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The Economic Interpretation of History - Page 153
by Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman - 1924 - 166 pages
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The Economic Interpretation of History

Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman - 1902 - 184 pages
...individual depend in last resort on his aesthetic, x / intellectual and moral condition. The eco- / nomic life is thus ultimately bound up with the whole ethical...elements, history is the parti-colored garb > of humanity. Ir^ one sense, accordingly, there are as many methods of interpreting history as there are classes...
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Principles of Economics: With Special Reference to American Conditions

Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman - 1905 - 718 pages
...social life. There is a deeper meaning in Ruskin's statements : "There is no wealth but life," and "Nor can any noble thing be wealth except to a noble person." The economist in studying wealth must continually bear in mind those forces which make civilized human...
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Principles of Economics: With Special Reference to American Conditions

Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman - 1905 - 822 pages
...social life. There is a deeper meaning in Ruskin's statements : " There is no wealth but life," and " Nor can any noble thing be wealth except to a noble person." The economist in studying wealth must continually bear in mind those forces which make civilized human...
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The Works of John Ruskin, Volume 17

John Ruskin - 1905 - 726 pages
...is to say, no wealth.1 A horse is no wealth to us if we cannot ride, nor a picture if we cannot see, nor can any noble thing be wealth, except to a noble person. As the aptness of the user increases, the effectual value of the thing used increases ; and in its...
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Principles of Economics: With Special Reference to American Conditions

Edwin Robert Anderson Seligman - 1905 - 728 pages
...life. There is a deeper meaning in Ruskin's statements : " There, is ao. \vcal_tJi but life." and "Nflf can any noble thing be wealth except to a noble person." The '" economisfm studying wealth must continually bear in mind those forces which make civilized human...
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Adventures in Contentment

Ray Stannard Baker - 1907 - 274 pages
...having failed to land me at the first rush, he let me have line. Then I thought of Ruskin's words, "Nor can any noble thing be wealth except to a noble person." And that prompted me to say to Mr. Dixon: "These things are not yours; they are mine. You never owned...
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American Illustrated Magazine, Volume 63

1907 - 820 pages
...having failed to land me at the first rush, he let me have line. Then I thought of Ruskin's words, "Nor can any noble thing be wealth except to a noble person." And that prompted me to say to Mr. Dixon: "These things are not yours; they are mine. You never owned...
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Outlines of Economics

Richard Theodore Ely - 1908 - 746 pages
...significance of the following: "A horse is not wealth to us if we cannot ride, nor a picture if we cannot see, nor can any noble thing be wealth except to a noble person." Ruskin, Munera Pulvcris, p. 10. 5. Discuss the following statement: "In 1770 Arthur Young reckoned...
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Adventures of David Grayson

Ray Stannard Baker - 1910 - 280 pages
...having failed to land me at the first rush, he let me have line. Then I thought of Ruskin's words, "Nor can any noble thing be wealth except to a noble person." And that prompted me to say to Mr. Dixon : "These things are not yours; they are mine. You never owned...
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Outlines of Economics

Richard Theodore Ely - 1910 - 730 pages
...of the following : " A horse is not wealth to us if we cannot ride, nor a picture if we cannot see, nor can any noble thing be wealth except to a noble person." Ruskin, Muntra Pulveris, p. 10. 5. Discuss the following statement : "In 1770 Arthur Young reckoned...
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