William J. Graham
Published: 2015-06-25
Total Pages: 296
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Excerpt from The Romance of Life Insurance: Its Past, Present and Future, With Particular Reference to the Epochal Investigation, Era of 1905 1908 In April, 1908, The World To-Day announced the publication of a series of articles on "The Romance of Life Insurance," by William J. Graham, and made the following advance statement of its purpose: "We are appalled at the havoc unthinkingly wrought as one result of life-insurance agitation within the last three years. That popular misunderstanding of the real significance of events in life insurance has brought about a halt in the business, and a disintegration of agency forces organized at large expense and equipped to spread the sound economics of life insurance, is little short of a national calamity. In the judgment of this magazine, these troubles have arisen not from publicity, but from an abuse of it, that can only be corrected by publicity of the right sort. "We can conceive of no topic with power to appeal more intimately to the reading public than that of life insurance, when properly handled. Life insurance is a matter of concern to the individual, to the family, and to the State. It involves problems of human life - a study second to none in human interest. Entertainingly related, the colossal proportions of life insurance can be developed to command interest beyond the possibilities of iron, steel and other industries, when magnified into romances. "There is, in addition to this, a scientific side to life insurance. To evolve and measure in money equivalents probabilities of human life and death calls into play mathematical, medical and legal science. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.