Adam Smith:

The labour of the manufacturer fixes and realizes itself in some particular subject or vendible commodity, which lasts for some time at least after that labour is past. The labour of the menial servant, on the contrary, does not fix or realize itself in any particular subject or vendible commodity. His services generally perish in the very instant of their performance, and seldom leave any trace or value behind them for which an equal quantity of service could afterwards be procured.

— Adam Smith Early Modern

Wealth of Nations, capitalism

Context

The Wealth of Nations, Book II, Chapter III

Date / Period

1776

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3300/3300-h/3300-h.htm#link2H_4_0028

Verification

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Explanation

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Method

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