The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 294
... fact , a fact only to be gathered from frequent association with the lower orders , that the people in that con- dition of life give a great deal more to each other than they receive from all the public charities put together ; or , in ...
... fact , a fact only to be gathered from frequent association with the lower orders , that the people in that con- dition of life give a great deal more to each other than they receive from all the public charities put together ; or , in ...
Page 361
... fact , if the Government of our country never interfered with the concerns of trade , but for the objects of revenue ; and , on this gene- ral principle alone , we would venture to recom- mend an immediate abolition of the Corn Bill ...
... fact , if the Government of our country never interfered with the concerns of trade , but for the objects of revenue ; and , on this gene- ral principle alone , we would venture to recom- mend an immediate abolition of the Corn Bill ...
Page 216
... facts of a case of a population , it may be in a state of what they would call extreme destitution ; and if not of extreme misery , it is because the only standard of comfort where- of they have any experimental knowledge , is so ...
... facts of a case of a population , it may be in a state of what they would call extreme destitution ; and if not of extreme misery , it is because the only standard of comfort where- of they have any experimental knowledge , is so ...
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