Full name: A Traveler from Altruria: Romance

Author: William Dean Howells Year: 1894 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Free books, Classic Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon Project Gutenberg ISBNs: 9781540316752 1540316750

[...]altogether." "No," the Altrurian assented, somewhat to my surprise, I confess. I resumed: "There was no one else to look after his interests, and it was not only his right but his duty to get the most he could for himself and his own, according to his best light. That is what I tell people when they fall foul of him for his want of public spirit." "The trouble seems to be, then, in the system that obliges each man to be the guardian of his own interests. Is that what you blame?"[...].