Stand Up, Ye Dead

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maclean, Norman, 1869-1952

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Stand Up, Ye Dead" by Norman Maclean is a social commentary written in the early 20th century. The work critiques the societal issues facing Britain during and after World War I, particularly focusing on the decline in birth rates and the moral decay linked to alcoholism and social inequality. It contends that the nation's spiritual and moral foundation has eroded, leading to a loss of vision and hope in society. The opening of the text sets a somber tone as it reflects on the crisis of declining birth rates across urban areas like Edinburgh and London. Maclean employs stark statistics that highlight the dramatic drop in births, emphasizing the implications of a society that's gradually sacrificing its future generations. He warns that this crisis is not merely a demographic issue but indicative of deeper moral failures, including the prevalence of alcoholism, a lack of strong family foundations, and the growing chasm between the affluent and the impoverished. The opening serves as both a lament for lost innocence and a call to action, urging society to confront its failures and return to a moral compass anchored in faith and responsibility. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

The empty cradle

The roots of the evil

The empty countryside

The man in the slum

The lord of the slum

The great refusal

The slum in the man

Behind you is God.

Credits:

Produced by Al Haines, prepared from scans obtained from The Internet Archive.

Notes:

Reading ease score: 68.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2010-09-04