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The Principles of Political Economy (1st ed. 1825)

The first edition of McCulloch’s major treatise on the principles of political economy. This became the standard text in classical political economics until it was replaced by J.S. Mill’s Principles in 1848. it went through many editions. We have the corrected 5th edition of 1864 in HTML format.

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BOLL 33: Mary Wollstonecraft, “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” (1792)

This is part of “The Best of the Online Library of Liberty” which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. A thematic list with links to HTML versions of the texts is available here. This is a chapter from one of the founding texts of modern feminism which Wollstonecraft wrote during the French Revolution. She extends the idea of universal natural rights to include women and urges parents to devote the same effort in educating their daughters as they did their sons so that they may might reach their full potential.

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BOLL 32: Richard Overton, “An Arrow against all Tryants and Tyrany” (October, 1646)

This is part of “The Best of the Online Library of Liberty” which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. A thematic list with links to HTML versions of the texts is available here. This is a pamphlet written by the Leveller Richard Overton from Newgate Prison in October 1646 in which he defends an early form of the self-ownership principle as the grounds for individual liberty.

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BOLL 31: Samuel anoints Saul the First King of Israel (c. 1,000 B.C.)

This is part of “The Best of the Online Library of Liberty” which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. A thematic list with links to HTML versions of the texts is available here. This is part of First Samuel in the Old Testament which describes how Samuel appoints Saul the first king of Israel and warns the people how their new king will eventually tyrannize them.

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