Note 200 — Chapter II · : ADAM SMITH
R. (Robert) Richards translation
“It is thus that the private interests and passions of individuals naturally dispose them to turn their stock towards the employments which in ordinary cases are most advantageous to the society.” The word “passion” was not inserted by chance. It occurs no less than three times on the same page. (Ibid., Book IV, chap. 7, part iii; vol. ii, p. 129.)