# Humanism and America Author: Foerster, Norman, 1887-1972 [Editor] Genre: Philosophy, Modern Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78119 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Humanism+and+America+Foerster&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary “Life’s a long headache in a noisy street,” sang the poet Masefield in _The Widow in the Bye Street_ seventeen years ago. Since then, we have all come to live in Main rather than Bye Street, and our headache has grown apace despite the best efforts of the physicians of the age. The noise and whirl increase, the disillusion and depression deepen, the nightmare of Futility stalks before us in the inevitable intervals when activity flags. Heroically or mock-heroically we distrust or reject such stimulants and anodynes as religion, moral conventions, the dignity of manners, the passion for beauty, and even our recent faith in democracy, in liberalism, in progress, in science, in efficiency, i... ## Chapters - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/11/index.md) - [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/14/index.md) - [Part 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/24/index.md) - [Part 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/23/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/21/index.md) - [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/18/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/10/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/12/index.md) - [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/17/index.md) - [Part 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/22/index.md) - [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/13/index.md) - [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/20/index.md) - [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/15/index.md) - [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/19/index.md) - [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/16/index.md) - [Part 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/humanism-and-america-78119/chapters/25/index.md)