Quote by: Joseph Hume

Worse there cannot be; a better, I believe, there may be, by giving energy to the capital and skill of the country to produce exports, by increasing which, alone, can we flatter ourselves with the prospect of finding employment for that part of our population now unemployed.


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  • NameJoseph Hume
  • DescriptionScottish surgeon and Radical politician
  • BornJanuary 22, 1777
  • DiedFebruary 20, 1855
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician
  • AwardsFellow Of The Royal Society