The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 203
... Scotland did experience one of the most sudden transitions that ever took place in the internal economy of a nation - but such a transi- tion , as , instead of being unfavourable or adverse to any theory of ours , is most strongly and ...
... Scotland did experience one of the most sudden transitions that ever took place in the internal economy of a nation - but such a transi- tion , as , instead of being unfavourable or adverse to any theory of ours , is most strongly and ...
Page 206
... Scotland almost per saltum , or at least in one or two generations . The progressive state , so well represented by Smith , as the hearty and prosperous state for all classes of society , and more especially for labourers , which in ...
... Scotland almost per saltum , or at least in one or two generations . The progressive state , so well represented by Smith , as the hearty and prosperous state for all classes of society , and more especially for labourers , which in ...
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... Scotland , followed up however by a series of most unfortunate Remarks by one of their own number , and printed with the knowledge and under the sanction of the Committee . We can imagine nothing more singularly untoward , than that ...
... Scotland , followed up however by a series of most unfortunate Remarks by one of their own number , and printed with the knowledge and under the sanction of the Committee . We can imagine nothing more singularly untoward , than that ...
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