Art. 111. Money and exchange

2. Bentham* à Dumont, 22 mars 1804 ; Bowring, vol. X, p. 413.

3. MacCulloch, Life and ivritings of Mr. Ricardo, p. XXI. — Stuart Mill, Politieal Economy, vol. III, chap. xiv, § 54, sub finem.—Lz 11 mai 1811, Mill et Ricardo assistent à une réunion philanthropique (Bain, p. 74). — Selon Bain, Ricardo aurait connu Bentham avant Mill, mais Ricardo écrit à Bentham, le 13 août 1811 : « I should bave been most happy to hâve passed a few weeks in your neighbourbood, as besides the pleasure of Mr. Mill's society it would hâve afforded me the opportun ity which 1 hâve long desired of procuring the gratification of your acquaintance, but there are obstacles in the way of my wishes which cannot be surmounted... 1 trust that on your return to London, to compensate me for my présent disappointment, you will give me your company at Mile End, — a pleasure which Mr. Mill has often flattered me with and to which your obliging letter appears to hâve given jme a new claim (Letters to Trouver, pp. 1-2.). — Ricardo est déjà en relations avec Dumont de Genève, en 1810 {Letters to Malthus, p. 2, 22 mars 1810). Il appelle, dans une autre lettre, Dumont son « vieil ami » {Letters to Trower, p. 194). — Sur les relations de James Mill avec Ricardo, Stuart Mill, Autobiography, p. 27, et Bain, pp. 74-75. A partir du moment (1818) où il est nommé à Vlndia House, Mill va tous les ans passer deux ou trois semaines chez Ricardo (v. Letters to Trower, 18 sept. 1818, 15 sept. 1820, 31 août 1823; Letters to Malthus, 20 août 1818). — Cf. Bain, p. 105 : James Mill to Mac- Culloch, 19 sept. 1823 : « With an estimate of his (Ricardo's) value in the cause of mankind, which to most men would appear to be mère extravagance, I hâve the recollection of a dozen years of the most delightful intercourse, during the greater of which time ne had hardly a thought or purpose. respecting either public or his private a flairs, in which I was not his confidant and adviser. »

4. Ricardo à Maithus, 17 oct. 1815 et 25 déc. 1815 ; et Bain, p. 153. Mais Bain interprète mal la lettre qu'il cite ; son interprétation est rectifiée par Bonar {Letters to Malthus, p. 109).