China is a much richer country than any part of Europe. - Adam Smith

By nature a philosopher is not in genius and disposition half so different from a street porter, as a mastiff is from a greyhound,

Whenever the legislature attempts to regulate the differences between masters and their workmen, its counsellors are always the masters. When the regulation, therefore, is in favor of the workmen, it is always just and equitable; but it is sometimes otherwise when in favor of the masters.

For a very small expence the public can facilitate, can encourage, and can even impose upon almost the whole body of the people, the necessity of acquiring those most essential parts of education.