Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Evil of the Millionaire There is no royal road to learning. If the reader finds his patience taxed in trying to master the theory of value, he may console himself with the reflection that he is probably suffering no more than any of his predecessors who have undertaken the task. The subject is very complex, and endless confusion attaches to it from the tendency to mix up the various aspects from which the value maybe estimated - whether from the point of view of the human race in its entirety, from a national stand point, or from an individual's estimate. Then, again, almost everything can be used in different ways, varying in importance. Thus water can be used for drinking, for washing, for swilling the pavement, or for playing a. 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.