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<note>1. Annuity Notes<lb/> | <note>1. Annuity Notes<lb/> | ||
Ch. Circulation<lb/> | Ch. Circulation<lb/> | ||
indubitable | indubitable<lb/> | ||
<add>Certainty</add> | |||
affirmation of<lb/> | affirmation of<lb/> | ||
circulation</note> | circulation</note> | ||
<p>The | <p>The customers for temporary annuities - the<lb/> | ||
possessers of temporary sums - are in effect <del><gap/></del><lb/> | possessers of temporary sums - are in effect <del><gap/></del><lb/> | ||
- every body that is ever master of a sum of money:<lb/> | - every body that is ever master of a sum of money:<lb/> | ||
- that is with scarce an exception or perhaps<lb/> | - that is with scarce an exception or perhaps<lb/> | ||
once.(for the case of the <del> | once. (for the case of the <del>meanest</del><add>poorest</add> day - labourer<lb/> | ||
does not afford one) every body whatsoever. There<lb/> | does not afford one) every body whatsoever. There<lb/> | ||
is not that individual existing | is not that individual existing to whom sooner or<add>in this course</add><lb/> | ||
< | <del>later it does</del><add>of his life it does not frequently<add>every now and then happen</add></add> happen, even without the inducement<lb/> | ||
which is now for the first time afforded, to be in<lb/> | which is now for the first time afforded, to be in<lb/> | ||
possession of money <del> | possession of money <del>to</del> an amount sufficient and<lb/> | ||
for a time sufficient to <del>afford</del><add>yield</add> him and interest worth<lb/> | for a time sufficient to <del>afford</del><add>yield</add> him and interest worth<lb/> | ||
having, if a source for the yielding of that interest<lb/> | having, if a source for the yielding of that interest were<lb/> | ||
but give to him. That source provided even at so<lb/> | but give to him. That source provided even at so<lb/> | ||
low a rate of interest as 3 per cent, a single<lb/> | low a rate of interest as 3 per cent, a single<lb/> | ||
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contrive to keep it. For four and twenty days. Every<lb/> | contrive to keep it. For four and twenty days. Every<lb/> | ||
man therefore who ever has <add>to whom it happens to have</add> money may be reckoned<add>set down</add><lb/> | man therefore who ever has <add>to whom it happens to have</add> money may be reckoned<add>set down</add><lb/> | ||
on the list of customers for these annuities: | on the list of customers for these annuities: <unclear>nor</unclear> of<lb/> | ||
those <del>who</del> to whom it ever happens to have money<lb/> | those <del>who</del> to whom it ever happens to have money<lb/> | ||
is there a single individual <del>to whom it does</del><lb/> | is there a single individual <del>to whom it does</del><lb/> | ||
who has not the<add>at our</add> means of possessing one of these<lb/> | who has not the<add>at our</add> means of possessing one of these<lb/> | ||
annuities, and an adequate inducement sufficient<lb/> | annuities, and an adequate inducement sufficient<lb/> | ||
to engage<add>induce</add> him to put himself in possession of it<lb/> | to engage<add>induce</add> him to put himself in possession of it.<lb/> | ||
Among those then who have an interest in obtaining<lb/> | Among those then who have an interest in obtaining<lb/> | ||
and in keeping money<add>a sum in hand</add>, there is not one who would not<lb/> | and in keeping money<add>a sum in hand</add>, there is not one who would not<lb/> | ||
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1. Annuity Notes
Ch. Circulation
indubitable
Certainty
affirmation of
circulation
The customers for temporary annuities - the
possessers of temporary sums - are in effect
- every body that is ever master of a sum of money:
- that is with scarce an exception or perhaps
once. (for the case of the meanestpoorest day - labourer
does not afford one) every body whatsoever. There
is not that individual existing to whom sooner orin this course
later it doesof his life it does not frequently<add>every now and then happen</add> happen, even without the inducement
which is now for the first time afforded, to be in
possession of money to an amount sufficient and
for a time sufficient to affordyield him and interest worth
having, if a source for the yielding of that interest were
but give to him. That source provided even at so
low a rate of interest as 3 per cent, a single
half guinea will pay a man a farthing for keeping
it, if it happens to him to keep it, or if he can
contrive to keep it. For four and twenty days. Every
man therefore who ever has to whom it happens to have money may be reckonedset down
on the list of customers for these annuities: nor of
those who to whom it ever happens to have money
is there a single individual to whom it does
who has not theat our means of possessing one of these
annuities, and an adequate inducement sufficient
to engageinduce him to put himself in possession of it.
Among those then who have an interest in obtaining
and in keeping moneya sum in hand, there is not one who would not
have an equal interest in obtaining, and a considerably
superior interest in retaining an Annuity note
to the amount yielding him interest for that sum: Supposing
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