A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and bequeath money ... Fifth editionLippincott, Grambo & Company, 1853 - 355 páginas |
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... Market price a fair price - Paley's remark - Interest- ing question in casuistry - The corn merchant - Dr . Dewey answered- To make use of superior information , honest - Is a man morally bound to pay his old debts when able to do so ...
... Market price a fair price - Paley's remark - Interest- ing question in casuistry - The corn merchant - Dr . Dewey answered- To make use of superior information , honest - Is a man morally bound to pay his old debts when able to do so ...
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... market from inability to calculate quickly and accurately . To attain the habit of quick calculation without the aid of a slate and pencil , Dr. Alcott recom- mends that the learner seize on " every circumstance which occurs in his ...
... market from inability to calculate quickly and accurately . To attain the habit of quick calculation without the aid of a slate and pencil , Dr. Alcott recom- mends that the learner seize on " every circumstance which occurs in his ...
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... market price . " Where there exists no monopoly or combination , " says Paley , " the market price is always a fair price ; because it will always be proportionate to the use and scarcity of the article . " " Whoever opens a shop , or ...
... market price . " Where there exists no monopoly or combination , " says Paley , " the market price is always a fair price ; because it will always be proportionate to the use and scarcity of the article . " " Whoever opens a shop , or ...
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... market price at the time of the sale , without regard to the market price some days hence , when the other ves- sels might arrive . Dr. Dewey states a case . Suppose that the people of Rhodes had been suffering a famine , and ON ...
... market price at the time of the sale , without regard to the market price some days hence , when the other ves- sels might arrive . Dr. Dewey states a case . Suppose that the people of Rhodes had been suffering a famine , and ON ...
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... market price as the fact that other vessels might shortly arrive . Suppose that the merchant was " short " of cash ; that he must sell ; that there was an execution out against him , and the sheriff would be down on him in a few hours ...
... market price as the fact that other vessels might shortly arrive . Suppose that the merchant was " short " of cash ; that he must sell ; that there was an execution out against him , and the sheriff would be down on him in a few hours ...
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A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and ... Edwin Troxell FREEDLY Visualização integral - 1853 |
A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and ... Edwin Troxell FREEDLY Visualização integral - 1853 |
A practical treatise on Business: or, how to get, save, give, lend and ... Edwin Troxell FREEDLY Visualização integral - 1853 |
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Página 59 - good old rule, the simple plan that they shall take who have the power and they shall keep who can.
Página 58 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Página 58 - Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent.
Página 138 - In dealing with cunning persons, we must ever consider their ends, to interpret their speeches; and it is good to say little to them, and that which they least look for. In all negociations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.
Página 29 - Resolve, that no man is wise or safe, but he that is honest. Serve God ; let him be the author of all thy actions: Commend all thy...
Página 206 - But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore : ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Página 47 - There is no art or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift of tongues, and makes a man understood and valued in all countries...