Philip Dru: Administrator; A Story of Tomorrow, 1920-1935

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the social, financial and industrial troubles that had vexed the United

o strangle the many, and among the great masses of th

merchant, the professional man and all save organized cap

gay scene at the great institution overlooking the Hudson. The President of the Republic, his Secretary of War and many other distinguished guests were there to do honor to the occasion, together with friends, relatives

ut of touch with the triumphant blare of militarism, for he alone of his fel

is home in distant Kentucky--the old farmhouse that the sun and the rain and the lichens had softened into a mottled gray. He

thinking, he knew, of him. And then there was the perfume of the flowers, the dr

f the civil institutions of his country debased by the power of wealth under the thin guise of the constitutional protection of property. He saw the Army which he had sworn to serve faithfully becoming prostituted by this same power, and used

n the mills, the sweatshops, the big stores, and the streets. He had met her for the first time a few hours before, when his friend and classmate, Jack Strawn, had presented him to his sister. No comrade knew Dru better tha

w a man of medium height, slender but toughly knit, and with a strong, but homely face. When he smiled and spoke sh

Gloria seemed little more than a child. And yet her frank glance of appraisal when he had been introduced to her, and her easy though somewhat

e, and was taken aback when she smilingly thanked him for doing so, with the assurance t

Gloria looked directly at Philip, and with easy s

ier?" she asked. "An American soldier has to fight so seldom that I have heard that the insurance compa

surprised him that it should come from this slip of a girl,

ut sobered and enlightened by civilization. I would do everything in my power to avert war and the suffering it entails. Fate, inclination, or what not has brought me here, and I hope my life may not be wasted, but

yes, and the languid tone of her voice ch

arracks here and there, and with no broader outlook than such a life entail

seemed beyond her years, for he knew but little of the women of his own generation

ore struck out blindly and cruelly, and the innocent went down with the guilty. He was almost wholly ignorant for in the scheme of society as then constructed, the ruling few felt that he must be kept ignorant, otherwise they could not continue to hold him in bondage. For

ing class who was big enough and humane enough to lend a guiding and a friendly hand, so he was

sert the liberty, equality and fraternity of man. Then throughout the Western world one stratum of society after another demanded and obtained the right to acquire wealth and to share in the government. Here and there one bolder and more forceful than the rest acquired great wealth

and vibrant, and he tal

le for human emancipation will be fought and won. And from the blood and travail of an enlightened people, there will be born a spirit of love and brother