The Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries
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BY JAMES J. WALSH, K.C.St.G., M.D., Ph.D., LL.D, LITT. D. (Georgetown), Sc.D. (Notre Dame) MEDICAL DIRECTOR, SCHOOL OF SOCIOLOGY, FORDHAM UNIVERSITY; PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY AT CATHEDRAL COLLEGE, NEW YORK; LECTURER IN PSYCHOLOGY, MARYWOOD COLLEGE, SCRANTON AND ST. MARY'S COLLEGE, PLAINFIELD; TRUSTEE OF THE CATHOLIC SUMMER SCHOOL OF AMERICA; MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, OF THE GERMAN AND FRENCH AND ITALIAN SOCIETIES OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, A.M.A., A.A.A.S., ETC. Popular Edition (Sixtieth Thousand) CATHOLIC SUMMER SCHOOL PRESS New York, 1920
James J. Walsh
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PROEM.
(EPIMETHEUS.)
PREFACE.
PREFACE.
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX II
APPENDIX III
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE THIRTEENTH, THE GREATEST OF CENTURIES
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX II.
TWENTY-SIX CHAPTERS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
I. AMERICA IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY.
II. A REPRESENTATIVE UPPER HOUSE.
III. THE PARISH, AND TRAINING IN CITIZENSHIP.
IV. THE CHANCE TO RISE.
V. INSURANCE.
VI. OLD AGE PENSIONS.
VII. THE WAYS AND MEANS OF CHARITY—ORGANIZED CHARITY.
VIII. SCIENTIFIC UNIVERSITIES.
IX. MEDICAL TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS.
X. MAGNETISM.
XI. BIOLOGICAL THEORIES, EVOLUTION, RECAPITULATION.
XII. THE POPE OF THE CENTURY.
XIII. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.
XIV. BIBLE REVISION.
XV. FICTION OF THE CENTURY.
XVI. GREAT ORATORS.
XVII. GREAT BEGINNINGS IN ENGLISH LITERATURE.
XVIII. GREAT ORIGINS IN MUSIC.
XIX. A CHAPTER ON MANNERS.
XX. TEXTILE WORK OF THE CENTURY.
XXI. GLASS-MAKING.
XXII. INVENTIONS.
XXIII. INDUSTRY AND TRADE.
XXIV. FAIRS AND MARKETS.
XXV. INTENSIVE FARMING.
XXVI. CARTOGRAPHY AND THE TEACHING OF GEOGRAPHY.
APPENDIX III.
THE CENTURY OF ORIGINS.
EDUCATION.
TECHNICAL EDUCATION OF THE MASSES.
HOW IT ALL STOPPED.
COMFORT AND POVERTY.
COMFORT AND HAPPINESS.
COMFORT AND HEALTH.
HYGIENE.
WAGES AND THE CONDITION OP WORKING PEOPLE.
INTEREST AND LOANS.
INDEX
Books by Dr. Walsh
MAKERS OF ELECTRICITY
EDUCATION, HOW OLD THE NEW
OLD TIME MAKERS OF MEDICINE
MODERN PROGRESS AND HISTORY: