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The Wealth of Nations and Historical Facts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2009

Salim Rashid
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Though beauty of diction, harmony of periods, and acuteness and singularity of sentiment, may captivate the reader, yet there are other qualifications essentially necessary…. Fidelity, accuracy and impartiality are also requisite (Joseph Towers, Observations on Mr. Hume's History (1778)).

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Journal of the History of Economic Thought , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , Fall 1992 , pp. 225 - 243
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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