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Die Trugschlüsse der Schutzzöllner gegenüber der gesunden Handels-Politik, Frédéric Bastiat, Übers. Carl August Noback, August von Schröter, Berlin 1847, S. 1 <br class="br">Original franz.: &quot;Trop de personnes redoutent la liberté pour que cette appréhension ne soit pas sincère.&quot; -&#x27;Sophismes Économiques. Introduction à la première série. fr.wikisource http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Sophismes_%C3%A9conomiques/S%C3%A9rie_1/Introduction. 2e édition Paris 1846 p. 5 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=JOugZxByFZ8C&amp;pg=PA5

That which is seen and that which is not seen (Ce qu'on voit et ce qu'on ne voit pas, 1850), the Introduction.
Kontext: In the department of economy, an act, a habit, an institution, a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects. Of these effects, the first only is immediate; it manifests itself simultaneously with its cause — it is seen. The others unfold in succession — they are not seen: it is well for us, if they are foreseen. Between a good and a bad economist this constitutes the whole difference: the one takes account only of the visible effect; the other takes account of both the effects which are seen and those which it is necessary to foresee. Now this difference is enormous, for it almost always happens that when the immediate consequence is favourable, the ultimate consequences are fatal, and the converse. Hence it follows that the bad economist pursues a small present good, which will be followed by a great evil to come, while the true economist pursues a great good to come, at the risk of a small present evil.

The Law (1850)