...are thus erected into political maxiuis for the conduct of a great einpire3. Und: To found a grcat empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people...appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. Jt is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers ; but extremely fit for a nation...

...dominion in Asia. Adam Smith, the great British publicist of the day, drily remarked upon this : " To found a great Empire for the sole purpose of raising...people of customers may at first sight appear a project only worthy a nation of shopkeepers." But it was that practical spirit that first gave them the political...

...after the passing of the Regulating Act, that Empire was coming ; adding the shrewd comment : — " To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of commerce may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers " ; thus anticipating...

...shrewd comment : — " To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of commerce may at first sight appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers " ; thus anticipating the sarcasm of Napoleon. When the words were written Warren Hastings had become...

...Sc. 3. L. 240. Traffic's thy god; and thy god confound thee! p. Timon of Athens. Act I. Sc. IL 246. To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. q. ADAM SMITH — Wealth of Nations. Vol. II. Bk. IV. Ch. VII. Pt. III. And what is true of a shopkeeper,...

...of colonial possessions adopted by English statesmen and merchants, that he remarked bitterly that " to found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers." 4 " The maintenance of this monopoly," he adds, " has hitherto been the principal, or more properly,...

...settlements made in distant parts of the world for the improvement of trade." — GEORGE GRENVILLE. " To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers, though extremely fit for a...

...them what we call the blessings of civilization instead of taking lessons from them in savagery. " To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising up a people of customers," said Adam Smith, from whom I may conclude as I began by quoting, " may at first sight appear a project...

...to a single order of men, is in many different ways hurtful to the general interest of the country. To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...appear a project fit only for a nation of shopkeepers. It is, however, a project altogether unfit for a nation of shopkeepers; but extremely fit for a nation...

...than any foreign Power, but astutely adds that this did not arise altogether from disinterestedness. " To found a great empire for the sole purpose of raising...customers, may at first sight appear a project fit for a nation of shopkeepers." The traders of England wished that " the cultivators of America might...