 | History - 1834 - 850 pages
...principle, that " the property which every man hag in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable." After stating the law, he points out the evil as it still exists in England in these emphatic words... | |
 | 1865 - 632 pages
...The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper without injury to his neighbours is a plain violation of this most sacred property. As it hinders the one from... | |
 | James Malcolm (land surveyor.) - Agricultural systems - 1805 - 494 pages
...diminishing. The property " which every man has in his own labour, as it is. " the original foundation of all other property, so" it is the most sacred and inviolable ; the patri" mony of a poor man lies in the strength and dex" terity of his hands; and to hinder him from... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 372 pages
...little oppressive. The property which every man has in his own lahour, as It is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 452 pages
...The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury to his neighbour, is a plain violation of this most sacred property. Itfijg a manifest encroachment... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Apprentices - 1812 - 192 pages
...observes that the property which every man has iu his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable, (w) The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him... | |
 | England - 1856 - 838 pages
...writer adds, "the property which < \\-r\- man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing hia strength... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1824 - 774 pages
...words were " The property which every man has in j his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this... | |
 | William Newnham Blane - History - 1824 - 532 pages
...well said, that " the property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1824 - 780 pages
...The patrimony of a poor man lies in the strength and dexterity of his hands ; and to hinder him from employing this strength and dexterity in what manner he thinks proper, without injury^ to his neighbour; is a plain violation of his most sacred property." As the law stood at present,... | |
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The property which every man has in his own labour, as it is the original foundation of all other property, so it is the most sacred and inviolable. 
