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Page 119
Thomas Chalmers. labourers , on the whole , would argue an excess of population ; and too large a proportion of antece- dent labourers , would just as certainly argue an excess of capital . The one excess is limited by the impossibility ...
Thomas Chalmers. labourers , on the whole , would argue an excess of population ; and too large a proportion of antece- dent labourers , would just as certainly argue an excess of capital . The one excess is limited by the impossibility ...
Page 128
... excess as to annihilate all profit , or that fraction of it— the interest of money . And the expenditure never goes to such excess , as to sweep off capital from any branch of industry where it can be safely or lucratively employed . 7 ...
... excess as to annihilate all profit , or that fraction of it— the interest of money . And the expenditure never goes to such excess , as to sweep off capital from any branch of industry where it can be safely or lucratively employed . 7 ...
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... excess of mere customers , as of landed proprietors , does not lessen capital . It but raises money prices , and so ... excess , nor the profit in excess . With both there is a rapid tendency to excess the other way ; that is , to an ...
... excess of mere customers , as of landed proprietors , does not lessen capital . It but raises money prices , and so ... excess , nor the profit in excess . With both there is a rapid tendency to excess the other way ; that is , to an ...
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Churches and Chapels or the Necessity and Proper Object | 81 |
The Cause of Church Extension and the Question shortly | 105 |
On the Evils which the Established Church in Edinburgh | 157 |
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