Indians love to reduce the prosaic to the mystic.

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Indians love to reduce the prosaic to the mystic

Indians love to reduce the prosaic to the mystic

To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite...

To the stern student of affairs, Beirut is a phenomenon, beguiling perhaps, but quite, quite...

Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound.

Its smallness is not petty; on the contrary, it is profound.

The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important Book lovers...

The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important Book lovers...

Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure...

Book lovers will understand me, and they will know too that part of the pleasure...

Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a...

Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a...

My Book and Heart Must never part

My Book and Heart Must never part

The language of economics is seldom limpid, but in H Street they usually manage to...

The language of economics is seldom limpid, but in H Street they usually manage to...

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy...

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy...

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in...

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in...

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830...

Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes

Economics is a subject that does not greatly respect one's wishes

We aim in the domain of politics at republicanism; in the domain of economics at...

We aim in the domain of politics at republicanism; in the domain of economics at...

In economics it is a far, far wiser thing to be right than to be...

In economics it is a far, far wiser thing to be right than to be...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy,...

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners,...

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners,...

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with...

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with...

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is...

The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is...