“The annual labour of every nation is the fund which original…”

“The annual labour of every nation is the fund which originally supplies it with all the necessaries and conveniences of life which it annually consumes.”

— Adam Smith

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Title: Wikiquote: Adam Smith
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Introduction and Plan of the Work, p. 1.

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