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The transformation of money into capital we shall consider in the third chapter which treats of capital and forms the end of the first book.
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The original reads “person.”
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The manuscript reads “production.”
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The manuscript reads “production.”
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The German text reads “instruktiv,” which I take to be a misprint of “instinktiv.” Translator.
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Compare this with foot-note 1, on p. 34 of Capital, Humboldt edition, New York:
“Truly comical is M. Bastiat, who imagines that the ancient Greeks and Romans lived by plunder alone. But when people plunder for centuries, there must always be something at hand for them to seize; the objects of plunder must be continually reproduced.” K. Kautsky.
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The English expression is used by Marx in his German original. Transl.