Excerpt from The Law of Equivalents: In Its Relation to Political and Social Ethics The following treatise is semi-philosophical, semi practical. In the sense first named, it is ofiered to the public, not professing to present any new discoveries, but under the belief that certain long known and familiar truths, which till now have been recognized only under a disconnected and isolated form, by being collocated and brought into juxtaposition, may exert an influence more in pro portion to their intrinsic claims than they have hitherto done. In other departments the value of classification is well understood and readily ao knowledged. An orderly grouping and systematic arrangement of scattered, unassorted facts is al ways esteemed a valuable auxiliary towards the establishment of principles; and every process of well-founded generalization furnishes a new step ping-stone in the pursuit of truth, greatly aiding and expediting the researches of subsequent ex plorers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.