Download or read book An Attempt to Define Some of the First Principles of Political Economy (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Attempt to Define Some of the First Principles of Political Economy The formation of man is such that, in order to support his existence in this world, he is under the necessity of daily consuming, as food and clothing, a certain proportion Of the produce of the earth, and this be is obliged to procure by labour before he can use it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.