If the whole or any part of that income be saved, so much new capital is generated,--the infallible operation of which is to lower the value of money, and consequently to conduce towards the improvement of public credit.
Edmund Burke: “If the whole or any part of that income be saved, so much new capital is generated,--the infallible operation of which…”
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Burke emphasizes the importance of saving income for generating new capital and improving public credit.
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