Me~it4ti~tts Olt 1m~~m LEONARD E. READ LEONARD E. READ February, 1972 THE FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION, INC. IRVINGTON-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK 10533 "The road," wrote Cervantes, "is always better than the inn." Those who settle on fame or fortune as the inn, and having ar rived, call it quits, miss the whole point of life. Realistically, there is no inn, no ultimate point of arrival. It is the road now and for ever-finite man probing infinity, finding his way, endlessly....