Herbert Spencer probably imsaginad himself to have produced an -original thought when he wrote:—"Imagine that, instead of preferring to buy things at low prices, men habitually preferred to give high prices for them; and "imagine that, conversely, sellers rejoiced in getting low ones...
But he was at least two centuries ate with the idea. Mr. Giles gives -oné delightful act from the Ching Hua Yian describing a ~wisit to the Country of Gentlemen, Chinese utopia of which the fol-Howing is related "By-and-by they arrived at the market place, where they saw an official servant standing at a stall engaged in making purchases. He was holding in his hand the articles he wished to buy and was saying to the owner of the stall, "Just -rofiect"& moment, sir, how impossible would be for me to take these excellent goods at the absurdly low price
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