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They are so accordingly. The difference between the earnings of a

common labourer and those of a well employed lawyer or physician,

is evidently much greater than that between the ordinary profits

in any two different branches of trade. The apparent difference,

besides, in the profits of different trades, is generally a

deception arising from our not always distinguishing what ought

to be considered as wages, from what ought to be considered as

profit.