Platt's Essays, Svazek 1Simpkin, Marshall, 1883 |
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... trade is not so free as it seems to be ; on the contrary , we find the spirit of " protection " in every trade and vocation , and men want " free trade " only in every other business than their own . I have always asserted that , with ...
... trade is not so free as it seems to be ; on the contrary , we find the spirit of " protection " in every trade and vocation , and men want " free trade " only in every other business than their own . I have always asserted that , with ...
Strana 28
... free trade with all the world , without a check or hindrance , without a toll or custom - house . " Let us invite every nation , every race , every skin , -white man , black man , red man , yellow man . Let us offer hospitality , a fair ...
... free trade with all the world , without a check or hindrance , without a toll or custom - house . " Let us invite every nation , every race , every skin , -white man , black man , red man , yellow man . Let us offer hospitality , a fair ...
Strana 48
... trade begins steadily to decline , and they have to struggle on , year after year losing part of their little ... free from anxiety as any actor on the stage . Hard physical or mental work seldom , if ever , kills ; it is the ever ...
... trade begins steadily to decline , and they have to struggle on , year after year losing part of their little ... free from anxiety as any actor on the stage . Hard physical or mental work seldom , if ever , kills ; it is the ever ...
Strana 91
... free trade " country , this country that depends so much upon being foremost in the fight , we have laws that put every obstacle in the way , that by their petty obstructions and heavy expenses practically prohibit patents . After the ...
... free trade " country , this country that depends so much upon being foremost in the fight , we have laws that put every obstacle in the way , that by their petty obstructions and heavy expenses practically prohibit patents . After the ...
Strana 137
... trade , now that labour , & c . , are so dear and competition so keen . The place should always look orderly ; shops ... free unpenetrated forests and battle with innumerable wolves , and did not entirely forbear strong liquor ...
... trade , now that labour , & c . , are so dear and competition so keen . The place should always look orderly ; shops ... free unpenetrated forests and battle with innumerable wolves , and did not entirely forbear strong liquor ...
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Strana 158 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Strana 73 - Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Strana 180 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Strana 32 - And weltering in his blood ; Deserted at his utmost need By those his former bounty fed ; On the bare earth exposed he lies With not a friend to close his eyes.
Strana 470 - One man draws out the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the. head...
Strana 119 - Man's Unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his Greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.
Strana 162 - Parsimony, and not industry, is the immediate cause of the increase of capital. Industry, indeed, provides the subject which parsimony accumulates. But whatever industry might acquire, if parsimony did not save and store up, the capital would never be the greater.
Strana 16 - But och ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.
Strana 180 - Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the way.
Strana 470 - ... to make the head requires two or three distinct operations; to put it on is a peculiar business; to whiten the pins is another; it is even a trade by itself to put them into the paper; and the important business of making a pin is, in this manner, divided into about eighteen distinct operations, which in some manufactories are all performed by distinct hands, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them.