Excerpt from Inquiry Into Inquiries: Essays in Social TheoryYielding to the wishes of friends, perhaps too readily, I am including in this book certain papers that are far from finished in form, and one at least that is not checked and tested in content. My excuse is that comple tion is beyond my present competence. These imperfect papers neverthe less exhibit significant trends in modern research. Since my work is in growth without pretense of final achievement, this may be as it should be. Let us Wish for the best.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.