Contemplation and Action 1902-14

Abbreviations xii
Introduction xiii
Acknowledgements xliii
Chronology xlvii

PARTI. "ASHES OF DEAD HOPES"

1 Journal [1902-05] 3

PART II. "REFUGE IN PURE CONTEMPLATION"

2 The Pilgrimage of Life [1902-03] 31
a The Return to the Cave 35
b Untitled 42
c Untitled 42
d The Worship of Truth 43
e The Message of Nature 43
f Untitled 44
g Duty and Fate 44
h Wisdom 44
i The Past 45
j Untitled 45
k The Two Races of Man 46
1 Untitled 46
m Untitled 47
n The Communion of Saints 48
o Untitled 48
p The Ocean of Life 49
q Austerity 49
r Gentleness 50
s The Forgiveness of Sins 52
t The Atonement 53
u Rel igion 53


3 The Education of the Emotions [c. 1902] 56
4 The Free Man's Worship [1903] 62
5 On History [1904] 73
6 The Study of Mathematics [1907] 83

PART III. "OF THE TWO NATURES IN MAN"

7 Prisons [191I] 97
a Untitled Outline 102
b Contemplation 102
C Action and Contemplation 103
d Freedom and Bondage 104
e Prisons I 104
f The Good 105
8 The Essence of Religion [1912] I I0
9 The Perplexities ofJohn Forstice [1912] 123
10 Mysticism and Logic [1914] 155

PART IV. DEFENCE OF FREE TRADE

General Headnote 181
11 Literature of the Fiscal Controversy [1904] 184
12 The Tariff Controversy 9o4] 190
13 Mr. Charles Booth on Fiscal Reform [1904] 216
14 Old and New Protectionism [1904] 219
15 International Competition [1904] 222
16 Mr. Charles Booth's Proposals for Fiscal Reform [1904] 224
17 Mr. Gerald Balfour on Countervailing Duties [1904] 233

PART V. LIBERALISM AND WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE

General Headnote 239
18 On the Democratic Ideai [c.1906] 246
19 The Status of Women [c.1906] 257
20 The Wimbledon $y-Election [19o7] 266
21 After the Second Reading [1908] 27o
22 Mr. Asquith's Pronouncement [1908] 274
23 Liberalism and Women's Suffrage [1908] 277
24 The Present Situation [1909] 285
25 Should Suffragists Welcome the People's Suffrage
Federation? [19o9] 288
26 Address to the Bedford Liberal Association [1910] 294
27 Anti-Suffragist Anxieties [I910] 304


PART VI. OTHER EDWARDIAN CONTROVERSIES

28 Religion and Metaphysics, review of McTaggart [1906] 319
Headnote to Reviews of Robertson (29-30) 326
29 A History of Free Thought, review of Robertson [1906] 328
30 Freethought Ancient and Modern, review of Robertson [1906] 33o
31 The Development of Morals, review of Hobhouse [1907] 333
32 Garibaldi's Defence of the Roman Republic,
review of Trevelyan [1907] 341
Headnote to Reviews of Chatterton-Hill (33-34) 363
33 The Politics of a Biologist, review of Chatterton-Hill [1907] 366
34 Biology and Politics, review of Chatterton-Hill [1908] 374
35 Memories and Studies, review of James [I9It] 376
36 Dramatic and Utilitarian Ethics [c. 9 t] 378
37 The Professor's Guide to Laughter, review of Bergson [I9I2] 384
38 The Place of Science in a Liberal Education [1913] 387
39 The Ordination Service [1913-14] 398
a The Proposed Change in the Ordination Service [1913] 401
b Mr. Russell's Reply [1913] 402
c Inspiration [1914] 405
40 Clio, A Muse, review of Trevelyan [1913] 406

APPENDICES

1. Press Clippings of Russell's Free Trade Speeches [1904] 411
II. Comments on Sociological Papers [1904-05] 413
III. Press Clippings on the Wimbledon By-Election [1907] 415
iv. Meeting at Cambridge [1907] 419
v. Deputation to Mr. Asquith [1908] 422
VI. A Protest from the Voteless [I910] 424
vii . Women's Suffrage [1911] 426
viii. Persia [191I] 428
ix. Protest Against the Prosecutions [t 912] 431
x. Letters from Professor Gwatkin [1913-14] 435
xi. The Harvard Crimson Interview [1914] 438

ANNOTATION 441

TEXTUAL NOTES 503

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 557

GENERAL INDEX 589