The Works of John Locke, Volume 5T. Tegg, 1823 |
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... trade ( the foundation of riches ) will be obstructed . 2. It will be a prejudice to none , but those who most need assistance and help ; I mean widows and orphans , and others uninstructed in the arts and ma- nagement of more skilful ...
... trade ( the foundation of riches ) will be obstructed . 2. It will be a prejudice to none , but those who most need assistance and help ; I mean widows and orphans , and others uninstructed in the arts and ma- nagement of more skilful ...
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... trading town beyond sea , of a master of a vessel , there esteemed a sober and fair man , who yet could not hold saying ... trade , have made borrowing in fashion . The bankers are a clear instance of this : for some years since , the ...
... trading town beyond sea , of a master of a vessel , there esteemed a sober and fair man , who yet could not hold saying ... trade , have made borrowing in fashion . The bankers are a clear instance of this : for some years since , the ...
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... trade : for the bankers , paying at most but four per cent . and receiving from six to ten per cent . or more , at that low rate could be content to have more money lie dead by them , than now , when it is higher : by which means there ...
... trade : for the bankers , paying at most but four per cent . and receiving from six to ten per cent . or more , at that low rate could be content to have more money lie dead by them , than now , when it is higher : by which means there ...
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... trade it should be . But , if you lessen . the rate of use , the lender , whose interest it is to keep up the rate of money , will rather lend it to the banker , at the legal interest , than to the tradesman , or gentle- man , who ...
... trade it should be . But , if you lessen . the rate of use , the lender , whose interest it is to keep up the rate of money , will rather lend it to the banker , at the legal interest , than to the tradesman , or gentle- man , who ...
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... trade , must be taken out of the tradesmen's hands to pay debts ; or else the debtors want money , and be ex- posed ... trade of a country . For in trade every body calls for money , according as he wants it , and this disproportion is ...
... trade , must be taken out of the tradesmen's hands to pay debts ; or else the debtors want money , and be ex- posed ... trade of a country . For in trade every body calls for money , according as he wants it , and this disproportion is ...
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Page 230 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 354 - The labour of his body and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his. Whatsoever, then, he removes out of the state that nature hath provided and left it in, he hath mixed his labour with it, and joined to it something that is his own, and thereby makes it his property.
Page 299 - Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Page 232 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 412 - The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property; to which in the state of nature there are many things wanting.
Page 356 - Nor was this appropriation of any parcel of land, by improving it, any prejudice to any other man, since there was still enough and as good left, and more than the yet unprovided could use.
Page 246 - Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
Page 314 - And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly, and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
Page 356 - And thus, considering the plenty of natural provisions there was a long time in the world, and the few spenders ; and to how small a part of that provision the industry of one man could extend itself, and engross it to the prejudice of others; especially keeping within the bounds, set by reason, of what might serve for his use; there could be then little room for quarrels or contentions about property so established.
Page 341 - The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one; and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind who will but consult it, that, being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.