It would also, he thinks, "surely have brought less deprivation to China than occurred under the Manchu Dynasty, and certainly less than under the terrible communist era of the 20th century".
The salto mortale he had proposed to Lessing was no leap into the unknown but, according to his explicit testimony, a jump that would have brought Lessing, who had been walking on his head in the manner of philosophers, back to his feet.
Some months, that usefulness has brought in less than $50, others as much as $200.
By contrast, the race addresses a popular fear widespread in the West that globalisation has brought Britain less profit than pain.
The corporation tax has brought in less revenue than was expected, partly because taxpayers are unaware of the increases enacted last year.
Since then, official NYPD merchandise has brought in less than $1 million but Delaney is hopeful it will grow to multiples of that.
Even assuming that's true, and that those were all active accounts (which seems unlikely) then their big protest has brought down less than 0.035 of 1% of PayPal's total accounts.
But the online campaign has brought in less than $300,000 in pledges as of Monday.
A quota system now became a key element of post-2003 Iraqi politics, and has brought about less reconciliation, and greater division.
"The Terminal," the Tom Hanks film, has brought in $75 million, less than what many in Hollywood expected, given its $60 million budget.
