Excerpt from The Inhumanity of Socialism: The Case Against Socialism a Critique of Socialism Some years ago I was invited to.dine with and address a charming group of Socialists com prising the Ruskin Club of Oakland. We had a joyful evening and I read to them 'a Critique of Socialism 'which forms the second part of this volume. It was published in by Paul Elder and Company, but almost the entire edition was burned in our great fire of As there are still inquiries for it, it is thought best to republish it. Obviously it was primarily intended to amuse my hosts, but there is some sense in it. 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.