 ... at a seaport town, lest the sight of the ships and the conversation and adventures of the sailors should entice him to go to sea. The distant prospect of hazards, from which we can hope to extricate ourselves by courage and address, is not disagreeable...  Military Ends and Moral Means - Page 53by James John Graham - 1864 - 475 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Adam Smith - 1789 - 526 pages
...raife the wages of labour in any employment. It is otherwife with thofe in which courage and addrefs can be of no avail. In trades which are known to be very unwholefome, the wages of labour are always remarkably high. Unwholefomenefs is a fpecies of difagreeablenefs,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 372 pages
...ourselves by courage and address, is not disagreeable to us, and does not raise the wages of labour in any employment. It is otherwise with those in which...of labour are to be ranked under that general head. In all the different employments of stock, the ordinary rate of profit varies more or less with the... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 452 pages
...ourselves by courage and address, is not disagreeable to us, and does not raise the wages of labour in any employment. It is otherwise with those in which...known to be very unwholesome, the wages of labour are alt ways remarkahly high. Umvholesomeness is a species of disagreeableness,and its effects upon the... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 582 pages
...unwholefome, the wages of labour are always remarkably high. Unwholefomenefs is a fpecies of difagreeablenefs, and its effects upon the wages of labour are to be ranked under that general head. In all the different employments of flock, the ordinary rate of profit varies more or lefs with the... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 530 pages
...raife the wages of labour in any employment. It is otherwife with thofe in which courage and addrefs can be of no avail. In trades which are known to be very unwholefome, the wages of labour are always remarkably high. Unwholefomenefs is a fpecies of difagreeablenefs,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1812 - 520 pages
...raife the wages of labour in any employment.. It is otherwife with thofe in which courage and addrefs can be of no avail. In trades which are known to be very unwholefome, the wages of labour are always remarkably high. Unwholefomenefs is a fpecies of difagreeablenefs,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1838 - 476 pages
...wages of cies of disagreeable ness, and its effects upon labour. The skill of an apothecary is a much the wages of labour are to be ranked under that general head.* nicer and more delicate metier than that uf any artificer whatever; and the tru-Л which is In all... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1848 - 622 pages
...ourselves by courage and address, is not disagreeable to us, and does not raise the wages of labour in any employment. It is otherwise with those in which...labour are to be ranked under that general head." § 2. All these are cases in which inequality of remuneration is necessary to produce equality of attractiveness,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1849 - 638 pages
...ourselves by courage and address, is not disagreeable to us, and does not raise the wages of labour in any employment. It is otherwise with those in which...labour are to be ranked under that general head." § 2. All these are cases in which inequality of remuneration is necessary to produce equality of attractiveness,... | |
 | Nassau William Senior - 1854 - 256 pages
...disheartening young people, seem frequently <o recommend a trade to them. But it is otherwise," he observes, " with those in which courage and address can be of...unwholesome the wages of labour are always remarkably high." M Unwholesomeness, indeed, is generally united to other disagreeable circumstances. Dirt, dust, deleterious... | |
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