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henry George is one of the oroo+ INV
sonalities of the age. Tho rror,;ah pe -
r n,om SCUM wales, himself perhaps the
most remarkable man on our elsie Of
comment said the other day that if ho
were 10 select hundred of the most
eA'i''eho men of the century, Henry
neofge would rank high among them
slr Henry Parles might have rome
.uf'hef and declared that George was of
eioee great souls, of those hirh in
'eiiec's who are epoch making. a man
VINO mas probed deep into the evils of
one .lmc' whose whole being has been
'ireu oy the wrongs of tho down trodden,
whom suffering has tried as by fire. and
M whose heart beats a chord sympa-
.ne'lc with the pulsating aspirations of
ehe brotherhood of man. OF the old
writers on political economy Adam
smith was the only one whose stvle
lnaac the study attractive. Hence it
came to be designated the dismal
science" 1t was left to Henry George to
lmpart quicbening life to the dry
bones. He is the most original thinker
on economics since Ricardo, and his two
"oiNs' TfoGfeSs anu Poverty
ana Social Problems" have created a
greater Stir among social scientists than
any two other books of our time
Georges philosophic method is as
logical as that of Cusin or Sir VIM.
Hamilton, his style is as fascinating as
that of Sir Walter Scott, his diction
as pure and eloquent as that
OF Ruskin, with whom in lofty
morality and spiritual insight he may
be compared. No one can deny, how
ever great may be the disagreement
with the conclusions at which George
has arrived, that he has made deep i'm
press upon the English speaking world
and on the domain of contemporary
thought. From Prof. Huxley and the
Duke of Argyll to the merest tyro in the
study OF ethics and economics, host of
hostile critics have assaulted him, but he
has met them all with high courage, a
kcenness of retort, a sledge-hammer
power of argument and illustrations
drawn from reading which seems to
have been all-devouring and all-embrac-
ing 1t may be conceded without trench
ing on those principles which have
caused the widest diversity of opinion,
that George has successfully assaulted
the stronghold of Nautilus and the Mall
thusian doctrine. OF all the teachers of
modern times he it is who, by skill and
exhaustive analysis of facts and pene-
trating glance into the spiritualities of
the universe has shown that to throw
on the Creator responsibility for the
evils arising to humanity from bad and
oppressive laws, and mans wicked dis
position. is rank blasphemy. His other
great achievements in economies is that
he has demonstrated with clearness and
| precision which deties refutation that
wages are paid not out of capital, but
from the current products of labor
One of the most impassioned and inn
pressive orators of the age, the citizens
of Brisbane have had an opportunity OF
seeing and hearing Henry George in two
different aspects-in the character of an
eNpounder of his own peculiar economic
tcnetS and in the character of a preacher,
who proclaims his gospel with the en-
trancing power of a Savonarola and the
| fiery earnestness of a st. Francis.
Somewhat short in stature, he is yet
we'll proportioned, and gives the idea of
strength and concentration of purpose.
His dome-shaped head and full, express
sive countenance are exceedingly i'm
pressive. When warmed up to his sub
ject there is a fine play of feature, and a
fire in the eye which kindles an electric
sympathy in his audience. His gestures
are graceful and unstudied as he moves
about the platform tlinging forth his
polished sentences. Suffering from the
effects of q cold. his voice falls short of
that bell-like resonance Of some years
back. 1t lacks musical softness, and
there is no liquidity about the vowels.
But these are minor defects which are
soon forgotten when the man possessed
by his subject rises to the heights OF
burning eloquence and pours out period
after period Of imprisoned and poetic
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