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...last of the Hyde lectures on the economic history of France will be given this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock in Sanders Theatre by M le vicomte d'Avenel, on "De quoi se composient les fortunes des riches et des bourgeois d'autrefois." The lecture will be open to the public...
...Wednesday, after the seventh lecture, M. d'Avenel was made an honorary member of the Cercle Francais, and presented with a gold medal inscribed "Temoinage d'admiration an Vicomte d'Avenel...
...Avenel delivered the seventh lecture of the Hyde series yesterday afternoon, on "Les riches du passe et du present...
...Avenel said that the fortunes of today are six times as large as the largest ever amassed under the old forms of government. Between 1200 and 1800 people obtained wealth primarily from two sources: first, by offering protection to the weak for returns in money, and secondly, after the states were organized, by collecting taxes and appropriating a large portion for themselves. These old fortunes made by displacement of wealth instead of creation, were disastrous to the populations, though endured better than are the legitimate fortunes of the present. At present one-third of the population possess nothing...
...CERCLE FRANCAIS LECTURES. VII. "Les riches du passe et du present," M. le vicomte Georges d'Avenel. Sanders Theatre, 4.30 P. M. Admission by ticket until five minutes before the beginning of the lecture; after that time open to the public...