Project Gutenberg 2008-06-27 Public domain in the USA. 196 Various Verschillende Various, Various Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange) 1858 1918 The Arena, Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 Reading ease score: 57.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Richard J. Shiffer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Arena, Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891" by Various is a collection of essays and articles written in the late 19th century. This particular issue features pieces on social and political issues of the day, including critiques of gambling culture in America and discussions on economic policies such as protectionism versus free trade. The opening article addresses the moral implications and societal impact of gambling, using the Louisiana Lottery and Wall Street as focal points for broader commentary on human greed and ethical behavior. The opening of this anthology presents a critical perspective on American gambling culture, particularly focusing on the stark contrasts between local lotteries and high-stakes gambling in Wall Street. It explores the hypocrisy of societal morals, emphasizing how both forms of gambling serve as reflections of human nature, with a rearward glance at the moral failings underlying the ambition and greed rampant in finance. The author illustrates the consequences of such pursuits, suggesting that the lure of wealth leads individuals, particularly young men entering the workforce, into a complex web of ethical dilemmas and societal degradation, ultimately questioning the moral compass of a nation so enthralled by chance and prosperity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American literature -- Periodicals AP Text The Arena Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Literature 404581 404460 2024-10-11T07:43:12.423607 2023-09-11T10:28:42.784066 text/html text/html 396106 2021-01-03T18:52:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 218065 2021-01-03T18:52:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 315668 2024-10-11T07:43:22.691599 application/epub+zip 317229 2024-10-11T07:43:16.574607 application/epub+zip 222083 2024-10-11T07:43:14.937587 application/epub+zip 545960 2024-10-11T07:43:27.049519 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514763 2024-10-11T07:43:21.507563 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403909 2022-09-12T06:49:28.832154 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 342094 341965 2024-10-11T07:43:11.488591 2023-09-11T10:28:41.927051 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 341823 2021-01-03T18:52:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 133689 2021-01-03T18:52:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 341835 2021-01-03T18:52:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 133635 2021-01-03T18:52:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21861 2024-10-11T07:43:27.188510 application/rdf+xml 18713 2024-10-11T07:43:15.524585 image/jpeg 4307 2024-10-11T07:43:15.229622 image/jpeg 306134 2024-10-11T07:43:12.460609 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia