I. MR. CARNEGIE SPEAKS UP 205 II. MR. CARNEGIE TRIES TO MAKE PEOPLE READ 208 III. MR. NOBEL TRIES TO MAKE PEOPLE WRITE 211 IV. PAPER BOOKS, MARBLE PILLARS, AND WOODEN BOYS 221 V. THE HUMDRUM FACTORY AND THE TUMPTY-TUM THEATRE 227 PART II. IRON MACHINES I. STEEPLES AND CHIMNEYS 236 II. BELLS AND WHEELS 240 III. DEW AND ENGINES 243 IV. DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL! 245 V. AN OXFORD MAN AND AN INCH OF IRON 248 VI. THE MACHINES' MACHINES 250 VII. THE MEN'S MACHINES 252 VIII. THE BASEMENT OF THE WORLD 256 IX. THE GROUND FLOOR FOLKS 262 X. THE MACHINE-TRAINERS 266 XI. MACHINES, CROWDS, AND ARTISTS 269 PART III. PEOPLE-MACHINES I. NOW! 280 II. COMMITTEES AND COMMITTEES 288 III. THE INCONVENIENCE OF BEING HUMAN 286 IV. LETTING THE CROWD HAVE PEOPLE IN IT 290 BOOK FOUR CROWDS AND HEROES I. THE SOCIALIST AND THE HERO 297 II. THE CROWD AND THE HERO 301 III. THE CROWD AND THE AVERAGE PERSON 303 IV. THE CROWD AND PIERPONT MORGAN 307 V. THE CROWD AND TOM MANN 313 VI. AN OPENING FOR THE NEXT PIERPONT MORGAN 323 VII. AN OPENING FOR THE NEXT TOM MANN 327 VIII. THE MEN WHO LOOK 331 IX. WHO IS AFRAID? 337 X. RULES FOR TELLING A HERO--WHEN ONE SEES ONE 343 XI. THE TECHNIQUE OF COURAGE 346 XII. THE MEN WHO WANT THINGS 349 XIII. MEN WHO GET THINGS 356 XIV. SOURCES OF COURAGE FOR OTHERS--TOLERATION 364 XV. CONVERSION 371 XVI. EXCEPTION 380 XVII. INVENTION 383 XVIII. THE MAN WHO PULLS THE WORLD TOGETHER 397 XIX. THE MAN WHO STANDS BY 400 XX. THE STRIKE OF THE SAVIOURS 402 XXI. THE LEAGUE OF THE MEN WHO ARE NOT AFRAID 404 BOOK FIVE GOOD NEWS AND HARD WORK PART I. NEWS AND LABOUR 413 PART II. NEWS AND MONEY 422 PART III. NEWS AND GOVERNMENT I. OXFORD STREET AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS 431 II. OXFORD STREET HUMS, THE HOUSE HEMS 440 III. PRESIDENT WILSON AND MOSES 449 IV. THE PRESIDENT SAYS YES AND NO 455 V. THE PRESIDENT SAYS "LOOK!" 463 VI. THE PEOPLE SAY "WHO ARE YOU?" 469 VII. THE PEOPLE SAY "WHO ARE WE?" 472 VIII. NEWS ABOUT US TO THE PRESIDENT 474 IX. NEWS-MEN 476 X. AMERICAN TEMPERAMENT AND GOVERNMENT 483 XI-XII. NEWS-BOOKS 505-513 XIII. NEWS-PAPERS 517 XIV. NEWS-MACHINES 524 XV. NEWS-CROWDS 527 XVI. CROWD-MEN 550 EPILOGUE 539 BOOK ONE CROWDS AND MACHINES TO CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS _"A battered, wrecked old man Thrown on this savage shore far, far from home, Pent by the sea and dark rebellious brows twelve dreary months ... The end I know not, it is all in Thee, Or small or great I know not--haply what broad fields, what lands!...