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A collection of essays and criticisms exploring the intellectual life and social possibilities of younger generations, arguing for a renewed cultural fellowship and examining education, literature, politics, and pacifism. The writer combines personal reflection with literary and social analysis, advocates a league of youth to reshape American cultural order, critiques philistinism and industrial conformity, examines education reform and democratic ideals, and defends conscientious dissent against wartime pressures. Interwoven are portraits of literary figures, reflections on national character, and practical proposals for cultivating a more humane, articulate public life.
Bitter-sweet, and a northwest wind
To sing his requiem,
Who was
Our Age,
And who becomes
An imperishable symbol of our ongoing,
For in himself
He rose above his body and came among us
Prophetic of the race,
The great hater
Of the dark human deformity
Which is our dying world,
The great lover
Of the spirit of youth
Which is our future’s seed....
James Oppenheim.