“They are in the main, bright and sweet, with individuality in their tenderness and with a buoyant spirit of trust and good-will.”
+ N. Y. Times. 11: 434. Jl. 7, ’06. 180w.
Ryan, John Augustine. Living wage: its ethical and economic aspects. *$1. Macmillan.
The work of a Roman Catholic priest and teacher in St. Paul’s seminary. “It is perhaps the first attempt in the English language to elaborate what may be called a Roman Catholic system of political economy.... Professor Ryan combines in this work economic and ethical arguments with those derived from authority, and while Professor Ely admits [in the introduction] that members of other religious bodies, both Christian and Jewish, may reject this particular system of wages because it is assumed to rest on the approved teachings of the Roman Catholic church, he bespeaks for it an examination of the question: Does or does not this doctrine of wages rest upon broad Christian, religious, and ethical foundations?” (R. of Rs.)
“The credit due to him for the conception of his task is doubled by the manner in which he has executed it. Thoroughly acquainted with all authorities on political economy, economics and ethics, he has done his work in scientific fashion.”
+ + + Cath. World. 83: 688. Ag. ’06. 1560w.
“Mr. Ryan’s economics are stronger than his ethics.”
+ – Ind. 61: 517. Ag. 30, ’06. 550w.
“As an alternative to socialism, as an antidote to anarchism. as a stimulator of thought the book seems to us well described in Dr. Ely’s words—‘a meritorious performance.’” Edward A. Bradford.