Poverty (1884)
POVERTY has been one of the most difficult social problems of all ages. How to lessen it has been the aim of every good man in every country ; how to " extirpate it," how to make men equal, has been the dream of those who will not recognize the inevitable and strive after what is practicable. And the last attempt by Mr. George gives us, as the " sole and sovereign remedy," a scheme of confiscation, the taking by the law of property, which society, opinion, law, is bound to preserve for its own sake—a cold-blooded, unscrupulous attempt at wholesale robbery, which all honest men must repudiate in sadness and in shame. It is an insult to Englishmen to ask them to do an act that would put them on a level with bandits and highway robbers. The solution of this problem must be sought in another direction; and if I fail to prove this to you, study the works of other writers more competent. My opinion is that the only possibility for the diminution of poverty is to start every one in the race resolved to improve his condition, and to make them understand that, to achieve this result, they must be more apt and skilful in their respective avocations than their predecessors or rivals, but, above all, to be actuated by a desire to develop their " better self," the higher part of their nature, so that, as they become wiser and more intellectual, they will also become better men and women, more just and true, more tolerant, more sympathetic, more kindly disposed to feel for those less favourably equipped for the battle of life.
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Poverty (1884)
POVERTY has been one of the most difficult social problems of all ages. How to lessen it has been the aim of every good man in every country ; how to " extirpate it," how to make men equal, has been the dream of those who will not recognize the inevitable and strive after what is practicable. And the last attempt by Mr. George gives us, as the " sole and sovereign remedy," a scheme of confiscation, the taking by the law of property, which society, opinion, law, is bound to preserve for its own sake—a cold-blooded, unscrupulous attempt at wholesale robbery, which all honest men must repudiate in sadness and in shame. It is an insult to Englishmen to ask them to do an act that would put them on a level with bandits and highway robbers. The solution of this problem must be sought in another direction; and if I fail to prove this to you, study the works of other writers more competent. My opinion is that the only possibility for the diminution of poverty is to start every one in the race resolved to improve his condition, and to make them understand that, to achieve this result, they must be more apt and skilful in their respective avocations than their predecessors or rivals, but, above all, to be actuated by a desire to develop their " better self," the higher part of their nature, so that, as they become wiser and more intellectual, they will also become better men and women, more just and true, more tolerant, more sympathetic, more kindly disposed to feel for those less favourably equipped for the battle of life.
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| BN ID: | 2940015617153 |
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| Publisher: | MONANGOTUSK |
| Publication date: | 09/21/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 303 KB |
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