...advantages. Nobody but a beggar chuses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of his fellow-citizens. . . . The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...

...sold its birthright.--1 225. Note (he comment or one observer rarely suspected of tabian tendencies: "The difference of natural talents in different men is. in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...

...sold its birthright.2-' 225. Note the comment of one observer rarely suspected of I abian tendencies: "The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...

...sold its birthright.31 225. Note the comment of one observer rarely suspected of tabian Icnckaoc* "Tk difference of natural talents in different men is. in reality, much less than •< ire avarc of. Md the very different genius phkh appears to distinguish men of different professions....

...professor of economic*, University of Colorado. • "The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so mnrh from nature, as from habit custom, and education" (p. 1151 Adam Smith. force. Discrimination in...

...enlightenment program. In The Wealth of Nations Smith argues that individual differences are social products: "The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...

...differences we see are not truly of intelligence or of natural talents, but rather of the work people do. The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...

...wage labor discourages industry as compared to self-employment (pp. IDI, 100). As to intelligence, the difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...

...of labor are, at least in part, psychological; it affects people's minds as well as their behavior: "The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of, and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...

...bents'. Displaying the eighteenth-century belief in the influence of nurture over nature he argued: The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...