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Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of wealth, as lands are the…

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The method I take to do this is not yet very usual; for instead of using only comparative and superlative Words, and…
Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of wealth, as…
Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier.
A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.
An house is of a double nature, viz., one, wherein it is a way and means of expence, the other as it…
Causes of Civil War are also, that the Wealth of the Nation is in too few mens hands, and that no certain…
I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration.
Money is the best rule of commerce.

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You cannot reshape human nature without mutilating human beings. — Edward Abbey
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Of course, any simplification runs the risk of mutilating reality; but it helps us establish perspectives. — Gaston Bachelard

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