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" Or if the one species of labour requires an uncommon degree of dexterity and ingenuity, the esteem which men have for such talents, will naturally give a value to their produce, superior to what would be due to the time employed about it. Such talents... "
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Page 159
1845
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 1

Adam Smith - 1809 - 372 pages
...would bs due to the time employed about it. Such talents can seldom be acquired but in consequence of long application, and the superior value of their...and labour which must be spent in acquiring them. In the advanced state of society, allowances of this kind, for superior hardship and sq. perior skill,...
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Outlines of Political Economy: Being a Republication of the Article Upon ...

John Ramsay McCulloch - 1825 - 204 pages
...would be due to the time employed about it. Such talents can seldom be acquired but in consequence of long application, and the superior value of their...and labour which must be spent in acquiring them. In the advanced state of society, allowances of this kind, for superior hardship and superior skill,...
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The Principles of Political Economy: With a Sketch of the Rise and Progress ...

John Ramsay McCulloch - 1825 - 446 pages
...would be due to the time employed about it. Such talents can seldom be acquired but in consequence of long application, and the superior value of their...and labour which must be spent in acquiring them. In the advanced state of society, allowances of this kind, for superior hardship and superior skill,...
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Elements of Political Economy

Samuel Phillips Newman - 1835 - 344 pages
...would be due to the time employed about it. Such talents can seldom be acquired but in consequence of long application, and the superior value of their...more than a reasonable compensation for the time and labor which must be spent in acquiring them. In the advanced state of society, allowances of this kind,...
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Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Meetings, Volume 2

1843 - 812 pages
...would be due to the time employed about it. Such talents can seldom be acquired, but in consequence of long application, and the superior value of their...compensation for the time and labour which must be spent ;n acquiring them."* These observations are applicable in an especial manner to pharmaceutical preparations,...
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Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Meetings, Volume 3

1844 - 640 pages
...and dexterity required by some species of labour gives an additional value to its produce, which is no more than a reasonable compensation for the time...and labour which must be spent in acquiring them." Consequently, the retail Druggist, in calculating the cost of his stock, and the profit to which he...
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Volume 1

Adam Smith - 1869 - 576 pages
...Such talents can seldom be acquired' but in consequence of long application, and the superior vajuc'bf their produce may frequently be no more than a reasonable compensation for tho timo and labour which must bo spent in acquiring them. In the advanced state of society, nllow_\...
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The Principles of Political Economy: With Sketch of the Rise and Progress of ...

John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1870 - 376 pages
...would be due to the time employed about it. Such talents can seldom be acquired but in consequence of long application, and the superior value of their...and labour which must be spent in acquiring them. In the advanced state of society, allowances of this kind, for superior hardship and superior skill,...
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An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. A careful ...

Adam Smith - 1875 - 808 pages
...TO BE RATED. to the time employed about it. Such talents can seldom be acquired but in consequence of long application, and the superior value of their produce may frequently be more than a reasonable compensation for the time and labouf which must be spent in acquiring them....
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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith - 1884 - 604 pages
...Such talents can seldom be acquired but in consequence of long application, and the superior valui: of their produce may frequently be no more than a...and labour which must be spent in acquiring them. In the advanced state of society, allowances of this kind, for superior hardship and superior skill,...
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