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The Education Of The Common People Requires, Perhaps, In A Civilized And Commercial Society, The Attention Of The Public More Than That Of People Of Some Rank And Fortune.

People Of The Same Trade Seldom Meet Together, Even For Merriment And Diversion, But The Conversation Ends In A Conspiracy Against The Public, Or In Some Contrivance To Raise Prices.

The Subjects Of Every State Ought To Contribute Toward The Support Of The Government, As Nearly As Possible, In Proportion To Their Respective Abilities; That Is, In Proportion To The Revenue Which They Respectively Enjoy Under The Protection Of The State ....as Henry Home (lord Kames) Has Written, A Goal Of Taxation Should Be To 'remedy Inequality Of Riches As Much As Possible, By Relieving The Poor And Burdening The Rich.'

Secrets In Manufactures Are Capable Of Being Longer Kept Than Secrets In Trade.

That The Chance Of Gain Is Naturally Over-valued, We May Learn From The Universal Success Of Lotteries.