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Fit and Proper Persons
By Adam Smith
No one is more dangerous than the man who thinks that it is his destiny to direct things for the common good.
80
A Nation’s Wealth
By Richard Cobden
It is not politicians and their policies that create wealth, but the hard work and ingenuity of ordinary people.
81
Character and Learning
By Samuel Smiles
Intellectual learning is to be respected, but it should never be confused with good character.
82
The Insect on the Leaf
By Charles Dickens
Scrooge begs the Spirit of Christmas to tell him what will happen to Tiny Tim.
83
‘Better Habits, Not Greater Rights’
The extraordinary productivity and social mobility of the Victorian era is to the credit not of the governing class, but of the working man.
84
No Dog Exchanges Bones with Another
How do we get the help of millions of people we don’t know? Only by trade.
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