Conditions of social well-being, or Inquiries into the material and moral position of the populations of Europe and America |
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... Present tendency towards further division of the soil and impoverish- ment Is the fault inherent in the Irish character ? In Ireland generally , the rural population have no adequate induce- ment to exertion . • When the Irish have a ...
... Present tendency towards further division of the soil and impoverish- ment Is the fault inherent in the Irish character ? In Ireland generally , the rural population have no adequate induce- ment to exertion . • When the Irish have a ...
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... present active social and political move- ments . It is , therefore , of essential importance that the extremely different conditions in which the ancient and modern civilizations were placed be understood , and we shall , therefore ...
... present active social and political move- ments . It is , therefore , of essential importance that the extremely different conditions in which the ancient and modern civilizations were placed be understood , and we shall , therefore ...
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... present state of Europe a man of 10,000l . a year can spend his whole revenue , and he generally does so without directly maintaining twenty people , or being able 1 The Wealth of Nations , book 3 , chap . iv . · • to command ten ...
... present state of Europe a man of 10,000l . a year can spend his whole revenue , and he generally does so without directly maintaining twenty people , or being able 1 The Wealth of Nations , book 3 , chap . iv . · • to command ten ...
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... present day the towns in the principal European States which possess populations of 40,000 inhabitants and above are in number as follows1 : -Great Britain and Ireland contain fifty - five such towns ; France twenty - eight ; Italy ...
... present day the towns in the principal European States which possess populations of 40,000 inhabitants and above are in number as follows1 : -Great Britain and Ireland contain fifty - five such towns ; France twenty - eight ; Italy ...
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... present century , that the peasantry who had risen in revolt three centuries previously , were suffer- ing from an oppression which contributed to the weakness of CII . I. INFLUENCE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION . 21 Influence of the French ...
... present century , that the peasantry who had risen in revolt three centuries previously , were suffer- ing from an oppression which contributed to the weakness of CII . I. INFLUENCE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION . 21 Influence of the French ...
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