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" Where one nation has gotten the start of another in trade, it is very difficult for the latter to regain the ground it has lost because of the superior industry and skill of the former, and the greater stocks of which its merchants are possessed and which... "
Sir Edward West on the Application of Capital to Land, 1815 - Page 33
by Sir Edward West - 1903 - 54 pages
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Volume 1

David Hume - Philosophy - 1804 - 592 pages
...nation has gotten the start of another in trade, it is very difficult for the latter to regain ^he ground it has lost ; because of the superior industry...merchants are possessed, and which enable them to tra^Je on so much smaller profits. But these advantages are compensated, in some measure, by the low...
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Essays, moral, political, and literary

David Hume - Philosophy - 1809 - 868 pages
...advantages of an established commerce. Where one nation has gotten the start of another in trade, it is very difficult for the latter to regain the ground...merchants are possessed, and which enable them to trade on so much smaller profits. But these advantages are compensated, in some measure, by the low price...
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Essays, moral, political, and literary

David Hume - Philosophy - 1817 - 564 pages
...advantages of an established commerce. Where one nation has gotten the start of another in trade, it is very difficult for the latter to regain the ground...merchants are possessed, and which enable them to trade on so much smaller profits. But these advantages are compensated, in some measure, by the low price...
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The Farmer's Magazine, Volume 2

Agriculture - 1839 - 544 pages
...Hume, " When one nation has gotten the start of another in trade, it is very difficult for the other to regain the ground it has lost, because of the superior...stocks of which its merchants are possessed, and which euable them to trade on so much smaller profits. But these advantages are compensated in some measure...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 39

1842 - 452 pages
...advantages of an established commerce. Where one nation has got the start of another in trade, it is very difficult for the latter to regain the ground...stocks of which its merchants are possessed, and which enabled them to trade for so much smaller profits. But these advantages are compensated, in some measure,...
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The Philosophical Works of David Hume, Volume 3

David Hume - Ethics - 1854 - 590 pages
...advantages of an established commerce. Where one nation has gotten the start of another in trade, it is very difficult for the latter to regain the ground...former, and the greater stocks of which its merchants * A private soldier in the Roman infantry had a denarius a day, somewhat less than eighteen pence....
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Philosophical Works, Volume 3

David Hume - Philosophy - 1854 - 586 pages
...advantages of an established commerce. Where one nation has gotten the start of another in trade, it is very difficult for the latter to regain the ground...former, and the greater stocks of which its merchants • A private soldier in the Roman infantry had a denarius a day, somewhat less than eighteen pence....
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 32

Commerce - 1855 - 800 pages
...gotten the start of another in trade, it is very difficult for the latter to regain the ground it had lost ; because of the superior industry and skill...merchants are possessed, and which enable them to trade on much smaller profits." — Essay on Money. " These advantages are," however, as he assures his readers...
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Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary, Volume 1

David Hume - Ethics, Modern - 1889 - 530 pages
...advantages of an established commerce. Where one nation has gotten the start of another in trade, it is very difficult for the latter to regain the ground it has lost; because of the superior in' [Thrice: Editions H to P.] armies, in comparison of what are em* A private soldier in the ROMAJC...
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Zeitschrift für die gesamte staatswissenschaft: Ergänzungsheft, Volumes 16-19

Economics - 1905 - 590 pages
...&). Es vollziehe sich so ein ständiger Wech1) S. 312: Where one nation has got the Start of anotber in trade, 'tis very difficult for the latter to regain...of the superior industry and skill of the former, aud the greater Stocks, of which its merchants are possessed, and which enable them to trade for so...
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