Sinossi
True Theory tithe, it is treated as if it had no possible connexion with a succession of able men in church or state, and was devoid of all relation to sound learning and religious education. The same class of writers whose political economy is the most doubtful, have been unsparing in their invectives against academical institutions, and have at least done all in their power to provoke them to a salutary jealousy. Many of the accusers were members of the universities, who having themselves carried little away, had a certain excuse for feeling no gratitude. Others there were of a rarer sort, who declared, that after having won learning to be their bride, they had found her all barrenness; nothing reflecting, how different is the conclusion of the public in such cases, from that which the complainant would suggest. One of the leading charges against the universities has been, that they do not turn their learning to a substantial use. There is at all events one use to which it might advantageously be turned; which is, the examination of the theories of their assailants. The object of this article is to bring the opinions of what has denominated itself the new school of political economy, to the test of something like such an examination as is undergone by every theory which makes part of the system of education in an English university. And for this purpose a work has been selected, which is the acknowledged epitome of the opinions in question, with the latest corrections and additions. The account given of Capital would have been clearer, if it had begun with the definition. Capital, is wealth employed in the production of other wealth. After this general definition, the elucidation of particular points presents no difficulty. But it is on arriving at the subject of Rent, that the disputed matter commences. However much the assertion may move of anger or cont
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