{"product_id":"2940151624381","title":"Is The World Growing Better?","description":"Author's preface:\u003cbr\u003e\"I never like a lengthy preface to a book. The only way to find out the contents of a volume is to read it. The chapters herein contained have thrust themselves into my mind as I have read and traveled and thought on existing world conditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a kind of optimism among men that arises out of an eagerness for what they call \"progress.\" In times of peace and supposed prosperity men largely ignore facts as they really exist. We by no means shut our eyes to the good that is in the world, but in this volume we are thinking and writing of the tremendous drift toward evil, and what we believe means a crisis in world history. We confine our observations, however, largely to these United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a strange portend in the atmosphere, a kind of suspense. Philosophers and statesmen hardly dare to prognosticate what the near future holds. There is a very general conviction among thoughtful people that present conditions cannot exist for long; there must be a turning back to practical living, to economy, to the fear of God and an altruistic attitude toward mankind, or a fearful crash of modern civilization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Table of Contents are as follows:\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 -- THE EBB AND FLOW OF HISTORY\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 -- THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF HISTORY\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 -- AN AGE OF INVENTION\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 -- THE FINANCIAL FEATURE OF THE MACHINE AGE\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 -- THE OLD POLITICAL PARTIES\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 -- THE MENACE OF THE MILLIONAIRE\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7 -- DOES THE PRESENT OUTLOOK PROMISE WORLD PEACE?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8 -- OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING TAUGHT RELIGION IN THE SCHOOLS\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9 -- WHAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BEING TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10 -- THE HARVEST\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11 -- TRYING TO GET RID OF GOD\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12 -- THE GENERAL DRIFT\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13 -- ECCLESIASTICISM VERSUS EVANGELISM\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14 -- ARE WE APPROACHING THE END OF THE AGE?","brand":"Jawbone Digital","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47149609648368,"sku":"2940151624381","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151624381_p0.jpg?v=1764015865","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151624381","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}