This Memorial Edition of the Writings of
Henry George is limited to one thousand
numbered copies, of which this is
No. 4
MEMORIAL EDITION
OF THE WRITINGS
OF HENRY GEORGE
Vol. I.
Make for thyself a definition or description ofthe thing which is presented to thee, so as to seedistinctly what kind of a thing it is, in its substance,in its nudity, in its complete entirety, andtell thyself its proper name, and the names of thethings of which it has been compounded, and intowhich it will be resolved. For nothing is so productiveof elevation of mind as to be able to examinemethodically and truly every object whichis presented to thee in life, and always to look atthings so as to see at the same time what kind ofuniverse this is, and what kind of use everythingperforms in it, and what value everything haswith reference to the whole, and what with referenceto man, who is a citizen of the highest city,of which all other cities are like families; whateach thing is, and of what it is composed, andhow long it is the nature of this thing to endure.—MarcusAurelius Antoninus.
THE WRITINGS OF
HENRY GEORGE
PROGRESS AND POVERTY
AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSE OF INDUSTRIAL
DEPRESSIONS AND OF INCREASE
OF WANT WITH INCREASE OF WEALTH
THE REMEDY
I
NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY
AND MCCLURE COMPANY
1898
Copyright, 1891, by
Henry George
The De Vinne Press.
TO THOSE WHO,
SEEING THE VICE AND MISERY THAT SPRING FROM
THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION
OF WEALTH AND PRIVILEGE,
FEEL THE POSSIBILITY OF A HIGHER SOCIAL STATE
AND WOULD STRIVE FOR ITS ATTAINMENT
San Francisco, March, 1879.