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It is as to whether its services or uses are to be exchanged or not…

Quote byHenry George · 1839–1897

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: ' (1879), Book I, Ch. 3.

English (original)

It is as to whether its services or uses are to be exchanged or not which makes a tool an article of capital or merely an article of wealth. Thus, the lathe of a manufacturer used in making things which are to be exchanged is capital, while the lathe kept by a gentleman for his own amusement is not.

— Henry George

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