THE RIGHT HON. 
 
 SIR W. HARCOURT 
 
 OUST THE 
 
 “UNEAR NED INCR EMENT" 
 
 At Oxford, on January 1st, 1874, Sir William Vernon 
 Harcourt, M.P., said: — 
 
 “ I shall not discuss with you the 
 “ ‘ unearned increment of land. That 
 “ is an idea so illogical, so unreason- 
 “ able, so perfectly unjust and so afoso- 
 “ lutely £ philosophical,’ that it does not 
 “ require a refutation. Neither shall I inquire 
 “ into the nature and origin of property in land. I am 
 “ content to assume that a man’s right to his 
 “ land depends on the same principle 
 “ as your right to the coat on your 
 “ back, namely, that you have paid for 
 
 “ it- * * * There is another bit of homely advice I 
 “ will venture to R’ive to those who really desire to 
 “ reform the Land Laws — Don’t begin by bally- 
 “ ragging the landowners. You will only 
 “ set their hacks up and defeat your object. To hear 
 “ some of these people talk, you would suppose they had 
 “ never seen a live specimen of an English squire.” — 
 
 ( Times Report.) 
 
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