Project Gutenberg 2010-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 53 Maclean, Norman 1869 1952 Stand Up, Ye Dead The empty cradle -- The roots of the evil -- The empty countryside -- The man in the slum -- The lord of the slum -- The great refusal -- The slum in the man -- Behind you is God. Produced by Al Haines, prepared from scans obtained from The Internet Archive. "Stand Up, Ye Dead" by Norman Maclean is a social commentary written in the early 20th century. The work critiques the societal issues facing Britain during and after World War I, particularly focusing on the decline in birth rates and the moral decay linked to alcoholism and social inequality. It contends that the nation's spiritual and moral foundation has eroded, leading to a loss of vision and hope in society. The opening of the text sets a somber tone as it reflects on the crisis of declining birth rates across urban areas like Edinburgh and London. Maclean employs stark statistics that highlight the dramatic drop in births, emphasizing the implications of a society that's gradually sacrificing its future generations. He warns that this crisis is not merely a demographic issue but indicative of deeper moral failures, including the prevalence of alcoholism, a lack of strong family foundations, and the growing chasm between the affluent and the impoverished. The opening serves as both a lament for lost innocence and a call to action, urging society to confront its failures and return to a moral compass anchored in faith and responsibility. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century DA Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General 253729 247591 2024-09-14T08:11:45.398188 2023-09-15T03:38:10.759254 text/html text/html 241437 2021-01-06T23:39:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 87036 2021-01-06T23:39:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 145517 2024-09-14T08:11:50.794157 application/epub+zip 147585 2024-09-14T08:11:46.872200 application/epub+zip 147585 2024-09-14T08:11:45.983184 application/epub+zip 276953 2024-09-14T08:11:53.584164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257788 2024-09-14T08:11:49.941143 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257386 2022-09-15T10:57:49.435360 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219432 219362 2024-09-14T08:11:44.915194 2023-09-15T03:38:10.306223 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 219310 2021-01-06T23:39:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 83721 2021-01-06T23:39:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 219307 2021-01-06T23:39:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 83699 2021-01-06T23:39:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20100 2024-09-14T08:11:54.025144 application/rdf+xml 13377 2024-09-14T08:11:46.333174 image/jpeg 3526 2024-09-14T08:11:46.157224 image/jpeg 136940 2024-09-14T08:11:45.420212 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