Philip Dru : Administrator

By House, Edward Mandell

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Title:	Philip Dru : Administrator
Author:	House, Edward Mandell
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
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Excerpt: Chapter 1. GRADUATION DAY In the year 1920, the student and the statesman saw many indications that the social, financial and industrial troubles that had vexed the United States of America for so long a time were about to culminate in civil war. Wealth had grown so strong, that the few were about to strangle the many, and among the great masses of the people, there was sullen and rebellious discontent. The laborer in the cities, the producer on the farm, the merchant, the professional man and all save organized capital and its satellites, saw a gloomy and hopeless future. With these conditions prevailing, the graduation exercises of the class of 1920 of the National Military Academy at West Point, held for many a foreboding promise of momentous changes, but the l2th of June found the usual 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 and admirers of the young men who were being sent out to the ultimate leadership of the Nation?s Army. The scene had all the usual charm of West Point graduations, and the usual intoxicating atmosphere of military display. There was among the young graduating soldiers one who seemed depressed and out of touch with the triumphant blare of militarism, for he alone of his fellow classmen had there no kith nor kin to bid him God?speed in his new career.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Philip Dru: Administrator, 1 -- Edward Mandell House, 1 -- Chapter I. GRADUATION DAY, 2 -- Chapter II. THE VISION OF PHILIP DRU, 5 -- Chapter III. LOST IN THE DESERT, 7 -- Chapter IV. THE SUPREMACY OF MIND, 11 -- Chapter V. THE TRAGEDY OF THE TURNERS, 13 -- Chapter VI. THE PROPHET OF A NEW DAY, 15 -- Chapter VII. THE WINNING OF A MEDAL, 16 -- Chapter VIII. THE STORY OF THE LEVINSKYS, 17 -- Chapter IX. PHILIP BEGINS A NEW CAREER, 19 -- Chapter X. GLORIA DECIDES TO PROSELYTE THE RICH, 20 -- Chapter XI. SELWYN PLOTS WITH THOR, 21 -- Chapter XII. SELWYN SEEKS A CANDIDATE, 23 -- Chapter XIII. DRU AND SELWYN MEET, 26 -- Chapter XIV. THE MAKING OF A PRESIDENT, 28 -- Chapter XV. THE EXULTANT CONSPIRATORS, 30 -- Chapter XVI. THE EXPOSURE, 31 -- Chapter XVII. SELWYN AND THOR DEFEND THEMSELVES, 33 -- Chapter XVIII. GLORIA'S WORK BEARS FRUIT, 34 -- Chapter XIX. WAR CLOUDS HOVER, 35 -- Chapter XX. CIVIL WAR BEGINS, 37 -- Chapter XXI. UPON THE EVE OF BATTLE, 39 -- Chapter XXII. THE BATTLE OF ELMA, 40 -- Chapter XXIII. ELMA'S AFTERMATH, 42 -- Chapter XXIV. UNCROWNED HEROES, 43 -- Chapter XXV. THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE REPUBLIC, 45 -- Chapter XXVI. DRU OUTLINES HIS INTENTIONS, 47 -- Chapter XXVII. A NEW ERA AT WASHINGTON, 48 -- Chapter XXVIII. AN INTERNATIONAL CRISIS, 49 -- Chapter XXIX. THE REFORM OF THE JUDICIARY, 50 -- Chapter XXX. A NEW CODE OF LAWS, 51 -- Chapter XXXI. THE QUESTION OF TAXATION, 52 -- Chapter XXXII. A FEDERAL INCORPORATION ACT, 53 -- Chapter XXXIII. THE RAILROAD PROBLEM, 54 -- Chapter XXXIV. SELWYN'S STORY, 56 -- Chapter XXXV. SELWYN'S STORY, CONTINUED, 60 -- Chapter XXXVI. SELWYN'S STORY, CONTINUED, 61 -- Chapter XXXVII. THE COTTON CORNER, 64 -- Chapter XXXVIII. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE, 65 -- Chapter XXXIX. A NEGATIVE GOVERNMENT, 66 -- Chapter XL. A DEPARTURE IN BATTLESHIPS, 69 -- Chapter XLI. THE NEW NATIONAL CONSTITUTION, 70 -- Chapter XLII. NEW STATE CONSTITUTIONS, 73 -- Chapter XLIII. THE RULE OF THE BOSSES, 74 -- Chapter XLIV. ONE CAUSE OF THE HIGH COST OF LIVING, 75 -- Chapter XLV. BURIAL REFORM, 78 -- Chapter XLVI. THE WISE DISPOSITION OF A FORTUNE, 78 -- Philip Dru: Administrator -- i