Manual of Social Science: Being a Condensation of the "Principles of Social Science" of H.C. Carey, LL.D. |
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Page 421 - school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent, into a spoon that has paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon the
Page 412 - that the whole of social science is embraced in the brief words of the great founder of Christianity : " Do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you." Mr. Ricardo's system is one of discords,
Page 63 - and uniform in quality, and because, in the progress of population, land of an inferior quality or less advantageously situated ia called into cultivation, that rent is ever paid for the use of it. When, in the progress of society, land of the second degree of fertility is taken into cultivation, rent immediately commences
Page 165 - insupportable, the people rose and pulled down the government. But the English government was not to be shaken off. That government, oppressive as the most oppressive form of barbarian despotism, was strong with all the strength of civilization. It resembled the government of evil genii rather than the government of human
Page 63 - that of the first quality ; and the amount of rent will depend on the difference in the quality of these two portions of land When land of the third quality is taken into cultivation, rent immediately commences on the second ; and it is regulated, as before, by the difference in their productive powers. At the same time,
Page 479 - the constant tendency in all animated life to increase beyond the nourishment prepared for it."* Before inquiring into the truth or falsehood of the idea thus propounded, it may be well to determine for ourselves
Page 35 - The entire succession of men," says Pascal, " through the whole course of ages, must be regarded as one man, always living, and incessantly learning;" and among the men who have most largely contributed towards the foundation of a true social science are to be ranked the eminent teachers to whose labors we have been so
Page 63 - abundance of rich and fertile land, a very small portion of which is required to be cultivated for the support of the actual population, or indeed can be cultivated with the capital which the population can command, there will be no rent; for no one would pay for the