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Page 53
... I think there is scarce one in an hundred that thinks of selling his patrimony , till mortgages have pretty well eat into the freehold ; and the weight of growing debts force a man , whether he will or no , out of his possessions .
... I think there is scarce one in an hundred that thinks of selling his patrimony , till mortgages have pretty well eat into the freehold ; and the weight of growing debts force a man , whether he will or no , out of his possessions .
Page 67
So that , if money be to be borrowed by honest and responsible men at three , or three and a half per cent . , it is not by the force of statutes and edicts , but by the natural course of things ; which will always bring interest upon ...
So that , if money be to be borrowed by honest and responsible men at three , or three and a half per cent . , it is not by the force of statutes and edicts , but by the natural course of things ; which will always bring interest upon ...
Page 71
... ( as one common interest ) unless when some common and great distress , uniting them in one universal ferment , makes them forget respect , and emboldens them to carve to their wants with armed force ; and then sometimes they break ...
... ( as one common interest ) unless when some common and great distress , uniting them in one universal ferment , makes them forget respect , and emboldens them to carve to their wants with armed force ; and then sometimes they break ...
Page 77
... and I do not see how any one can imagine that reducing use to four per cent . should abate their force , or how lessening the reward of the lender , without diminishing his risk , should make him more forward and ready to lend .
... and I do not see how any one can imagine that reducing use to four per cent . should abate their force , or how lessening the reward of the lender , without diminishing his risk , should make him more forward and ready to lend .
Page 78
The way of getting from foreigners is either by force , borrowing , or trade . And whatever ways , besides these , men may fancy , or propose , for increasing of money , ( except they intend to set up for the philosopher's stone ) would ...
The way of getting from foreigners is either by force , borrowing , or trade . And whatever ways , besides these , men may fancy , or propose , for increasing of money , ( except they intend to set up for the philosopher's stone ) would ...
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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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