[Illustration: THE HEAVY SLEDGE MAHONRI YOUNG (_American sculptor, born 1877_)] THE CRY FOR JUSTICE An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest THE WRITINGS OF PHILOSOPHERS, POETS, NOVELISTS, SOCIAL REFORMERS, AND OTHERS WHO HAVE VOICED THE STRUGGLE AGAINST SOCIAL INJUSTICE _SELECTED FROM TWENTY-FIVE LANGUAGES_ Covering a Period of Five Thousand Years Edited by UPTON SINCLAIR _Author of "Sylvia," "The Jungle," Etc._ With an Introduction by JACK LONDON _Author of "The Sea Wolf," "The Call of the Wild," "The Valley of the Moon," Etc., Etc._ _ILLUSTRATED WITH REPRODUCTIONS OF SOCIAL PROTEST IN ART_ PUBLISHED BY UPTON SINCLAIR NEW YORK CITY AND PASADENA, CALIFORNIA Dr. John R. Haynes, of Los Angeles, very generously purchased from the publishers the plates and copyright of this book, in order to make possible the issuing of this edition. I asked Dr. Haynes if he would let me make acknowledgment to him in the book, and he answered: "Dedicate the book to those unknown ones, who by their dimes and quarters keep the Socialist movement going; to the poor and obscure people who sacrifice themselves in order to bring about a better world, which they may never live to see. Write this as eloquently as you can, and it will be the best possible dedication to 'The Cry for Justice'." I decided, after thinking it over, to combine my own idea with the idea of Dr. Haynes. Copyright, 1915, by THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO. Introduction by Jack London This anthology, I take it, is the first edition, the first gathering together of the body of the literature and art of the humanist thinkers of the world. As well done as it has been done, it will be better done in the future. There will be much adding, there will be a little subtracting, in the succeeding editions that are bound to come. The result will be a monument of the ages, and there will be none fairer. Since reading of the Bible, the Koran, and the Talmud has enabled countless devout and earnest right-seeking souls to be stirred and uplifted to higher and finer planes of thought and action, then the reading of this humanist Holy Book cannot fail similarly to serve the needs of groping, yearning humans who seek to discern truth and justice amid the dazzle and murk of the thought-chaos of the present-day world.