<P> George was raised as an Episcopalian, but he believed in "deistic humanitarianism". Fox was Irish Catholic, but Henry George Jr. wrote that the children were mainly influenced by Henry George's deism and humanism . </P> <P> After deciding against gold mining in British Columbia, George was hired as a printer for the newly created San Francisco Times, and was able to immediately submit editorials for publication, including the popular What the Railroads Will Bring Us., which remained required reading in California schools for decades . George climbed the ranks of the Times, eventually becoming managing editor in the summer of 1867 . George worked for several papers, including four years (1871--1875) as editor of his own newspaper San Francisco Daily Evening Post and for a time running the Reporter, a Democratic anti-monopoly publication . The George family struggled but George's increasing reputation and involvement in the newspaper industry lifted them from poverty . </P> <P> George's other two children were both daughters . The first was Jennie George, (c. 1867--1897), later to become Jennie George Atkinson . George's other daughter was Anna Angela George (b . 1879), who would become mother of both future dancer and choreographer, Agnes de Mille and future actress Peggy George, who was born Margaret George de Mille . </P> <P> George began as a Lincoln Republican, but then became a Democrat . He was a strong critic of railroad and mining interests, corrupt politicians, land speculators, and labor contractors . He first articulated his views in an 1868 article entitled "What the Railroad Will Bring Us ." George argued that the boom in railroad construction would benefit only the lucky few who owned interests in the railroads and other related enterprises, while throwing the greater part of the population into abject poverty . This had led to him earning the enmity of the Central Pacific Railroad's executives, who helped defeat his bid for election to the California State Assembly . </P>

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