The Economic Position of the British LabourerMacmillan and Company, 1865 - 256 páginas |
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... comparatively poor . If a man had £ 100,000 , and left £ 90,000 to his eldest son , and divided only £ 10,000 amongst his four remaining children , every one would denounce such a disposition of property as most unjust and most unfair ...
... comparatively poor . If a man had £ 100,000 , and left £ 90,000 to his eldest son , and divided only £ 10,000 amongst his four remaining children , every one would denounce such a disposition of property as most unjust and most unfair ...
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... comparatively poor . We can readily understand how powerfully these motives may operate ; for instance , the owner of an entailed estate may have certain land which it will be most profitable to irrigate . £ 20,000 expended in irriga ...
... comparatively poor . We can readily understand how powerfully these motives may operate ; for instance , the owner of an entailed estate may have certain land which it will be most profitable to irrigate . £ 20,000 expended in irriga ...
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... comparatively few great landlords ; it is occupied by tenants who have sufficient capital to cultivate large farms , and the labour is supplied by hired labourers , whose wretchedness is proverbial , and between whom and their em ...
... comparatively few great landlords ; it is occupied by tenants who have sufficient capital to cultivate large farms , and the labour is supplied by hired labourers , whose wretchedness is proverbial , and between whom and their em ...
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... comparatively waste , has been properly cultivated and thus the wealth of the country has been increased . But I doubt the fact that these enclosures have augmented the national wealth , and even if it could be proved that they have ...
... comparatively waste , has been properly cultivated and thus the wealth of the country has been increased . But I doubt the fact that these enclosures have augmented the national wealth , and even if it could be proved that they have ...
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... . Again , when no credit is given , there is no money locked up in book debts , and a very large business can be done with a comparatively small capital ; the permanent sta- bility of the 6 of the British Labourer . 81.
... . Again , when no credit is given , there is no money locked up in book debts , and a very large business can be done with a comparatively small capital ; the permanent sta- bility of the 6 of the British Labourer . 81.
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