The responsibilities of power, 1900-1929 / Edited by George Harmon Knoles.

Contributor Knoles, George H. (George Harmon), 1907-2014.

Imprint:New York : Free Press, [1967]

Descriptionviii, 459 p. ; 21 cm.

Note:Foreword by George Harmon Knoles -- Introduction -- 1. America's colonial experiment: William Howard Taft's special report on the Philippines -- 2. A poem catches the mood of the times: Edwin Markham's "The man with the hoe" -- 3. The revolt against formalism in philosophy: William James's "The present dilemma in philosophy" -- 4. A new look at poverty in the United States: Robert Hunter's Poverty -- 5. A socially conscious Protestantism presents its views: The social creed of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America -- 6. Nationalizing reform: Theodore Roosevelt's "The new nationalism" -- 7. An affirmation of faith in democracy: Woodrow Wilson's "Life comes from the soil" and "The liberation of a people's vital energies" -- 8. Democracy is a way of life: Walter Lippmann's Drife and Mastery -- 9. Wilson pleads for a peace without victory: Woodrow Wilson's address to the Senate, January 22, 1917 -- 10. Wilson asks for a declaration of a state of war: Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress, April 2, 1917 -- 11. A Progressive opposes the war: Randolph S. Bourne's "The war and the intellectuals" -- 12. Freedom of speech in time of war: Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes's opinions in Schenck v. United States and Abrams v. United States -- 13. An irreconcilable opposes the League of Nations: Senator William E. Borah's address to the Senate, February 21, 1919 -- 14. An economic revolution in America: Wesley C. Mitchell's "review" of Recent Economic Changes -- 15. The sanctity of freedom of contract upheld: Adkins v. Children's Hospital -- 16. A study of social objectives: Robert S. and Helen M. Lynd's "Why do they work so hard?" -- 17. Defending immigration restriction: Henry Pratt Fairchld's "The melting pot mistake" -- 18. The outlawing of war: Frank B. Kellogg's "address," November 11, 1928 -- 19. This is the dead land this is cactus land: T.S. Eliot's "The hollow men" -- 20. A retrospective look at the Great Crash: Edwin Lefèvre's "The little fellow in Wall Street" -- 21. The responsibilities of power: Harry F. Ward's "Progress or decadence?"

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