A clerihew from Biography for Beginners (1905)
by Edmund Clerihew Bentley
John Stuart Mill,
By a mighty effort of will,
Overcame his natural bonhomie
And wrote "Principles of Political Economy."
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
English philosopher and economist
Four great quotations from Principles of Political Economy (1848)
by John Stuart Mill
"Man's power over Nature should be used to shorten the hours of work."
"Unproductive consumption, if it adds to the joy of life, may be regarded as a true economic surplus."
"There is not much satisfaction in contemplating a world with scarcely a place where a wild shrub or flower could grow without being eradicated as a weed in the name of improved agriculture."
"Money is only a medium of exchange."
Principles of Political Economy (1848)
by John Stuart Mill
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