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Speech on the Irish Land Bill, April 4th, 1870.

History of Civilization in England, i. 228; ii. 449.

Ancient Law, pp. 56, 88.

Theory of Moral Sentiments. Part iv., chap. i.

An eminent Scotch philosopher of the present day, Mr. Alexander Bain, has expressed to me a doubt that Adam Smith destroyed anything which he considered valuable; adding, that be was little disposed to consider anything to which he had given research and thought of small value. The preservation of the chief results of his jural studies in the Wealth of Nations reconciles Mr. Bain's opinion on this point with the destruction of the manuscripts, of which there seems to me conclusive evidence.

Les Économistes Français du XVIIIme Siècle, by M. Léonce de Lavergne, pp. 173-6.