 MONEY is not, properly speaking, one of the subjects of commerce, but only the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : it is the oil which renders the motion of...  Putnam's Monthly - Seite 4961853Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henry Charles Carey - 1866 - 594 Seiten
...the instrument which all have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : it is the oil which...renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy." Had he, however, found it asserted that corn, wine, and the flesh of sheep and oxen, had been "agreed... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - 1868 - 906 Seiten
...satisfies no want, answers no purpose — can bo neither eaten, drank, nor worn. — LAURIXS. It — money— is none of the wheels of trade , it Is the oil which renders the motion of the wheeli more smooth und easy. — HUME. . Then wonld he be a broker, and draw In Both wares and money,... | |
 | Henry Charles Carey, Kate McLean - 1872 - 584 Seiten
...the instrument which all have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : it is the oil which...renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy." Had he, however, found it asserted that corn, wine, and the flesh of sheep and oxen, had been "agreed... | |
 | Henry Varnum Poor - 1877 - 668 Seiten
...the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : it is the oil which...renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy. If we consider any one kingdom by itself, it is evident that the greater or less plenty of money is... | |
 | Henry Varnum Poor - 1877 - 674 Seiten
...the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : it is the oil which...renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy. If we consider any one kingdom by itself, it is evident that the greater or less plenty of money is... | |
 | Francis Amasa Walker - 1877 - 578 Seiten
...that have it in plenty." Hume's oft-quoted image has a sort of family resemblance to that of Petty : " It is the oil which renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy." 'improved harbors, roads, and manufactories.' According to such views, the influence of the gold discoveries... | |
 | Freeman Otis Willey - 1882 - 564 Seiten
...diligent and skillful, and even the farmer follows his plow with greater alacrity and attention. ... It is the oil which renders the motion 'of the wheels more smooth and easy. . . . The good policy of the government consists only in keeping it, if possible, still increasing,... | |
 | VAN BUREN DENSLOW - 1888 - 826 Seiten
...the instrument which all have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade: it is the oil which...renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy." To this Carey (" Principles," condensed by McKean, p. 352) says: " Had he, however, found it asserted... | |
 | Van Buren Denslow - 1888 - 854 Seiten
...the instrument which all have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of me commodity for another. IL is none of the wheels of trade: it is the oil which...renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy." To this Carey (" Principles," condensed by McKean, p. 332) says: " Had he, however. found it assened... | |
 | David Hume - 1889 - 530 Seiten
...the instrument which men have agreed upon to facilitate the exchange of one commodity for another. It is none of the wheels of trade : It is the oil which...renders the motion of the wheels more smooth and easy. If we consider any one kingdom by itself, it is evident, that the greater or less plenty of money is... | |
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