There Can Be No Greater Error Then

But A Rise In The Wages Of Labour Would Not Equally Affect Commodities Produced With Machinery Quickly Consumed, And Commodities Produced With Machinery Slowly Consumed.

...i Wish That I May Never Think The Smiles Of The Great And Powerful A Sufficient Inducement To Turn Aside From The Straight Path Of Honesty And The Convictions Of My Own Mind.

Nothing Contributes So Much To The Prosperity And Happiness Of A Country As High Profits.

Gold And Silver, Like Other Commodities, Have An Intrinsic Value, Which Is Not Arbitrary, But Is Dependent On Their Scarcity, The Quantity Of Labour Bestowed In Procuring Them, And The Value Of The Capital Employed In The Mines Which Produce Them.

After All The Fertile Land In The Immediate Neighbourhood Of The First Settlers Were Cultivated, If Capital And Population Increased, More Food Would Be Required, And It Could Only Be Procured From Land Not So Advantageously Situated.