From the human end; a collection of essays

L. P. (Lawrence Pearsall) Jacks

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• War
• Social Problems (journal)

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• Nombre de lectures: 9
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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IIVOLUME
ENDHUMANTHEFROM— —
WRITINGS BY
L. P. JACKS, M.A., LL.D., D.D.
PRINCIPAL OF MANCHESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD
EDITOR OF THE " HIBBERT JOURNAL"
Crown Svo. 2s. 6d. netper volume.
Vol. I. MAD SHEPHERDS
Vol. IL FROM THE HUMAN END
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON URGENT QUESTIONS
OF THE DAY
VoL.III.PHILOSOPHERSinTROUBLE
A VOLUME OF STORIES
Other Volumes in Preparation
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MAD SHEPHERDS
AND OTHER HUMAN STUDIES
" Full ofthe sardonic grimness ofhuman comedy. In this book is
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ALL MEN ARE GHOSTS
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pleasure." Country Life.
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AMONG THE IDOLMAKERS
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driving force, will compare favourably with any book of the season."
—British Weekly.
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THE ALCHEMY OF THOUGHT
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philosophical student of to-day can safely do without."
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WILLIAMS AND NORGATE
14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C.FROM THE HUMAN
END
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS
BY
L. P. JACKS
LONDON
WILLIAMS AND NORGATE
HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.14
1916CONTENTS
PAGE
HUMAN END1. FROM THE .... 1
2. AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER.? . . 9
3. ORGANISATION IN TARTARUS . . 20
4. THE STATE AS THE STERILISER OF
VIRTUE 29
THE UNDATED MILLENNIUM5. ... 40
6. THE BRAIN OF FOOLS .... 53
7. THE PROJECTOF ANEWLABOURPARTY 62
THE GARDENER VERSUS THE8. GARDEN 71
THE TYRANNY OF MERE THINGS . .9. 81
GERMAN10. THE MACHINE .... 100
11. MILITARISM AND INDUSTRIALISM . 105
12. A DRIFTING CIVILISATION . . .114
13. MASS-POLICY 126
14. THE INFANT MORTALITY OF GOOD
IDEAS 132
3424'MENDvi FROM THE HUMAN
PAGE
LOGIC (FREQUENTLY15. A SCRAP OF
138"TORN UP" OF LATE) .
NATIONS AS A CAUSE16. THEWEALTH OF
WAR 143OF
IDEALS 15517. THE WARFARE OF
]6lAUDACIOUS SUPPOSITION .18. AN
LAST 167THE SAME THEME AS THE .19.
174PSYCHOLOGY OF THE DEVIL20. THE
BEINGATWAR 180THE PEACEFULNESS OF21.
VIRTUE . .186ON A MUCH-NEGLECTED22.