...indeed generally obtained by laborious diving: but they do not fetch a high price from that cause; but on the contrary, men dive for them because they fetch a high price. l0 So also exposure to want and hardship in youth, has been regarded as a cause of the hardy constitution...

...commentary bears a remarkable similarity to the famous argument put forth later by Richard Whately: "It is not that pearls fetch a high price because...men dive for them because they fetch a high price" (Whately 1832, 253). In Rogers's words: "Commodities are not sold because they are produced, but because...

...This, gentlemen, is only a translatlon of the Bible. 12432 Introductory lectures on Political Economy s the State And no one exists alone: Hunger allows...must love one another or die. 599 'Stop All the Clo WHEWELL William 1794-1866 12433 Elementary Treatise on Mechanics Hence no force however great can stretch...

...steel substitutes. [3 marks] 60 Chapter Five Price determination 'It is not that pearls fetch a higher price because men have dived for them; but on the...men dive for them because they fetch a high price. ' Richard Whately, Introductory Lectures on Political Economy Prices are fundamental to our economy....