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An Inquiry Into the Principles of the Distribution of Wealth Most Conducive to Human Happiness - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ... accurate knowledge, those of Europe and North America --for respecting the internal economy of the half-civiliaed barbarians ruling over the millions of China, we have but mere rude outlines of knowledge--the quantity of good land and materials, or the facility of creating the materials is so great, so much more than necessary for the actual population under the new arrangements, that it is quite idle to talk of physical obstructions. If in one hundred, or one thousand, years, such obstructions should present themselves, the knowledge and foresight of such communities as will then exist, will doubtless be able to grapple with the evils, and reduce them to their smallest amount; or, more likely, precautionary measures would be adopted to prevent their approach. But how strange the caution to people in search of happiness, to warn them to resign the greatest happiness of the whole of their lives and those of their immediate descendants, lest peradventure their children's grandchildren might not be as happy as themselves I We may dismiss, then, all notion of physical obstruction to be apprehended from the ultimate progression of the system, as mere idle speculations, not calculated, even if true, to produce any effect on the conduct of living men. To the progression towards improvement by means of individual exertion and reward, the very same objection of an ultimate obstruction to the progress might be made--every one sees how vain. The subject of population will not be overlooked in the next section. ' SECTION V. POPULAR OBJECTIONS TO THE SYSTEM OP VOLUNTARY EQUALITY OP WEALTH. In this section it was proposed to discuss the popular objections to the system of voluntary equality. We must endeavour to be brief; for if the reins were given...
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- VerlagTheClassics.us
- Erscheinungsdatum2013
- ISBN 10 1230339817
- ISBN 13 9781230339818
- EinbandTapa blanda
- SpracheEnglisch
- Anzahl der Seiten160
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