An analysis of Adam Smiths' Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations, repr., with additions, from the 3rd ed. of J. Joyce's abridgement, revised and ed. by W.P. Emerton, Volume 21880 |
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Page 138
... colleges makes a considerable part of their revenue . Have those public endowments contributed , in general , to promote the end of their institution ? Have they contributed to encourage the diligence and improve the abilities of the ...
... colleges makes a considerable part of their revenue . Have those public endowments contributed , in general , to promote the end of their institution ? Have they contributed to encourage the diligence and improve the abilities of the ...
Page 139
... college or university , independent of the merit of the teacher , tends to diminish the necessity of that merit . The privileges of graduates , which cannot be obtained without residence , and charitable foundations , such as ...
... college or university , independent of the merit of the teacher , tends to diminish the necessity of that merit . The privileges of graduates , which cannot be obtained without residence , and charitable foundations , such as ...
Page 140
... college - a discipline generally contrived , not for the benefit of the students , but for the ease of the master . Its object is to maintain the authority of the master . It presumes perfect virtue and wisdom in the master , and the ...
... college - a discipline generally contrived , not for the benefit of the students , but for the ease of the master . Its object is to maintain the authority of the master . It presumes perfect virtue and wisdom in the master , and the ...
Page 141
... colleges . Christ Church is in the eye of the law not a college but a cathedral . It is true that Oxford has complete civil , criminal , and ecclesiastical jurisdiction over her own resident members ( excepting in suits relating to ...
... colleges . Christ Church is in the eye of the law not a college but a cathedral . It is true that Oxford has complete civil , criminal , and ecclesiastical jurisdiction over her own resident members ( excepting in suits relating to ...
Page 148
... colleges have not only corrupted the diligence of public teachers , but have rendered it almost impossible to have any good private ones , pp . 362-3 . Were there no public institutions for education , no science would be taught for ...
... colleges have not only corrupted the diligence of public teachers , but have rendered it almost impossible to have any good private ones , pp . 362-3 . Were there no public institutions for education , no science would be taught for ...
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Adam Smith advantage ÆNEID agriculture America ancient artificers balance of trade bank money Bonamy Price bounty Britain capital cent Church civilised clergy coin College colony trade commerce commodities consumer consumption corn Crown 8vo cultivation debt defrayed duties East India empire employed employment England English equal established Europe expense exportation factures favour foreign trade former France fund gold and silver greater Hertford College importation imposed improvement increase industry interest JAMES THORNTON labour land-tax landlord levied Lord Lord Clive maintain manu manufactures ment mercantile merchants monopoly natural necessary occasion Oxford paid Political Economy Portugal profit prohibition proportion proprietors quantity QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES raise regulated render rent of land restraints revenue Rogers's note Roman ROMAN LAW rude produce seignorage society sovereign Spain Specimen standing army subsistence tenant THOMAS CLAYTON tion Translation Wealth of Nations whole