Excerpt from First Lessons in Political Economy, for the Use of Schools and Families The first principles of Political Econo my are truisms Which a child may under stand, and Which children should therefore be taught. In the last century they were among the Speculations of the learned; they have now become the heritage of the nursery; and the only difficulty in teach ing them in after life arises from a suspicion excited by their very simplicity. 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.