The Laws of Every-day Life by Arnold-Forster

The Laws of Everyday Life by H. O. Arnold-Forster

This hard to find book is now available as a hardcover reprint with original illustrations. 238 pages.

Arnold-Forster, using thoughtful examples, presents foundational ideas on laws of nature and reason, economics, community life, and work.

The author says,

“The object of the present volume is to show by simple examples what is the nature of economic laws, and to point out that their effect upon our lives is great and far-reaching.”

Excerpt:

“By the law of nature the stream will run down, and strongest man cannot stop it. But if he be a wise man, though he cannot alter the law, he will know how to make use of it, and he will turn the law to his own advantage. He will build a dam across the stream, and will hold up the water till it is strong enough to turn his mill-wheel, and as it follows the natural law and runs down to the sea, it will grind his corn or weave his wool. He will dig channels for the stream along the hillside, and as it runs he will turn it into numbers of little trenches which will water his fields and make his pastures green and fertile.”