A letter from Leo Tolstoy...guess who to?

[BillG]

Dear Sir,

The reception of your letter gave me a great joy for it is a long time that I know you and love you. Though the parths we go by are different, I do not think that we differ in the foundation of our thoughts.

I was very glad to see you mention twice in your letter the life to come.

There is nothing that widens so much the horizon that gives such a firm support nor such a clear view of things as the consciousness that although it is but in this life we have the possibility and the duty to act, nevertheless this is not the whole of life but that bit of it only which is often to our understanding. I shall wait with great patience the appearance of your new book which will contain the so much needed criticism of the orthodox political economy. The reading of every one of your books makes clear to me things which were not so before and confirm me more and more in the truth and practicability of your system. Still more do I rejoice at the thought that I may possibly see you. My summers I invariably spend in the country near Falle.

With Sincere Affection.

I am truly your friend.

Leo Tolstoy

[Kat Kanning]

Henry George.

[BillG]

Henry George.

how did you know?

did you know that Tolstoy wrote the preface to one of George's books published in Russia called "Social Problems"?

you can read it right here if you would like:

http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/tolstoy_preface_to_hgeorge_social_problems.html

are you not calling Tolstoy a socialist rather than an anarchist if you call me a socialist because we both are proponent of the Georgist view that the land values must remain owned in common inorder to protect the labor-based property rights of those being excluded by private possession?

[Kat Kanning]

Google.

[tracysaboe]

Just because he was George's friend didn't mean he agreed with George about Everything.  I seriously doubt he believed in his Land-Commie theories, and even if he did, he CERTAINLY didn't aprove of the Government forcing those theories on other people like you endorse.

He promoted a philosophy of Christian anarchy most ofl his life, which is very different from what you promote. Of course, what you promote is very different from Georges theories as well.

Tracy

[BillG]

Just because he was George's friend didn't mean he agreed with George about Everything.? I seriously doubt he believed in his Land-Commie theories, and even if he did, he CERTAINLY didn't aprove of the Government forcing those theories on other people like you endorse.

He promoted a philosophy of Christian anarchy most ofl his life, which is very different from what you promote. Of course, what you promote is very different from Georges theories as well.

Tracy,

For the love of Pete - Tolstoy wrote the preface to George's book "Social Problems" - of course he believed in his "land-commie" theory... George only had one theory...the "single tax"!