Debts were not always paid in money. Not so long ago the butcher paid for his keg of beer with a slab of beef, and oxen were exchanged for land and wives. Adam Smith tells the interesting story of the origin and use of money. (Volume 10, Harvard Classics)
Introductory Note: Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan (Ch. II & III), by Thomas Hobbes
Introductory Note: Oliver Goldsmith
She Stoops to Conquer (Act I), by Oliver Goldsmith
Introductory Note: Izaak Walton
The Life of Mr. George Herbert, by Izaak Walton
Introductory Note: Charles Darwin (#2)
The Voyage of the Beagle (Ch. XX), by Charles Darwin
Introductory Note: Robert Browning
Poems, by Robert Browning
Introductory Note: Izaak Walton
The Life of Dr. Donne, by Izaak Walton
Introductory Note: Alessandro Manzoni
I Promessi Sposi (Ch. 31), by Alessandro Manzoni
Introductory Note: The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs
The Story of the Volsungs and Niblungs (Ch. 24-27)
Introductory Note: Adam Smith
Wealth of Nations (Book I, Ch. 1), by Adam Smith
Introductory Note: Robert Louis Stevenson
Truth of Intercourse, by Robert Louis Stevenson
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