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Page 9
All the danger lies in this ; that your trade should suffer , if your being behind
hand has made the natural use so high , that your tradesman cannot live upon
his labour , but that your rich neighbours will so undersell you , that the return you
...
All the danger lies in this ; that your trade should suffer , if your being behind
hand has made the natural use so high , that your tradesman cannot live upon
his labour , but that your rich neighbours will so undersell you , that the return you
...
Page 12
Every one knows that mines alone furnish these : but withal it is observable , that
most countries , stored with them by nature , are poor : the digging and refining of
these metals taking up the labour , and wasting the number of the people .
Every one knows that mines alone furnish these : but withal it is observable , that
most countries , stored with them by nature , are poor : the digging and refining of
these metals taking up the labour , and wasting the number of the people .
Page 21
... foreign commodities than what by commodities , or labour , is paid for . This is
in the ordinary course of things : but where great armies and alliances are to be
maintained abroad , by supplies sent out of any country , there often , by a shorter
...
... foreign commodities than what by commodities , or labour , is paid for . This is
in the ordinary course of things : but where great armies and alliances are to be
maintained abroad , by supplies sent out of any country , there often , by a shorter
...
Page 23
So that it is requisite to trade , that there should be so much money as to keep up
the landholder's , labourer's , and broker's , credit : and therefore ready money
must be constantly exchanged for wares and labour , or follow within a short time
...
So that it is requisite to trade , that there should be so much money as to keep up
the landholder's , labourer's , and broker's , credit : and therefore ready money
must be constantly exchanged for wares and labour , or follow within a short time
...
Page 25
... in husbandry imposes also his rate on him , for the commodities he takes ; for
there being a want of day - labourers in the country , they must be humoured , or
else they will neither work for you , nor take your commodities for their labour .
... in husbandry imposes also his rate on him , for the commodities he takes ; for
there being a want of day - labourers in the country , they must be humoured , or
else they will neither work for you , nor take your commodities for their labour .
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| Title | The Works of John Locke, Volume 5 The Works of John Locke, John Locke |
| Author | John Locke |
| Publisher | Thomas Tegg, 1823 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Apr 2006 |
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