The Voice of the Machines / An Introduction to the Twentieth Century
An Introduction to the Twentieth Century
Gerald Stanley Lee
The Mount Tom Press
Northampton, Massachusetts
Copyright, 1906 by THE MOUNT TOM PRESS
TO JENNETTE LEE
… “Now and then my fancy caught
A flying glimpse of a good life beyond—
Something of ships and sunlight, streets and singing,
Troy falling, and the ages coming back,
And ages coming forward.”…
Gerald Stanley Lee
The Voice of the Machines
Contents
MACHINES. AS SEEN FROM A MEADOW
AS SEEN THROUGH A HATCHWAY
SOULS OF MACHINES
POETS
GENTLEMEN
PROPHETS
AS GOOD AS OURS
ON BEING BUSY AND STILL
ON NOT SHOWING OFF
ON MAKING PEOPLE PROUD OF THE WORLD
A MODEST UNIVERSE
PLATO AND THE GENERAL ELECTRIC WORKS
HEWING AWAY ON THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
THE GRUDGE AGAINST THE INFINITE
SYMBOLISM IN MODERN ART
THE MACHINES AS ARTISTS
THE MACHINES AS PHILOSOPHERS
THE IDEA OF INCARNATION
THE IDEA OF SIZE
THE IDEA OF LIBERTY
THE IDEA OF IMMORTALITY
THE IDEA OF GOD
THE IDEA OF THE UNSEEN AND INTANGIBLE
THE IDEA OF GREAT MEN
THE IDEA OF LOVE AND COMRADESHIP
PART TWO
PART FOUR