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" The labour of some of the most respectable orders in the society is, like that of menial servants, unproductive of any value, and does not fix or realize itself in any permanent subject, or vendible commodity, which endures after that labour is past,... "
The Principles of Political Economy: With a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ... - Page 405
by John Ramsay McCulloch - 1825 - 423 pages
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2

Adam Smith - Economics - 1789 - 550 pages
...war who ferve under him, the whole army and navy, are unproductive labourers. They are the fervants of the public, and are ' maintained by a part of the annual produce of the induftry of other people. Their fervice, how j,. , honourable, how ufeful, or how necefTary foever,...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2

Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 538 pages
...equal to that which had originally produced it. The labour of the menial servant, on the contsary, does not fix or realize itself in any particular subject...of other people. Their service, how honourable, how useful, or how necessary soever, produces nothing for which an equal quantity of service can afterwards...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2

Adam Smith - 1811 - 532 pages
...who serve under him, the whole army and navy, are unproductive labourers. They are the servants ofthe public, and are maintained by a part of the annual...of other people. Their service, how honourable, how useful, or how necessary soever, produces nothing for which an equal quantity of servicecan afterwards...
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The Works of Adam Smith: The nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 544 pages
...war who ferve under him, the whole army and navy, are unproductive labourers. They are the fervants of the public, and are maintained by a part of the annual produce of the induftry of other people. Their fervice, how honourable, how ufeful, or how neceffary foever, produces...
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All Classes Productive of National Wealth Or: The Theories of M. Cresnai, Dr ...

Simon Gray - Economics - 1817 - 366 pages
...price for their labours, and, by means of that price, enable others to obtain a price for theirs ? " They are the servants of the public, and are maintained...the annual produce of the industry of other people." No more than these other people are maintained by a part of the annual produce of their industry. The...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2

Adam Smith - Economics - 1819 - 532 pages
...lost chapter of the fourth book, I shall endeavour to shew that their sense is an improper one. t 2 labour of a manufacturer adds generally to the value...of other people. Their service, how honourable, how useful, or how necessary sover, * produces nothing for which an equal quantity of service can afterwards...
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 2

Adam Smith - Economics - 1822 - 562 pages
...the society is, like that of menial servants, unproductive of any value, and does not fix or realise itself in any permanent subject, or vendible commodity,...of other people. Their service, how honourable, how useful, or how necessary soever, produces nothing for which an equal quantity of service can afterwards...
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Outlines of Political Economy: Being a Republication of the Article Upon ...

John Ramsay McCulloch - Economics - 1825 - 204 pages
...which endures after that labour is past, and for which an equal quantity of labour could 'afterward be procured. The sovereign, for example,. with all...nothing, for which an equal quantity of service can afterward be procured. The protection, security, and defence of the commonwealth, "the effect of their...
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 2

Robert Walsh - American literature - 1827 - 674 pages
...respectable orders in the society, is, like that of menial servants, unproductive of any value, and docs not fix or realize itself in any permanent subject,...of other people. Their service, how honourable, how useful, or how necessary soever, produces nothing for- which an equal quantity of service can afterwards...
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The Social System: a Treatise on the Principle of Exchange

John Gray - Economics - 1831 - 400 pages
...552, he says, that he has refuted the Doctor : let us see. The author of the Wealth of Nations says, " The labour of " some of the most respectable orders...annual produce of the industry of other " people." So far the Doctor. " But," says Mr M'Culloch, " though these " statements are plausible, it will not,...
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