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DAMAGED GOODS The Great Play “Les Avaries” of Eugene Brieux Novelized with the approval of the author by Upton Sinclair

CONTENTS PREFACE PRESS COMMENTS ON THE PLAY CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI

THE PROFITS OF RELIGION An Essay in Economic Interpretation By Upton Sinclair

CONTENTS THE PROFITS OF RELIGION OFFERTORY INTRODUCTORY BOOTSTRAP-LIFTING RELIGION BOOK ONE — The Church of the Conquerors The Priestly Lie The Great Fear Salve Regina! Fresh Meat Priestly Empires Prayer-wheels The Butcher-Gods The Holy Inquisition Hell-Fire BOOK TWO — The Church of Good Society The Babylonian Fire-god The Medicine-men The Canonization of Incompetence Gibson's Preservative The Elders Church History Land and Livings Graft in Tail Bishops and Beer Anglicanism and Alcohol Dead Cats Suffer Little Children The Court Circular Horn-blowing Trinity Corporation Spiritual Interpretation BOOK THREE — The Church of the Servant-girls Charity God's Armor Thanksgivings The Holy Roman Empire Temporal Power Knights of Slavery Priests and Police The Church Militant The Church Triumphant God in the Schools The Menace King Coal The Unholy Alliance Secret Service Tax Exemption "Holy History" Das Centrum BOOK FOUR — The Church of the Slavers Face of Caesar Deutschland ueber Alles Der Tag. King Cotton Witches and Women Moth and Rust The Octopus The Industrial Shelley The Outlook for Graft Clerical Camouflage The Jungle