Produced by Rick Niles, Cori Samuel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. CROWDS A MOVING-PICTURE OF DEMOCRACY BY GERALD STANLEY LEE _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? 3 II. THE CROWD SCARE 19 III. THE MACHINE SCARE 34 IV. THE STRIKE--AN INVENTION FOR MAKING CROWDS THINK 49 V. THE CROWD-MAN--AN INVENTION FOR MAKING CROWDS SEE 58 VI. THE IMAGINATION OF CROWDS 65 VII. IMAGINATION ABOUT THE UNSEEN 66 VIII. THE CROWD'S IMAGINATION ABOUT THE FUTURE 69 IX. THE CROWD'S IMAGINATION ABOUT PEOPLE 74 X. A DEMOCRATIC THEORY OF HUMAN NATURE 76 XI. DOING AS ONE WOULD WISH ONE HAD DONE IN TWENTY YEARS 80 XII. NEW KINDS AND NEW SIZES OF MEN 86 BOOK TWO LETTING THE CROWDS BE GOOD I. SPEAKING AS ONE OF THE CROWD 93 II. IS IT WRONG FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO BE EFFICIENT? 96 III. IS IT WRONG FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO BE INTERESTING? 103 IV. PROSPECTS OF THE LIAR 107 V. PROSPECTS OF THE BULLY 111 VI. GOODNESS AS A CROWD-PROCESS 114 VII. THOUGHTS ON BEING IMPROVED BY OTHER PEOPLE 116 VIII. MAKING GOODNESS HURRY 125 IX. TOUCHING THE IMAGINATION OF CROWDS 128 X. THE STUPENDOUS, THE UNUSUAL, THE MONOTONOUS AND THE SUCCESSFUL 142 XI. THE SUCCESSFUL 146 XII. THE NECKS OF THE WICKED 154 XIII. IS IT WRONG FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL? 163 XIV. IS IT SECOND RATE FOR GOOD PEOPLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL? 167 XV. THE SUCCESSFUL TEMPERAMENT 173 XVI. THE MEN AHEAD PULL 178 XVII. THE CROWDS PUSH 184 XVIII. THE MAN WHO SAYS HOW, SAYS HOW 186 XIX. AND THE MACHINE STARTS! 194 BOOK THREE LETTING THE CROWD BE BEAUTIFUL PART I. WISTFUL MILLIONAIRES