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Biographical Sketch

Biographical Sketch

Propagandism is not, as some suppose, a “trade,” because nobody will follow a “trade” at which you may work with the industry of a slave…
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Preface

Some twenty-one years ago I heard the first great Anarchist speaker — the inimitable John Most. It seemed to me then, and for many years…after, that the spoken word hurled forth among the masses with such wonderful eloquence, such enthusiasm and fire, could never be erased from the human mind and soul. How could any one of all the multitudes who flocked to Most’s meetings escape his prophetic voice! Surely they had but to hear him to throw off their old beliefs, and see the truth and beauty of Anarchism! ¶ My one great longing then was to be able to speak with the tongue of John Most, — that I, too, might thus reach the masses.
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Anarchism: What It Really Stands for

Chapter 1: ¶ Anarchism: What It Really Stands for ¶ Anarchy ¶ Ever reviled, accursed, ne’er understood, Thou art the grisly terror of our age. “Wreck of all order,” cry the multitude, ”Art thou, and war and murder’s endless rage.” O, let them cry. To them that ne’er have striven The truth that lies behind a word to find, To them the word’s right meaning was not given. They shall continue blind among the blind.
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Minorities Versus Majorities

Chapter 2
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The Psychology of Political Violence

Chapter 3
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Prisons: A Social Crime and Failure

Chapter 4
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Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty

Chapter 5
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Francisco Ferrer and the Modern School

Chapter 6
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The Hypocrisy of Puritanism

Chapter 7
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The Traffic in Women

Chapter 8
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Woman Suffrage

Chapter 9
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The Tragedy of Woman’s Emancipation

Chapter 10
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Marriage and Love

Chapter 11
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The Modern Drama: A Powerful Disseminator of Radical Thought

Chapter 12
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