What Social Classes Owe to Each Other

What Social Classes Owe to Each Other  (1883)  by William Graham Sumner

Introduction→

A book on economics, liberty, and sociology. None of the footnotes included in these chapters are found in the original; they were added to this Wikisource edition for the benefit of readers. Page scans of the original are available.

WHAT SOCIAL CLASSES

OWE TO EACH OTHER

BY

WILLIAM GRAHAM SUMNER

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCE IN YALE COLLEGE

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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CONTENTS.
		PAGE
INTRODUCTION		4
CHAPTER
I.	ON A NEW PHILOSOPHY: THAT POVERTY IS THE BEST POLICY	13
II.	THAT A FREE MAN IS A SOVEREIGN, BUT THAT A SOVEREIGN CANNOT TAKE "TIPS"	28
III.	THAT IT IS NOT WICKED TO BE RICH: NAY, EVEN, THAT IT IS NOT WICKED TO BE RICHER THAN ONE'S NEIGHBOR	43
IV.	ON THE REASONS WHY MAN IS NOT ALTOGETHER A BRUTE	58
V.	THAT WE MUST HAVE FEW MEN, IF WE WANT STRONG MEN	72
VI.	THAT HE WHO WOULD BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF MUST TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF	81
VII.	CONCERNING SOME OLD FOES UNDER NEW FACES	101
VIII.	ON THE VALUE, AS A SOCIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLE, OF THE RULE TO MIND ONE'S OWN BUSINESS	112
IX.	ON THE CASE OF A CERTAIN MAN WHO IS NEVER THOUGHT OF	123
X.	THE CASE OF THE FORGOTTEN MAN FARTHER CONSIDERED	134
XI.	WHEREFORE WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER	153

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