...'ranks and conditions of men', one is, in fact, talking of classes. Consider also the following passage: As soon as the land of any country has all become...sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce ... He [the labourer] must then pay for the licence to gather them; and must give up to the landlord...

...their labour of inspection and direction may be either altogether the same. As soon as land became private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed. In the price of corn, for example, one part pays the rent of the landlord, another pays the wages of...

...controlled for centuries. As Adam Smith had expressed it so well in 1776 in The Wealth of Nations, "The landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed." Legislation — Corn Laws — to discourage imports of food to Britain dated back to the late seventeenth...

...how widely current was the discussion of agricultural rents at this period. Adam Smith had written: 'As soon as the land of any country has all become...sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce', such as the wood of the forest and the grass of the field; of the three component parts of the price...

...been. The hunters were living in an idyllic past when the economic system was morally satisfactory. As soon as the land of any country has all become...sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. ... As soon as stock has accumulated in the hands of particular persons, some of them will naturally...

...expressed in unambiguous terms the essential nature of ground rent as arising from monopoly of property: As soon as the land of any country has all become...to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent for even for its natural produce. The wood of the forest, the grass of the field, and all the natural...

...wages and furnifhea the materials of that labour. As foon as the land of any country has a$ became private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never fowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce. The wood of the foreft, the grafs of the field,...

...Gesellschaft mit Nahrung, 1) Den Grundbesitzern schmeichelte Smith mit folgenden Zartheiten : As soon äs the land of any country has all become private property,...where they never sowed and demand a rent even for its naturale produce. Kleidung und Wohnung versehen, einen solchen Theil von dem Produkte ihrer Arbeit...

...They are recognized to that end, and are limited by it. Chief Justice Joseph Weintraub (USA, 1971) 46. As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like any other men, love to reap where they have never sowed. Adam Smith (England, 1776) 47. Property and...