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The Great Objectiveof a Free People HerbertV. Prochnow 338 Reaffirmng the dignity of man as a creature of Providence. The Puritan Experimentwith SumptuaryLegislation Gary North 341 The customs of a society of status give way to economic practices. SocialismSeeks Its Own Level Melvin D. Barger 356 Government intervention brings a harvest of lost liberty. AnotherCase Historyof aGovernmentFailure Bernard H. Siegan 362 The sorry record of governmental attempts to build new cities. Give ThoughtHow You Give James C. Patrick 365 There is danger that thoughtless giving may harm rather than help. Book Reviews: 371 "Tradition and Reform in Education" by Stephen Tonsor "Walter Knott: Keeper of the Flame" by Helen Kooiman "August 1914" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn "Hoffer's America" by James D. Koerner "How to Teach Children Twice as Much" by Allan E. Harrison "How to Tutor" by Samuel L. Blumenfeld "Our Enemy, the State" by Albert Jay Nock Anyone wishing to communicclte with authors may send first-class mail in care of THE FREEMAN for forwarding.

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