From Essays on Liberty, Volume VI

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I, Pencil by Leonard E. Read

From Essays on Liberty, volume VI

Originally published in the December 1958 issue of The Freeman, this essay is written in the first-person from the perspective of a pencil, explaining its complexity and defending Adam Smith’s concept of an invisible hand acting in free markets. For additional context, see Wikipedia.