The liberal reward of labour, as it is to the effect of increasing wealth, so it is the cause of increasing population. To complain of it, is to lament over the necessary effect and cause of the greatest public prosperity.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The liberal reward of labour, as it is to the effect of increasing wealth, so it is the cause of increasing population. To complain of it, is to lament over the necessary effect and cause of the greatest public prosperity." in the context of "Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter 8, p. 97" to mean that wisdom is timeless.