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" ... greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention. "
Essays in Political and Moral Philosophy - Page 154
by Thomas Edward Cliffe Leslie - 1879 - 483 pages
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Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern, Volume 34

Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1896 - 498 pages
...every individual necessarily labors to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the...only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain; and he...
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Library of the World's Best Literature: A-Z

Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne - Anthologies - 1897 - 682 pages
...every individual necessarily labors to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he 'can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the...only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain; and he...
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The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science ..., Volume 18

Literature - 1901 - 686 pages
...every individual necessarily labors to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the...his own security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain ; and he...
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La formation du radicalisme philosophique ...

Élie Halévy - France - 1901 - 476 pages
...que le produit en présente la plus grande valeur possible. « He generally, indeed neither intendi to promote the public interest, nor knows how much...his own security : and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greateet value, he intends only his own gain, and he...
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La formation du radicalisme philosophique ...

Élie Halévy - France - 1901 - 480 pages
...valeur possible, « He generally, indeed neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knowshow much he is promoting it By preferring the support...industry, he intends only his own security : and by direeting that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only...
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La formation du radicalisme philosophique ...

Élie Halévy - France - 1901 - 488 pages
...en présente la plus grande valeur possible. « He generally, indeed neither intends to promote thé public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it By preferring thé support of domestic to that of foreign industry, he intends only his own security : and by directing...
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University Chronicle, Volume 5

United States - 1902 - 396 pages
...every individual necessarily labors to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the...his own security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he...
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The Library of Original Sources: Advance in knowledge, 1650-1800

Oliver Joseph Thatcher - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 484 pages
...every individual necessarily labours to. render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the...his own security ; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he...
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Die Entstehung der individualistischen Sozialphilosophie

Karl Přibram - Social psychology - 1912 - 120 pages
...automatisch den günstigsten Zustand der Produktion und der Verteilung der Güter her. „He (Jhö'man) generally indeed neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how nrach he is promoting it. . he only intends bis own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases,...
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Inventors and Money-makers

Frank William Taussig - Economics - 1915 - 168 pages
...revolutionary as seem on first consideration 1 To quote again the oft-quoted passage : The individual "generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the...interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. ... By directing his industry in such manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only...
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