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Page 22
... I receive from one man , will not be accepted as security by another , he not knowing that the bill or bond is true or legal , or that the man bound to me is honest or responsible , and so is not valuable enough to become a current ...
... I receive from one man , will not be accepted as security by another , he not knowing that the bill or bond is true or legal , or that the man bound to me is honest or responsible , and so is not valuable enough to become a current ...
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... must be left to find their own price ; and it is impossible , in this their constant mutability , for human foresight to set rules and bounds to their constantly varying proportion and use , which will always regulate their value .
... must be left to find their own price ; and it is impossible , in this their constant mutability , for human foresight to set rules and bounds to their constantly varying proportion and use , which will always regulate their value .
Page 45
But every body being ready to receive money without bounds , and keep it by him , because it answers all things : therefore the vent of money is always sufficient , or more than enough . This being so , its quantity alone is enough to ...
But every body being ready to receive money without bounds , and keep it by him , because it answers all things : therefore the vent of money is always sufficient , or more than enough . This being so , its quantity alone is enough to ...
Page 64
... as a reasonable proposal , that it should be within such bounds , as should not , on the one side , quite eat up the merchant's and tradesmen's profit , and discourage their industry ; nor , on the other hand , so low , as should ...
... as a reasonable proposal , that it should be within such bounds , as should not , on the one side , quite eat up the merchant's and tradesmen's profit , and discourage their industry ; nor , on the other hand , so low , as should ...
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But , on the other side , if you should by a law set the value of gold above its par ; then people would be bound to receive it at that high rate , and so part with their silver at an under value . But supposing , that having a mind to ...
But , on the other side , if you should by a law set the value of gold above its par ; then people would be bound to receive it at that high rate , and so part with their silver at an under value . But supposing , that having a mind to ...
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| Title | The Works of John Locke, Volume 5 The Works of John Locke, John Locke |
| Author | John Locke |
| Publisher | Thomas Tegg, 1823 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Apr 2006 |
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