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The tax upon stock, imposed by the land tax bill in England, though it is proportioned to the capital, is not intended to diminish or, take away any part of that capital. It is meant only to be a tax upon the interest of money, proportioned to that upon the rent of land; so that when the latter is at four shillings in the pound, the former may be at four shillings in the pound too. The tax at Hamburg, and the still more moderate taxes of Underwald and Zurich, are meant, in the same manner, to be taxes, not upon the capital, but upon the interest or neat revenue of stock. That of Holland was meant to be a tax upon the capital.

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Book V, Chapter II, paragraph 1970

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惡忌陰，善忌陽，故惡之顯者禍淺，而隱者禍深；善之顯者功小，而隱者功大。

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Secondly, This monopoly has necessarily contributed to keep up the rate of profit, in all the different branches of British trade, higher than it naturally would have been, had all nations been allowed a free trade to the British colonies.

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Book IV, Chapter VII, paragraph 1404

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「縣人有主，人此治用，然而不治，積之市。一人積之下，一人積之上，此謂利無常。百姓無寶，以利爲首。一上一下，唯利所處。利然後能通，通然後成國。利靜而不化，觀其所出，從而移之，視其不可使，因以爲民等。擇其好名，因使長民，好而不已，是以爲國紀。功未成者，不可以獨名。事未道者，不可以言名。成功然後可以獨名，事道然後可以言名，然後可以承致酢。先其士者之爲自犯，後其民者之爲自贍。輕國位者國必敗，疏貴戚者謀將泄。毋仕異國之人，是爲經。毋數變易，是爲敗成。大臣得罪，勿出封外，是爲漏情。毋數據大臣之家而飲酒，是爲使國大消。三堯在，臧於縣，返於連比。若是者，必從是𤴇亡乎！辟之若尊譚，未勝其本，亡流而下，不平。令苟下不治，高下者不足以相待，此謂殺。」

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There was a pause; then the president of the bridge company, Mr. Allison, the great Senator, asked if I would excuse them for a few moments. I retired. Soon they recalled me and offered the contract, provided we took the lower price, which was only a few thousand dollars less. I agreed to the concession. That cast-iron lamp-post so opportunely smashed gave us one of our most profitable contracts and, what is more, obtained for us the reputation of having taken the Dubuque bridge against all competitors. It also laid the foundation for me of a lifelong, unbroken friendship with one of America's best and most valuable public men, Senator Allison.

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Chapter IX, excerpt 58

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