Chapter II: Preface: VII

I. A BUSINESS MAN’S CIVILIZATION 9

II. THE COST OF PROSPERITY 35

III. OUR DISSOLVING ETHICS 63

IV. JEFFERSON AND HAMILTON TODAY 83

V. OUR LAWLESS HERITAGE 101

VI. HOOVER AND LAW OBSERVANCE 121

VII. TO “BE” OR TO “DO” 147

VIII. MASS PRODUCTION AND INTELLECTUAL PRODUCTION 179

IX. THE MUCKER POSE 195

X. MAY I ASK? 221

XI. IS AMERICA YOUNG? 241

XII. HOME THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD 261

XIII. THE ART OF LIVING 289