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Frédéric Bastiat:Economic Sophisms, Excerpt 77
Frédéric Bastiat《Economic Sophisms》· Economic Sophisms · Investing
In the same way, when a workman succeeds in discovering an improved process in manufactures, the _immediate_ profit from the improvement results to him. This was necessary, in order to give his labour an intelligent direction; and it is just, because it is fair that an effort crowned with success should carry its recompense along with it.
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