[269] Ibid., 1st ed., vol. i, p. 48.
[270] Ibid., 5th ed., vol. i, p. 67.
[271] Critical examination of McCulloch’s treatise (1825), in Œuvres diverses, pp. 274-275.
[272] Traité, 6th ed., p. 349.
[273] “Rent,” he says, “doubtless is partly interest on capital buried in the soil, for there are few properties which do not owe something to improvements made in them. But their total value is seldom due to this alone. It might be if the land were fertile but lacked the necessary facilities for cultivation. But this is never the case in civilised countries.” (Critical examination of McCulloch’s treatise (1825), in Œuvres diverses, p. 277.)
[274] Traité, 1st ed., p. 154.
[275] “The theory of heat and of weight and the study of the inclined plane have placed the whole of nature at the disposal of mankind. In the same way the theory of exchange and of markets will change the whole policy of the world.” (Ibid., 6th ed., p. 51.)
[276] Traité, 1st ed., vol. ii, p. 175.
[277] Ibid., p. 179.
[278] Ibid., p. 178.