17. ALL KINDS OF TURNING DONE HERE.
A humorous, yet serious, discussion
of the flopping, wind-mill
character.
18. THE EGOISTIC ALTRUIST.
Herbert Spencer’s theory
as discussed in “The Data of Ethics.”
19. HOW THE CITY MENACES THE NATION.
Economic perils in massed
population. Show also the other side.
Signs of the problem’s
being solved.
20. THE ROBUST NOTE IN MODERN POETRY.
A comparison of the work of
Galsworthy, Masefield and Kipling with
that of some earlier poets.
21. THE IDEALS OF SOCIALISM.
22. THE FUTURE OF THE SMALL CITY.
How men are coming to see
the economic advantages of smaller
municipalities.
23. CENSORSHIP FOR THE THEATRE.
Its relation to morals and
art. Its difficulties and its benefits.
24. FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.
Mordecai’s expression
and its application to opportunities in modern
woman’s life.
25. IS THE PRESS VENAL?
26. SAFETY FIRST.
27. MENES AND EXTREMES.
28. RUBICONS AND PONTOONS.
How great men not only made
momentous decisions but created means
to carry them out. A
speech full of historical examples.
29. ECONOMY A REVENUE.
30. THE PATRIOTISM OF PROTEST AGAINST POPULAR IDOLS.
31. SAVONAROLA, THE DIVINE OUTCAST.
32. THE TRUE POLITICIAN.
Revert to the original meaning
of the word. Build the speech around
one man as the chief example.
33. COLONELS AND SHELLS.
Leadership and “cannon
fodder”—a protest against war in its
effect
on the common people.
34. WHY IS A MILITANT?
A dispassionate examination
of the claims of the British militant
suffragette.
35. ART AND MORALS.
The difference between the
nude and the naked in art.
36. CAN MY COUNTRY BE WRONG?
False patriotism and true,
with examples of popularly-hated patriots.
37. GOVERNMENT BY PARTY.
An analysis of our present
political system and the movement toward
reform.
38. THE EFFECTS OF FICTION ON HISTORY.
39. THE EFFECTS OF HISTORY ON FICTION.
40. THE INFLUENCE OF WAR ON LITERATURE.
41. CHINESE GORDON.
A eulogy.
42. TAXES AND HIGHER EDUCATION.
Should all men be compelled
to contribute to the support of
universities and professional
schools?
43. PRIZE CATTLE VS. PRIZE BABIES.
Is Eugenics a science?
And is it practicable?
44. BENEVOLENT AUTOCRACY.
Is a strongly paternal government
better for the masses than a much
larger freedom for the individual?
45. SECOND-HAND OPINIONS.
The tendency to swallow reviews
instead of forming one’s own views.
46. PARENTAGE OR POWER?
A study of which form of aristocracy
must eventually prevail, that
of blood or that of talent.