Book IX: The Voice of the Ages. Upton Sinclair, ed. 1915. The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest

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Upton Sinclair, ed. (1878–1968).
The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.

Book IX: The Voice of the Ages

Records from all the past history of mankind from twenty-five different races; the earliest being about 3500 B.C.

The Suppressions of History (From “The Ancient Lowly”)—C. Osborne Ward

Agis—Plutarch (A.D. 46?–c.A.D. 120)

The Labor Problem in Egypt—From the Book of Exodus

The People—Tommaso Campanella (1568–1639)

From Ecclesiastes

Tiberius Gracchus (Tribune of the Roman People)—Plutarch (A.D. 46?–c.A.D. 120)

Captive Good Attending Captain Ill—Euripides (480 or 485–406 B.C.)

Poverty—Alcaeus (c.620–c.580 B.C.)

The Beggar’s Complaint—From the Japanese

Free Labor—Haggai

Plutus—Aristophanes (c.448 B.C.–c.388 B.C.)

The Lawyer and the Farmer—From the Egyptian

Farmer and Lawyer Again (From “The Vision of Piers Plowman”)—William Langland (c.1332–c.1400)

The Agitator—Isaiah

The Muckraker in Persia—Nizami

The System—Jeremiah

Grafters in Athens (From “The Frogs”)—Aristophanes (c.448 B.C.–c.388 B.C.)

Pure Food Agitation—Martin Luther (1483–1546)

Wall Street—Habakkuk

Martial (c.A.D. 40–c.A.D. 104)

Cato, the Censor (234–149 B.C.)

Prosperity—From the Book of Job

The Leading Citizen—Horace (65 B.C.–8 B.C.)

Hong’s Experiences in Hades—Im Bang

Monopolies—Martin Luther (1483–1546)

Intemperate Speech—From the Epistle of James

Government—Marcus Aurelius (121–180)

Murder by Statute—From “The Sayings of Mencius” (371?–288? B.C.)

Rebuking a Tyrant—Sadi (1184–1291)

The Eloquent Peasant—Anonymous

Prayers Without Answer (From The Iliad)—Homer

The Suffering of Women—Herbert Spencer (1820–1903)

Divorce in Ancient Babylon (From the Code of Hammurabi)—Hammurabi (fl. 1792–1750 B.C.)

The Parable of the Hungry Dog (From the Gospel of Buddha)—Buddha

The Nature of Kings—From the First Book of Samuel

King Yu’s Misgovernment—From the She-Ching

Slavery—From the Edda

The Power of Justice—Manu

Legislators—Isaiah

Concerning Wealth. I.—Hesiod

Concerning Wealth. II. (From the Instructions of Ptah-Hotep)—Ptah-Hotep

Concerning Wealth. III. (From the Icelandic, Eleventh Century)—Icelandic

Concerning Wealth. IV.—Virgil (70 B.C.–19 B.C.)

Concerning Wealth. V. (From the “Antigone” of Sophocles)—Sophocles (c.496 B.C.–406 B.C.)

Concerning Wealth. VI. (From the Book of Good Counsels)—Anonymous

Concerning Wealth. VII. (From the “Medea” of Euripides)—Euripides (480 or 485–406 B.C.)

Concerning Wealth. VIII. (From “The Convivio” of Dante Alighieri)—Dante (1265–1321)

The Perfect City (From “The Republic” of Plato)—Plato (427?–347 B.C.)

Concerning Independence. I.—Lucretius (c.99 B.C.–c.55 B.C.)

Concerning Independence. II. (From The Hitopadesa)—Anonymous

Concerning Independence. III.—Xenophon (c.430 B.C.–c.355 B.C.)

Concerning Independence. IV.—Dante Alighieri (1265–1321)

Concerning Independence. V.—Omar Khayyam (fl. 11th cent.)

Oh! Freedom (Negro Slave Song)—Anonymous

Fredome—John Barbour (c.1316?–1395)

A Home of Righteousness (Ancient Greek Inscription)—Anonymous

Palaces—From the Book of Enoch

Pride in Poverty—Confucius (c.551–479? B.C.)

Millionaires in Rome—Cicero (106 B.C.–43 B.C.)

The Ruling Classes—Ezekiel

Ladies of Fashion—Isaiah

Concerning Justice. I. (Ancient Hindu Proverb)—Anonymous

Concerning Justice. II.—Marcus Aurelius (121–180)

Concerning Justice. III.—Sadi (1184–1291)

Concerning Justice. IV.—From “The Koran”

Concerning Justice. V.—Anonymous

Concerning Justice. VI.—Nintoku

Solon—Plutarch (A.D. 46?–c.A.D. 120)

Concerning Land. I.—Solon (c.639–c.559 B.C.)

Concerning Land. II.—Deuteronomy

Concerning Land. III.—Leviticus

Concerning Land. IV. (From “Discourse on the Origin of Inequality”)—Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–78)

Radicalism—Confucius (c.551–479? B.C.)

Seeking Causes—Plato (427?–347 B.C.)

Concerning Usury. I.—From “The Koran”

Concerning Usury. II.—From the Psalms

Concerning Usury. III.—Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)

Concerning Usury. IV. (From “Essay on Riches”)—Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam (1561–1626)

Solidarity—Marcus Aurelius (121–180)

Socialism—Wang-An-Shih (1021–86)

The Promise—From the Psalms

The Co-operative Commonwealth—Isaiah II, the Prophet of the Exile

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