Instead of using only comparative Words and intellectual Arguments, I have taken the course…to express myself in Terms of Number, Weight, or Measure; to use only Arguments of Sense, and to consider only such Causes, as have visible Foundations in Nature.
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A thousand acres that can feed a thousand souls is better than ten thousand acres of no more effect.
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Birth: | 27th May, 1623 |
Death: | 16th December, 1687 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Economist, Philosopher, Scientist |
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