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... natural disadvantages of a new undertaking ; but with the gratuities and remunerations which other governments bestow . To be enabled to contend with success , it is evident that the interference and aid of their government are ...
... natural disadvantages of a new undertaking ; but with the gratuities and remunerations which other governments bestow . To be enabled to contend with success , it is evident that the interference and aid of their government are ...
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... nature ; and likewise of those whose prosperity had been blasted by fatuitous coun- sels , notwithstanding great natural blessings : 2. To examine the actual situation of our country , in order to ascertain whether we enjoy the ...
... nature ; and likewise of those whose prosperity had been blasted by fatuitous coun- sels , notwithstanding great natural blessings : 2. To examine the actual situation of our country , in order to ascertain whether we enjoy the ...
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... nature ? and , how is it supported by reason and common sense , and especially by fact ? A theory , how plausible soever , and however propped up by a bead - roll of great names , ought to be regarded with suspicion , if un- supported ...
... nature ? and , how is it supported by reason and common sense , and especially by fact ? A theory , how plausible soever , and however propped up by a bead - roll of great names , ought to be regarded with suspicion , if un- supported ...
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... natural course . " * There is in the subordinate parts of this passage much sophistry and unsound reasoning , which we may examine on a future occasion ; and there is likewise , as in all the rest of the doctor's work , a large ...
... natural course . " * There is in the subordinate parts of this passage much sophistry and unsound reasoning , which we may examine on a future occasion ; and there is likewise , as in all the rest of the doctor's work , a large ...
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... nature have been bestowed on them with lavish hand ; industry paralized , and the enormous floods of wealth , drawn from their colonies , answering no other purpose but to foster and encourage the industry , and promote the happiness of ...
... nature have been bestowed on them with lavish hand ; industry paralized , and the enormous floods of wealth , drawn from their colonies , answering no other purpose but to foster and encourage the industry , and promote the happiness of ...
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Page 262 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 280 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 16 - The statesman, who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself...
Page 16 - It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.
Page 262 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 282 - If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him.
Page 280 - Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children: whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
Page 283 - For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly ; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Page 114 - In such a position of things, the United States cannot exchange with Europe on equal terms; and the want of reciprocity would render them the victim of a system which should induce them to confine their views to agriculture, and refrain from manufactures. A constant and increasing necessity, on their part, for the commodities of Europe, and only a partial and occasional demand for their own, in return, could not but expose them to a state of impoverishment, compared with the opulence to which their...
Page 103 - This mode of reasoning is founded upon facts and principles, which have certainly respectable pretensions. If it had governed the conduct of nations more generally than it has done, there is room to suppose that it might have carried them faster to prosperity and greatness than they have attained by the pursuit of maxims too widely opposite.