Page xxxi - And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness : for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
Page 27 - The history of what we are in the habit of calling the " state of trade " is an instructive lesson. We find it subject to various conditions which are periodically returning ; it revolves apparently in an established cycle. First we find it in a state of quiescence, — next improvement, — growing confidence, — prosperity, — excitement, — overtrading, — convulsion, — pressure, — stagnation, — distress, — ending again in quiescence.
Page 68 - Ho, no, no, no, no ; — my meaning, in saying he is a good man, is to have you understand me, that he is sufficient...
Page 290 - For one believeth that he may eat all things : another who is weak eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not ; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth : for God hath received him.
Page 268 - In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear : Those days are gone — but beauty still is here.