# Dedication explained — Progress and Poverty

> Chapter companion for Progress and Poverty by Henry George.

## What happens

The author dedicates the work to those who recognize the social ills caused by inequality and who strive for a better society.

## Themes in this chapter

### Distribution of Wealth

The dedication directly references 'unequal distribution of wealth and privilege' as a source of vice and misery.

### Social Justice and Equality

The dedication calls for striving toward a 'higher social state,' implying a vision of greater social justice.

## Character check-ins

### Unknown

The author, who dedicates the book from San Francisco in March 1879.

## Key lines

> To those who, seeing the vice and misery that spring from the unequal distribution of wealth and privilege, feel the possibility of a higher social state and would strive for its attainment.

This book is for people who observe the suffering caused by inequality and believe a better society is possible, working to achieve it.

_The dedication frames the book as a call to action for those concerned with social reform._

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters/dedication
- Book: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/progress_and_poverty_se
- All chapters: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/progress_and_poverty_se/chapters