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ECONOMICS] GEORGE, HENRY. Autograph quotation signed . Brooklyn: 6 January 1885. 1 page quotation signed in ink on lined paper. 10 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches (26.5 x 20 cm). Folds, else fine; Together with two inscribed books and two others. The quotation here is from the conclusion of George's Progress and Poverty: "Properly understood, the laws that govern the production and distribution of wealth show that the want and injustice of the present social state are not necessary; but that, on the contrary, a social state is possible in which poverty would be unknown, and all the better qualities and higher powers of human nature would have opportunity for full development." C