 | 1848 - 622 pages
...behold," says one of the earliest and ablest of the Company's advocates, " the actions of the hus' bandman in the seed-time, when he casteth away much good '...end of his endeavours, we shall find ' the worth and plenteous increase of his actions."* Under this quaint simile is concealed an amount of solid wisdom... | |
 | Alexander Somerville - 1853 - 628 pages
...harvest of agriculture. " If we only behold,'' says he, " the actions of the husbandman in the seed time, when he casteth away much good corn into the ground,...the harvest, which is the end of his endeavours, we find the worth and plentiful increase of his actions." (Treasure by Foreign Trade, p. 50, ed. 1C64.)... | |
 | Alexander Somerville - 1853 - 612 pages
...casteth away much good corn into the ground, we shall account him rather a madman than a husbandman. I'ut when we consider his labours in the harvest, which is the end of his endeavours, we find the worth and plentiful increase of his actions." (Treasure by Foreign Trade, p. 50, ed. 1664.)... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1856 - 692 pages
...away be consuicred much good corn into the ground, we will rather accompt "* their ' him a mad man than a husbandman : but when we consider his labours...the harvest which is the end of his endeavours, we find the worth and plentiful cncrease of his actions. CHAP. V. Forraign Trade is the only means to... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1869 - 870 pages
...actions of the husbandman in the seed-time, when he casteth away muuh good corn intu the ground, we shnll account him rather a madman than a husbandman. But...when we consider his labours in the harvest, which ia the end of his endeavours, we shall find the worth and plentiful increase of his actions.'1 They... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - 1883 - 1076 pages
...agriculture. "If we only behold," says lie, " the actions of the husbandman in the seed-time, when he castcth away much good corn into the ground, we shall account...madman than a husbandman; but when we consider his labors in the harvest, which is the end of his endeavors, we find the worth and plentiful increase... | |
 | Thomas Mun - 1895 - 144 pages
...feed-time when he casteth away much good corn into the ground, we will rather accompt him a mad man than a husbandman : but when we consider his labours...the harvest which is the end of his endeavours, we find the worth and plentiful encrease of his actions. CHAP. V. Forraign Trade is the only means to... | |
 | Thomas Mun - 1895 - 144 pages
...feed-time when he casteth away much good corn into the ground, we will rather accompt him a mad man than a husbandman : but when we consider his labours...the harvest which is the end of his endeavours, we find the worth and plentiful encrease of his actions. CHAP. V. Forraign Trade is the only means to... | |
 | William Wilson Hunter - 1900 - 438 pages
...Indies, 1621, p. 18. time when he casteth away much good corn into the ground, we will rather accompt him a madman than a husbandman : but when we consider...the harvest, which is the end of his endeavours, we find the worth and plentiful encrease of his actions.' 1 leas jj This early enunciation of the Mercantile... | |
 | Langford Lovell Price - 1900 - 280 pages
...Husbandman in the Seed-time when he casteth away much good Corn into the ground, we will rather accompt him a madman than a Husbandman : but when we consider...the Harvest, which is the end of his endeavours, we find the worth and plentifull encrease of his actions." Such was the nature of the reasoning by which... | |
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For if we only behold the actions of the husbandman in the seed-time when he casteth away much good corn into the ground, we will rather accompt him a mad man than a husbandman: but when we consider his labours in the harvest which is the end of his endeavours,... 
