 To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a...  Principles of Social Science - Page 471by Henry Charles Carey - 1868Full view - About this book
 | George Richardson Porter - Great Britain - 1843 - 510 pages
...for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers ; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. Such statesmen, and such statesmen only, are capable of fancying that that they will find some advantage... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 pages
...for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers ; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. Such statesmen, and such statesmen only, are capable of fancying that they will find some advantage... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1880 - 274 pages
...a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers, who desire to secure all the advantages of the purchase without having paid the purchase money, pp.... | |
 | American literature - 1880 - 844 pages
...for" a malien of ikopkceptrs. It is, however, a project altogether unlit for a nation of ikopkeeptrs ; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers." Whence originated the expression, "He has an axe to grind ?" NRG Trenton, NJ This popular saying comes... | |
 | Richard Burdon Haldane Haldane (Viscount) - Economists - 1887 - 184 pages
...for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. Such statesmen, and such statesmen only, are capable of fancying that they will find some advantage... | |
 | Sir Spencer Walpole - Great Britain - 1890 - 504 pages
...for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers." Wealth of Nations, vol. ii. p. 439. Arthur Young says practically the same thing: "The entire administration of the colonies... | |
 | Wilhelm Hasbach - Economics - 1890 - 196 pages
...for a nation of shopkeepers. 1t is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers 4 . Die Gesetze der merkantilistischen Politik seien alle in Blut geschrieben 3 . Der Handel, welcher... | |
 | SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL LEWIS, BART. - 1901 - 448 pages
...for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. Such statesmen, and such statesmen only, are capable of fancying that they will find some advantage... | |
 | Francis Wrigley Hirst - Economists - 1904 - 268 pages
...for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers ; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. Such statesmen, and such statesmen only, are capable of fancying that they will find some advantage... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - Great Britain - 1905 - 262 pages
...for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers ; but extremely fit for a nation whose government is influenced by shopkeepers. Such statesmen, and such statesmen only, are capable of fancying that they will find some advantage... | |
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