[quote=@Vilageidiotx] Heh, I didn't even take notes when I was in school. I just drew shit in the notebook. But yeh, I actually like the old aristocratic, somewhat snarky way 18th century books are written. The best part of Wealth of Nations is when he disses Scotland or some other poor country. Also, you'll be surprised how little that book meshes with the Libertarian idea of what it is. The guy supports the idea of labor unions (in 1776 mind you), and thinks adult education is economically damaging. [/quote] Every time I had to take a note about third-world nations I slapped "savage" into quotes just because. He ripped on Poland too for not having any manufacturing, then somehow made a thinly veiled rip on France to praise England. So that old-school nationalism is there which is funny. In my copy it was like, "While France has better conditions to grow corn than Poland, it is England which is the best and everyone knows it".