Equality by Bellamy, Edward, 1850-1898

234 235 236 237 238 239 A word from our supporters: File extension SIG Equality Edward Bellamy * * * * * * * * * * Preface. Chapter Ii. Why The Revolution Did Not Come Earlier. Chapter Iii. I Acquire A Stake In The Country. Chapter Iv. A Twentieth-century Bank Parlor. Chapter V. I Experience A New Sensation. Chapter Vi. Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense. Chapter Vii. A String Of Surprises. Chapter Viii. The Greatest Wonder Yet-fashion Dethroned. * * * * * * * * * * Chapter Ix. Something That Had Not Changed. Chapter X. A Midnight Plunge. Chapter Xi. Life The Basis Of The Right Of Property. Chapter Xii. How Inequality Of Wealth Destroys Liberty. Chapter Xiii. Private Capital Stolen From The Social Fund. Chapter Xiv. We Look Over My Collection Of Harnesses. Chapter Xv. What We Were Coming To But For The Revolution. Chapter Xvi. An Excuse That Condemned. Chapter Xvii. The Revolution Saves Private Property From Monopoly. Chapter Xviii. An Echo Of The Past. Chapter Xix. "can A Maid Forget Her Ornaments?" Chapter Xx. What The Revolution Did For Women. * * * * * Chapter Xxi. At The Gymnasium. Chapter Xxii. Economic Suicide Of The Profit System. How Profits Cut Down Consumption. Margaret Tells About The Deadly Gap. Marion Explains Over-production. John Tells About Competition. Robert Tells About The Glut Of Men. Emily Shows The Necessity Of Waste Pipes. Charles Removes An Apprehension. Esther Counts The Cost Of The Profit System. No Political Economy Before The Revolution. Chapter Xxiii. "the Parable Of The Water Tank." Chapter Xxiv. I Am Shown All The Kingdoms Of The Earth. Chapter Xxv. The Strikers. Chapter Xxvi. How Profits Nullified The Benefit Of Commerce. Between The Devil And The Deep Sea. Chapter Xxvii. Hostility Of A System Of Vested Interests To Improvement. How Progress Antagonized Vested Interests. * * * * * Chapter Xxviii. How The Profit System Nullified The Benefit Of Inventions. Harold States The Facts. Helen Gives The Explanation Of The Facts. The American Farmer And Machinery. Chapter Xxix. I Receive An Ovation. Chapter Xxx. What Universal Culture Means. Chapter Xxxi. "neither In This Mountain Nor At Jerusalem." Chapter Xxxii. Eritis Sicut Deus. Chapter Xxxiii. Several Important Matters Overlooked. * * * * * How The People Hold The Reins. The Little Wars And The Great War. The Old Patriotism And The New. More Foreign Travel But Less Foreign Trade. The Modern Doctor's Easy Task. "how Could We Indeed?" What Became Of The Great Cities. The Reforesting. Twentieth-century Farming. Chapter Xxxiv. What Started The Revolution. * * * * * Chapter Xxxv. Why The Revolution Went Slow At First But Fast At Last. Chapter Xxxvi. Theater-going In The Twentieth Century. Chapter Xxxvii. The Transition Period. The Public-service Stores. How Money Lost Its Value. How The Rest Of The People Came In. What Was Done With The Vicious And Criminal. The Colored Race And The New Order. How The Transition Might Have Been Hastened. How Capitalist Coercion Of Employees Was Met. How About The Women? The Lodgings Question. When Economic Equality Was Fully Realized. The Final Settlement With The Capitalists. Chapter Xxxviii. The Book Of The Blind. The Pulpit Objection. The Lack Of Incentive Objection. Afraid That Equality Would Make Everybody Alike. Objection That Equality Would End The Competitive System. Objection That Equality Would Discourage Independence And Originality. Political Corruption As An Objection To Nationalizing Industry. Objection That A Nationalized Industrial System Would Threaten Liberty. The Malthusian Objection. The End.

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