Project Gutenberg 2010-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 182 Maclean, Norman 1869 1952 Stand Up, Ye Dead The empty cradle -- The roots of the evil -- The empty countryside -- The man in the slum -- The lord of the slum -- The great refusal -- The slum in the man -- Behind you is God. Produced by Al Haines, prepared from scans obtained from The Internet Archive. "Stand Up, Ye Dead" by Norman Maclean is a social commentary written in the early 20th century. The work critiques the societal issues facing Britain during and after World War I, particularly focusing on the decline in birth rates and the moral decay linked to alcoholism and social inequality. It contends that the nation's spiritual and moral foundation has eroded, leading to a loss of vision and hope in society. The opening of the text sets a somber tone as it reflects on the crisis of declining birth rates across urban areas like Edinburgh and London. Maclean employs stark statistics that highlight the dramatic drop in births, emphasizing the implications of a society that's gradually sacrificing its future generations. He warns that this crisis is not merely a demographic issue but indicative of deeper moral failures, including the prevalence of alcoholism, a lack of strong family foundations, and the growing chasm between the affluent and the impoverished. The opening serves as both a lament for lost innocence and a call to action, urging society to confront its failures and return to a moral compass anchored in faith and responsibility. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century DA Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Category: History - British Category: Religion/Spirituality Category: Sociology 253874 2025-06-13T15:14:31.357946 text/html 241437 2021-01-06T23:39:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 87036 2021-01-06T23:39:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 167260 2025-06-13T15:14:40.380937 application/epub+zip 169073 2025-06-13T15:14:35.933957 application/epub+zip 169074 2025-06-13T15:14:32.164979 application/epub+zip 303090 2025-06-13T15:14:43.530908 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283901 2025-06-13T15:14:39.294923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257386 2022-09-15T10:57:49.435360 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219432 2025-06-13T15:14:30.750951 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 219310 2021-01-06T23:39:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 83721 2021-01-06T23:39:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 219307 2021-01-06T23:39:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 83699 2021-01-06T23:39:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20639 2025-06-13T15:14:43.684927 application/rdf+xml 13379 2025-06-13T15:14:35.175933 image/jpeg 3543 2025-06-13T15:14:34.874989 image/jpeg 156559 2025-06-13T15:14:31.379970 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia