Читать книгу An Essay on the State of England. In Relation to Its Trade, Its Poor, and Its Taxes, for Carrying on the Present War Against France онлайн

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Trade brought Riches, and Riches Luxury, Luxury Sickness, Sickness wanted Physick, and Physick required some to seperate themselves to Study the Natures of Plants and Simples, asalso those several Diseases which bring Men to their ends, who in requital for their Advise andMedicines received Gratuities from their Patients: These brought in Apothecaries andChirurgeons as necessary Attendants to their Imployments, all which were maintained bypreserving People in their Healths; many also of ripe Parts were fitted for the Service of theChurch, others of the State; great numbers were Imployed in providing Necessaries of MeatDrink and Apparel both for themselves and other People, such as Butchers, Bakers, Brewers,Taylors, &c. Others to fit things for their Pleasures and Delights, and by this means leavingHusbandry and Manufactures flockt off daily to Livelihoods which may seem to come underthe third Head, who though useful and convenient in their respective Stations, yet these Mencannot be said to Augment the Riches of the Nation, only live by getting from one another,those two being the profitable Imployments out of whose Product and Improvement it gathersits Wealth.