Section III Submerged in the sea

Abstract

Alfred Isacsson's long-needed definitive biography of Edward McGlynn, The Determined Doctor, should be read by anyone interested in McGlynn and George (Isacsson, 1998). McGlynn was an interesting amalgam of stubbornness and priestly compassion who could just as easily get into a donnybrook as give away the shirt off his back. But he was a troublemaker who could rarely compromise, so his friendship with George embroiled the single-tax philosopher, as described in the introductory essay, in a foreordained losing battle with the Roman Catholic Church. George also allowed himself to be easily swayed by the glamour of a political career. Hindsight suggests that he should never have gotten involved. Like his friend McGlynn, he was not easily given to compromise, so he would have probably made a poor politician. His campaigns, especially his first mayoralty race, which most certainly gave machine politics a bruised eye, created more problems for him than they were worth.

Citation

(2009), "Section III Submerged in the sea", Wenzer, K.C. (Ed.) Henry George, the Transatlantic Irish, and their Times (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Vol. 27 Part 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 229-230. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-4154(2009)000027B011