EREWHON
OR,
OVER THE RANGE
by Samuel Butler
“Τοῦ γὰρ εἰναι δοκοῦντος ἀγαθοῦ χάριν πάντα πράττουσι πάντες.”—ARIST. Pol.
“There is no action save upon a balance of considerations.”—Paraphrase.
Contents
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
The Author wishes it to be understood that Erewhon is pronounced as a word of three syllables, all short—thus, Ĕ-rĕ-whŏn.