AsregardswhatIhavesaidinthischapterconcerningSocialism，I
wishtocallespecialattentiontotheadmirablebookon“MarxismversusSocialism。”whichhasjustbeenpublishedbyVladimirD。
Simkhovitch。WhatIhave，hereandelsewhere，merelypointedoutinroughandreadyfashionfromactualobservationofthefactsoflifearoundme，ProfessorSimkhovitchinhisbookhasdiscussedwithkeenpracticalinsight，withprofundityoflearning，andwithawealthofappliedphilosophy。CrudethinkersintheUnitedStates，andmoreoverhonestandintelligentmenwhoarenotcrudethinkers，butwhoareoppressedbythesightofthemiseryaroundthemandhavenotdeeplystudiedwhathasbeendoneelsewhere，areveryapttoadoptastheirownthetheoriesofEuropeanMarxianSocialistsofhalfacenturyago，ignorantthatthecourseofeventshassocompletelyfalsifiedthepropheciescontainedinthesetheoriesthattheyhavebeenabandonedevenbytheauthorsthemselves。WithquiethumorProfessorSimkhovitchnowandthenmakesanallusionwhichshowsthatheappreciatestoperfectionthisrathercuriousqualityofsomeofourfellowcountrymen；asforexamplewhenhesaysthat“ASocialistStatewiththefarmeroutsideofitisaconceptionthatcanrestcomfortablyonlyintheheadofanAmericanSocialist。”oraswhenhespeaksofMarxandEngelsasmen“towhomthinkingwasnotanirrelevantforeigntradition。”Toomanythoroughlywell-meaningmenandwomenintheAmericaofto-daygliblyrepeatandaccept——muchasmedievalschoolmenrepeatedandacceptedauthorizeddogmaintheirday——variousassumptionsandspeculationsbyMarxandotherswhichbythelapseoftimeandbyactualexperimenthavebeenshowntopossessnotoneshredofvalue。ProfessorSimkhovitchpossessesthegiftofcondensationaswellasthegiftofclearandlogicalstatement，anditisnotpossibletogiveinbriefanyideaofhisadmirablework。Everysocialreformerwhodesirestofacefactsshouldstudyit——justassocialreformersshouldstudyJohnGrahamBrooks’s“AmericanSyndicalism。”
FromProfessorSimkhovitch’sbookweAmericansshouldlearn：First，todiscardcrudethinking；second，torealizethattheorthodoxorso-
calledscientificorpurelyeconomicormaterialisticsocialismofthetypepreachedbyMarxisanexplodedtheory；and，third，thatmanyofthemenwhocallthemselvesSocialiststo-dayareinrealitymerelyradicalsocialreformers，withwhomonmanypointsgoodcitizenscanandoughttoworkinheartygeneralagreement，andwhominmanypracticalmattersofgovernmentgoodcitizenswellaffordtofollow。