Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 30, Issue 1Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1856 |
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... seems to be concentrated on the contrivance , realization , and redu- plication of rapid profits ; when the acquisition of large gains has become to every man almost a necessity , and the sole profession of nearly all , however varied ...
... seems to be concentrated on the contrivance , realization , and redu- plication of rapid profits ; when the acquisition of large gains has become to every man almost a necessity , and the sole profession of nearly all , however varied ...
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... seem a strange text for a philosopher of his eccentric reputation . The piquancy of the style , the precision of the analysis , the cogency of the logic , the ulterior aims intimated , and the occasional extravagances , perfectly accord ...
... seem a strange text for a philosopher of his eccentric reputation . The piquancy of the style , the precision of the analysis , the cogency of the logic , the ulterior aims intimated , and the occasional extravagances , perfectly accord ...
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... seem to be in the regular channel of business , are all instances of speculation , and partake in a greater or less degree of its essential characteristics ; but these are obscured by their combination , a trifling and partial admixture ...
... seem to be in the regular channel of business , are all instances of speculation , and partake in a greater or less degree of its essential characteristics ; but these are obscured by their combination , a trifling and partial admixture ...
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... seems almost needless to intimate that the final result of this temper and the practice which ministers to it , must be the stagnation of actual production , and the sudden dissipation of the imaginary values which have inflamed the pas ...
... seems almost needless to intimate that the final result of this temper and the practice which ministers to it , must be the stagnation of actual production , and the sudden dissipation of the imaginary values which have inflamed the pas ...
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... seems to be the destiny of society , speculation admits of indefinite increase until the fatal term is reached , and the spoiler and the victim both decline into a common grave . National loans and funded debts presented the first ...
... seems to be the destiny of society , speculation admits of indefinite increase until the fatal term is reached , and the spoiler and the victim both decline into a common grave . National loans and funded debts presented the first ...
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