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"The Last Word" on the law of trusts and trustees. Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1929. 2 vols. clxxxi, 804; xviii, 805-1729 pages. Star-paged. (Total 1, 934 pp.) Reprint of the seventh and final edition of a classic treatise first published by Jairus Ware Perry [1821-1877] in 1872. "This treatise ... is the last word on this all important subject; the publishers have well selected Mr. Raymond C. Baldes of the Boston Bar to revise and enlarge [it]. For years it has been regarded as an authority upon the subject matter; here was one writer whose statements unsupported by judicial decisions made the law. The original text has been preserved as far as possible. (...) If th...
Bennett opens with the words: "Few people who have read my book, The Dramatic Universe, have seen that the suggestion that there is a fundamental uncertainty in the very existence of the universe, including ourselves, is entirely revolutionary and undermines beliefs that have been taken for granted equally by religious and by scientific people. As the years go by, I become more and more convinced that the doctrine of universal hazard must before long replace our belief in absolutes of any kind and that is why I have decided to speak about this doctrine at this particular stage of my life." This book represents a course of study based on the fundamental principle of universal hazard as presented in his major work "The Dramatic Universe" and a series of commentaries on different aspects. Talks presented in included discussions opening from questions put by students.