 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1862 - 632 pages
...is only a labourer, does in eight His work is not quite so dirty, is less dangerous, and is carried on in daylight, and above ground. Honour makes a great...professions. In point of pecuniary gain, all things considered,1' their recompense is, in his opinion, below the average. " Disgrace has the contrary effect... | |
 | James Stuart Laurie - Economics - 1864 - 106 pages
...is only a labourer, does in eight. His work is not quite so dirty, is less dangerous, and is carried on in daylight, and above ground. Honour makes a great...pecuniary gain, all things considered, their recompense is below the average. Disgrace has the contrary efiect. The most detestable of all employments, that of... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1870 - 632 pages
...is only a labourer, does in eight. His work is not quite so dirty, is less dangerous, and is carried on in daylight, and above ground. Honour makes a great..." Disgrace has the contrary effect. The trade of a buteher is a brutal and an odious business : but it is in most places more profitable than the greater... | |
 | English language - 1871 - 630 pages
...Brave though we fall, and honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give." Pope, Homer. " Honour makes a great part of the reward of all honourable professions." — Smith, Wealth of Kattuns. " Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1875 - 624 pages
...is only a labourer, does in eight. His work is not quite so dirty, ia less dangerous, and is carried on in daylight, and above ground. Honour makes a great...butcher is a brutal and an odious business ; but it is iu most places more profitable than the greater part of common trades. The most detestable of all employments,... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 pages
...is only a labourer, does in eight. His work is not quite so dirty, is less dangerous, and is carried on in daylight and above ground. Honour makes a great...In point of pecuniary gain, all things considered, they are generally under-recompensed, as I shall endeavour to show by-and-by. Disgrace has the contrary... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1876 - 768 pages
...constructed by people of fashion, and calculated to facilitate their intercourse with one another. PALEY. Honour makes a great part of the reward of all honourable professions. ADAM SMITH. Thus to contradict our desires, and to conquer the impulses of our ambition, if they do... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1877 - 260 pages
...journeyman tailor earns less than a collier. His work is not so dirty, is less dangerous, is carried on in daylight and above ground. Honour makes a great part of the reward of all honourable professions : disgrace has the contrary effect. In the advanced state of society, none but very poor people follow,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1880 - 772 pages
...constructed by people of fashion, and calculated to facilitate their intercourse with one another. PA LEY. serve him well enough to express his necessity. His ADAM SMITH. Thus to contradict our desires, and to conquer the impulses of our ambition, if they do... | |
 | Joseph Shield Nicholson - Economics - 1893 - 482 pages
...those of common sailors, soldiers, and colliers. ment is illustrated by two classical examples : " honour makes a great part of the reward of all honourable professions," "and "the most detestable of all employments, that of public executioner, is, in proportion to the... | |
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Honour makes a great part of the reward of all honourable professions. In point of pecuniary gain, all things considered, they are generally under-recompensed, as I shall endeavour to show by and by. 
