The Theory of the State. 



GEORGE H. SMITH, Esq., 



OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. 



THE CROWNED ESSAY FOE, WHICH THE PRIZE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS 



WAS AWARDED ON MAY 17, 1895, FROM THE HENRY M. PHILLIPS PRIZE 



ESSAY FUND, BY THE COMMITTEE OF JUDGES APPOINTED 



BY THE "AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY HELD 



AT PHILADELPHIA FOR THE PROMOTION 



OF USEFUL KNOWLEDGE." 



Committee of Judges: 



J. RANDOLPH TUCKER, Virginia, 



JAMES C. CARTER, New York, 



GEORGE F. EDMUNDS, Vermont, 



E. J. PHELPS, New Haven, Conn. 



C. STUART PATTERSON, Philadelphia, Pa. 



