Mr. Henry George

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Excerpt from Mr. Henry George: The "Orthodox": An Examination of Mr. George's Position as a Systematic Economist, And a Review of the Competitive and Socialistic Schools of EconomyAnother reason for dealing with this section first is that it displays in a very special manner Mr. George's idiosyncracies as a reasoner, which might be less apparent to an untrained reader in his deal ing with mere abstruse and technical questions.Mr. George is a clear and concise writer, that is to say, he states a proposition in clear and concise language, and, although he does not always avail himself of the privilege, he can also state an argu ment clearly and concisely. But he has a fault, which is one of the greatest a scientific writer can have, a fondness for arguing by illustration. Mr. George, however, does not neglect direct argument except in some cases in which he seems to think his proposition nearly self-evident, a confidence which is by no means necessarily shared by his readers. His illustrations may, therefore, be taken rather as an excrescence than as a defect in his work, and, in most cases, they may safely be left out of consideration.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.