GERALD STANLEY LEE
Reading edition
Editor of "Mount Tom"
IN FIVE BOOKS CROWDS AND MACHINES LETTING THE CROWD BE GOOD LETTING THE CROWD BE BEAUTIFUL CROWDS AND HEROES GOOD NEWS AND HARD WORK
GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
Copyright, 1913, by DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY THE RIDGWAY COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY MITCHELL KENNERLEY COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY CO. COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY THE OUTLOOK COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY THE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY, INCORPORATED BOOKS By GERALD STANLEY LEE THE LOST ART OF READING A Sketch of Civilization THE CHILD AND THE BOOK A Constructive Criticism of Education THE SHADOW CHRIST A Study of the Hebrew Men of Genius THE VOICE OF THE MACHINES An Introduction to the Twentieth Century INSPIRED MILLIONAIRES A Study of the Man of Genius in Business CROWDS A Moving Picture of Democracy
Gratefully inscribed to a little Mountain, a great Meadow, and a Woman. To the Mountain for the sense of time, to the Meadow for the sense of space, and to the Woman for the sense of everything.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
BOOK ONE CROWDS AND MACHINES I. WHERE ARE WE GOING? II. THE CROWD SCARE III. THE MACHINE SCARE IV. THE STRIKE—AN INVENTION FOR MAKING CROWDS THINK V. THE CROWD-MAN—AN INVENTION FOR MAKING CROWDS SEE VI. THE IMAGINATION OF CROWDS VII. IMAGINATION ABOUT THE UNSEEN VIII. THE CROWD'S IMAGINATION ABOUT THE FUTURE IX. THE CROWD'S IMAGINATION ABOUT PEOPLE X. A DEMOCRATIC THEORY OF HUMAN NATURE XI. DOING AS ONE WOULD WISH ONE HAD DONE IN TWENTY YEARS XII. NEW KINDS AND NEW SIZES OF MEN
BOOK TWO LETTING THE CROWDS BE GOOD I. SPEAKING AS ONE OF THE CROWD II. IS IT WRONG FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO BE EFFICIENT? III. IS IT WRONG FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO BE INTERESTING? IV. PROSPECTS OF THE LIAR V. PROSPECTS OF THE BULLY VI. GOODNESS AS A CROWD-PROCESS VII. THOUGHTS ON BEING IMPROVED BY OTHER PEOPLE VIII. MAKING GOODNESS HURRY IX. TOUCHING THE IMAGINATION OF CROWDS X. THE STUPENDOUS, THE UNUSUAL, THE MONOTONOUS AND THE SUCCESSFUL XI. THE SUCCESSFUL XII. THE NECKS OF THE WICKED XIII. IS IT WRONG FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL? XIV. IS IT SECOND RATE FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL? XV. THE SUCCESSFUL TEMPERAMENT XVI. THE MEN AHEAD PULL XVII. THE CROWDS PUSH XVIII. THE MAN WHO SAYS HOW, SAYS HOW XIX. AND THE MACHINE STARTS!
BOOK THREE LETTING THE CROWD BE BEAUTIFUL PART I. WISTFUL MILLIONAIRES I. MR. CARNEGIE SPEAKS UP II. MR. CARNEGIE TRIES TO MAKE PEOPLE READ III. MR. NOBEL TRIES TO MAKE PEOPLE WRITE IV. PAPER BOOKS, MARBLE PILLARS, AND WOODEN BOYS V. THE HUMDRUM FACTORY AND THE TUMPTY-TUM THEATRE PART II. IRON MACHINES I. STEEPLES AND CHIMNEYS II. BELLS AND WHEELS III. DEW AND ENGINES IV. DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL! V. AN OXFORD MAN AND AN INCH OF IRON VI. THE MACHINES' MACHINES VII. THE MEN'S MACHINES VIII. THE BASEMENT OF THE WORLD IX. THE GROUND FLOOR FOLKS X. THE MACHINE-TRAINERS XI. MACHINES, CROWDS, AND ARTISTS PART III. PEOPLE-MACHINES I. NOW! II. COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEES III. THE INCONVENIENCE OF BEING HUMAN IV. LETTING THE CROWD HAVE PEOPLE IN IT
BOOK FOUR CROWDS AND HEROES I. THE SOCIALIST AND THE HERO II. THE CROWD AND THE HERO III. THE CROWD AND THE AVERAGE PERSON IV. THE CROWD AND PIERPONT MORGAN V. THE CROWD AND TOM MANN VI. AN OPENING FOR THE NEXT PIERPONT MORGAN VII. AN OPENING FOR THE NEXT TOM MANN VIII. THE MEN WHO LOOK IX. WHO IS AFRAID? X. RULES FOR TELLING A HERO—WHEN ONE SEES ONE XI. THE TECHNIQUE OF COURAGE XII. THE MEN WHO WANT THINGS XIII. MEN WHO GET THINGS XIV. SOURCES OF COURAGE FOR OTHERS—TOLERATION XV. CONVERSION XVI. EXCEPTION XVII. INVENTION XVIII. THE MAN WHO PULLS THE WORLD TOGETHER XIX. THE MAN WHO STANDS BY XX. THE STRIKE OF THE SAVIOURS XXI. THE LEAGUE OF THE MEN WHO ARE NOT AFRAID
BOOK FIVE GOOD NEWS AND HARD WORK PART I. NEWS AND LABOUR PART II. NEWS AND MONEY PART III. NEWS AND GOVERNMENT I. OXFORD STREET AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS II. OXFORD STREET HUMS, THE HOUSE HEMS III. PRESIDENT WILSON AND MOSES IV. THE PRESIDENT SAYS YES AND NO V. THE PRESIDENT SAYS "LOOK!" VI. THE PEOPLE SAY "WHO ARE YOU?" VII. THE PEOPLE SAY "WHO ARE WE?" VIII. NEWS ABOUT US TO THE PRESIDENT IX. NEWS-MEN X. AMERICAN TEMPERAMENT AND GOVERNMENT XI-XII. NEWS-BOOKS XIII. NEWS-PAPERS XIV. NEWS-MACHINES XV. NEWS-CROWDS XVI. CROWD-MEN EPILOGUE