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... return from the cap- tivity ; that the poor obtained money from the rich by mortgaging their lands , houses , & c . The parable of the talents distinctly indicates that money , as the representative of capital , was 8 BANKING .
... return from the cap- tivity ; that the poor obtained money from the rich by mortgaging their lands , houses , & c . The parable of the talents distinctly indicates that money , as the representative of capital , was 8 BANKING .
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Arthur Crump. that money , as the representative of capital , was not to be allowed to lie idle . We find also that the Athenians , as early as B.C. 146 , converted their temples into banks of deposit , from which they were in the habit ...
Arthur Crump. that money , as the representative of capital , was not to be allowed to lie idle . We find also that the Athenians , as early as B.C. 146 , converted their temples into banks of deposit , from which they were in the habit ...
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... capital , with which the Bank of St. George commenced its career . The Austrians pillaged the Bank of St. George in 1746 , from which it never recovered . The Bank of Amsterdam was established in 1609 , adopting the same course as the ...
... capital , with which the Bank of St. George commenced its career . The Austrians pillaged the Bank of St. George in 1746 , from which it never recovered . The Bank of Amsterdam was established in 1609 , adopting the same course as the ...
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... capital of the bank , amounting to more than eleven and a half millions , must be lost before the holders of their notes can be sufferers from any imprudence they may commit , & c . & c . ' And again , Though I am by no means disposed ...
... capital of the bank , amounting to more than eleven and a half millions , must be lost before the holders of their notes can be sufferers from any imprudence they may commit , & c . & c . ' And again , Though I am by no means disposed ...
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... capital with which various enterprises have been carried out . The issue of bank - notes forms an entirely distinct increase of capital , be- yond that which is furnished by the paper money which is termed bills of exchange and ...
... capital with which various enterprises have been carried out . The issue of bank - notes forms an entirely distinct increase of capital , be- yond that which is furnished by the paper money which is termed bills of exchange and ...
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