The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands; and to hinder him from employing... The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 5931865Full view - About this book
| Henry Dunning Macleod - Economics - 1881 - 450 pages
...service of any sort. As Smith says — ' The Property which every man has in his own Labour, as it is the original foundation of all other Property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable.' Now a person may sell the Right to demand some Service or Labour from him. As all these services, though... | |
| Henry Dunning Macleod - Economics - 1881 - 458 pages
...he belongs.' So also he says — ' The Property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolate. The Patrimony of the poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands.' These passages... | |
| James Platt - Economics - 1882 - 234 pages
...which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so is it the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a...strength and dexterity of his hands, and to hinder In'm from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to... | |
| James Platt - Conduct of life - 1883 - 538 pages
...which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so is it the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a...what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred property. It is a manifest encroachment upon the... | |
| Arnold Toynbee - Economics - 1884 - 304 pages
...these restrictions is memorable : " The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is...what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred property." Equally memorable is the famous edict... | |
| Criminal law - 1885 - 704 pages
...property," says Smith, in his " Wealth of Nations," " which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of the poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his own hands, and to hinder him from employing... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 888 pages
...birthright. It has been well said that, " The property which every man has in his own labor, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of the poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his own hands, and to hinder his employing this... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 1164 pages
...The patrimony of the poor man lies In the strength and dexterity of his own hands, and to hinder his employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbor, is a plain violation of this most sacred property. It is a manifest encroachment upon the... | |
| Henry Edward Manning - Christian sociology - 1885 - 376 pages
...revolutionary. Adam Smith says : ' The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is...what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred property. Therefore, first of all, I claim for... | |
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