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GROUND UNDER OUR FEET THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NSW YORK • B08T0N * CHICAGO * DALLAS ATLANTA ’ SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited LONDON • BOMBAY * CALCUTTA * MADRAS MBLBOURNB THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OP CANADA, Limited TORONTO Blank & Stoller, N. Y. GROUND UNDER OUR FEET « « « « » AN A U T O B IO G R A P H Y by Richard 7. Ely New York • 1938 •T H E MACMILLAN COMPANY® Copyright, 1938, by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY All rights r cse nr cd—no part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who wishes to quote brief passages in connection with a review written for inclusion in magazine or newspaper. Set up and printed. Published November, 1938. FnsT Pane nit c PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OP AM EMC A AM KM CAN BOOK-STKATFORD PRESS, INC., NEW YORK DANIEL COIT GILMAN First President of the Johns Hopkins University, creative genius in the field of education; wise, in spiring and courageous chief under whom I had the good fortune to begin my career and to whom I owe an inestimable debt of gratitude, I dedicate this book. o o o PREFACE • O • I was bom befóte die Civil War. I have witnessed a panorama of events which has thrilled, saddened, inspired and ever kindled in me a burning desire to set the world right. I have been guided in my efforts by the philosophy that "the beginning and end of all is man.” In my youth I was branded a "radical” for saying things which are today commonly accepted. This does not mean that the problems of the days of my youth have van ished. On die contrary, the conflicts raging today are essentially the same conflicts: between labor and capital, between govern ment and industry; but they are being fought on a different plane. Technological advances have brought into view the pos sibility of abundance for all. Yet we do not have abundance for all. Therefore the battle rages between those who have and those who have not. Technological advances have resulted in a growing interdependence of human beings. Our economic re lations are more and more closely interwoven, and more and more it is "one for all and all for one.” Failure to act on this means disaster. If we apply ourselves intelligendy and sanely to the problems of today we can lode forward to a future worthy of man. If we unleash die forces of hatred, selfishness and brutality, we can lode forward only to destruction. Nearly half a century agp I made die following statement which is just as applicable today as when I first wrote it: "The way which we must travel is long and weary, and yet it is one which affords delight in the prospect of progress. Looking into the future we may contemplate a society in which men shall work together for common purposes, and in which this wholesome co-operation shall take place largely through government, but through a government which has become less repressive and has developed its positive side.” This autobiography, itself, reveals a coundess number of peo ple to whom I am indebted for whatever I may have achieved ▼Ü
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