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to the desired end. The first idea that suggests 

 itself is, that in such circumstances, Jones would 

 be Forced to adopt the first mentioned plan ; that is, 

 having first satisfied himself, by the most careful 

 inquiry and examination, or by experiment, that he 

 had good ground to assume a profitable result, to 

 undertake the task himselfprovided he had capital 

 to carry it out, or security or credit on which to 

 borrow. And the latter contingency, of course, 

 assumes, that the anticipated return from the working 

 of the several sources of wealth on the estate, would 

 far exceed the normal rate of interest of money at 

 the time. 



But, it will be objected, if Jones should have nei- 

 ther capital, nor credit, or be incompetent, or a 

 lunatic, or though none of these, should yet, for any 

 other cause, be unable or unwilling, to work out his 

 own prosperity, what would he do then ? Would he 

 not be obliged to sit down and wait until he should 

 be more favourably circumstanced or be compelled 

 to advertize in the journals of foreign countries far 

 and wide, that he had a fine estate capable of yield- 

 ing untold wealth in iron, gold, fibres, tea, cotton, 

 silk, and abundance of labour, and that any one who 

 liked was welcome to come and make his fortune 

 thereon, in the hope that some rich and enterprizing 

 people would come and help him. No. I do not 

 think it at all likely that Jones would adopt either 

 of these courses. Because, by the jirst, he would 

 probably cut off all hope of ever realizing the object 



