Benjamin Franklin as a Man of LettersHoughton, Mifflin, 1892 - 293 páginas |
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... labor . Labor is as much a meas- ure of the value of silver as of anything else . Suppose one man employed to raise corn , while another man is busy refining gold . At the end of a year the complete produce of corn and the complete ...
... labor . Labor is as much a meas- ure of the value of silver as of anything else . Suppose one man employed to raise corn , while another man is busy refining gold . At the end of a year the complete produce of corn and the complete ...
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... labor of a man for twenty days , will not at another time purchase that same man's labor for fifteen days . Every credit bill issued on that coin as security must therefore depreciate . " And this he claims is precisely what has taken ...
... labor of a man for twenty days , will not at another time purchase that same man's labor for fifteen days . Every credit bill issued on that coin as security must therefore depreciate . " And this he claims is precisely what has taken ...
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... labor is a measure of value . Whether he discovered , or , as is not unlikely , borrowed it , he was the first to openly assert it ; and his it remained till , forty - seven years later , Adam Smith adopted and reaffirmed it in " The ...
... labor is a measure of value . Whether he discovered , or , as is not unlikely , borrowed it , he was the first to openly assert it ; and his it remained till , forty - seven years later , Adam Smith adopted and reaffirmed it in " The ...
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... labor wears ; while the used key is always bright , as Poor Richard says . But dost thou love life , then do not squander time , for that is the stuff life is made of , as Poor Richard says . How much more than is necessary do we spend ...
... labor wears ; while the used key is always bright , as Poor Richard says . But dost thou love life , then do not squander time , for that is the stuff life is made of , as Poor Richard says . How much more than is necessary do we spend ...
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... labor , would live by their wits only , but they break for want of stock ; whereas , industry gives comfort , and plenty , and respect . Fly pleas- ures and they will follow you . The diligent spinner has a large shift ; and now I have ...
... labor , would live by their wits only , but they break for want of stock ; whereas , industry gives comfort , and plenty , and respect . Fly pleas- ures and they will follow you . The diligent spinner has a large shift ; and now I have ...
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