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Frédéric Bastiat:Economic Sophisms, Excerpt 39

Frédéric Bastiat《Economic Sophisms》· Economic Sophisms · Investing

It is well to remark that the _universal practice_ of mankind always points to the principle of the first system. We have never seen, we shall never see, a man who labours in any department, be he agriculturist, manufacturer, merchant, artificer, soldier, author, or philosopher, who does not devote all the powers of his mind to work better, to work with more rapidity, to work more economically--in a word, to effect _more with less_.

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Locator:Excerpt 39 · Verified:2026-10-19 · Verification:Short excerpt

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