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Page 13
Riches do not consist in having more gold and silver , but in having more in
proportion than the rest of the world , or than our neighbours , whereby we are
enabled to procure to ourselves a greater plenty of the conveniencies of life , than
...
Riches do not consist in having more gold and silver , but in having more in
proportion than the rest of the world , or than our neighbours , whereby we are
enabled to procure to ourselves a greater plenty of the conveniencies of life , than
...
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For mankind , having consented to put an imaginary value upon gold and silver ,
by reason of their durableness , scarcity , and not being very liable to be
counterfeited , have made them , by general consent , the common pledges ,
whereby ...
For mankind , having consented to put an imaginary value upon gold and silver ,
by reason of their durableness , scarcity , and not being very liable to be
counterfeited , have made them , by general consent , the common pledges ,
whereby ...
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It may then so happen at the same time , that half an ounce of silver , that the year
before would buy one bushel of wheat , will this year buy but one tenth of a
bushel ; half an ounce of silver , that the year before would have bought three ...
It may then so happen at the same time , that half an ounce of silver , that the year
before would buy one bushel of wheat , will this year buy but one tenth of a
bushel ; half an ounce of silver , that the year before would have bought three ...
Page 35
quantity to its vent as it was , is it not evident , that half an ounce of silver will still
exchange for 15lb . of lead , though it will exchange but for one - tenth of a bushel
of wheat ? and he that has use of lead will as soon tako 15 / b . weight of lead as
...
quantity to its vent as it was , is it not evident , that half an ounce of silver will still
exchange for 15lb . of lead , though it will exchange but for one - tenth of a bushel
of wheat ? and he that has use of lead will as soon tako 15 / b . weight of lead as
...
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That supposing any island separate from the commerce of the rest of mankind ; if
gold and silver , or whatever else , ( so it be lasting ) be their money , if they have
but a certain quantity of it , and can give no more , that will be a steady ...
That supposing any island separate from the commerce of the rest of mankind ; if
gold and silver , or whatever else , ( so it be lasting ) be their money , if they have
but a certain quantity of it , and can give no more , that will be a steady ...
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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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