The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volumes 20-21W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 191
... marriages ; and then , availing themselves of the connexion between later marriages and smaller families , do they tell us of the dependence that obtains between the two elements - a higher standard of enjoyment , and a less excessive ...
... marriages ; and then , availing themselves of the connexion between later marriages and smaller families , do they tell us of the dependence that obtains between the two elements - a higher standard of enjoyment , and a less excessive ...
Page 194
... marriages - which last in its turn ( and that whether the people ever anticipate such a consequence or not ) , by its effect on population and wages , ensures a favourable state of the labour market , and so upholds from age to age the ...
... marriages - which last in its turn ( and that whether the people ever anticipate such a consequence or not ) , by its effect on population and wages , ensures a favourable state of the labour market , and so upholds from age to age the ...
Page 240
... marriages . There is undoubted truth in all this ; and the only error which accompanies the observation , per- fectly just in itself , is that he brings it forward , not merely in the shape of a novelty , but in the shape of a ...
... marriages . There is undoubted truth in all this ; and the only error which accompanies the observation , per- fectly just in itself , is that he brings it forward , not merely in the shape of a novelty , but in the shape of a ...
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