Excerpt from Political Economy I have directed much attention to the work of Mr. Ricardo, because it has been most influential, and has lied to the creation of an extensive school which has long borne the name of the author Mr. Ricardo's mind was characterized by much quickness but this being attended by its usual con comitant - a deficiency in the power of re flection - his work is stamped with a super ficial character. He was in general candid, and desirous only to arrive at truth, and though he rarely succeeded, his views often possessed the rare merit - in these days of originality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.