THE IRON HEEL (25)
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Many terrorist organizations unaffiliated with us sprang into existence and caused us much trouble.
Read This PostAuthor: Jack London
Jack London, adventurer and author of The Call of the Wild, wrote several works of Radium-Age science fiction, including The Iron Heel (1908) and The Star Rover (1914). The Scarlet Plague (serialized 1912; published in book form 1915) is set in London's hometown of San Francisco. In May 2012, HiLoBooks published The Scarlet Plague in a beautiful new edition.
THE IRON HEEL (23)
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I remember one man they dragged out of a heap, who pleaded abjectly until a revolver shot cut him short.
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THE IRON HEEL (22)
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Over the city of the Mercenaries we saw a great captive war-balloon that burst even as we looked at it.
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THE IRON HEEL (21)
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The great driving force of the oligarchs is the belief that they are doing right.
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THE IRON HEEL (20)
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That night the hounds were out, and there was little sleep in the refuge.
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THE IRON HEEL (19)
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Not a philosophic anarchist, but a mere animal, mad with hate and lust for revenge.
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THE IRON HEEL (17)
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“You are lick-spittlers and panderers, the creatures of the Plutocracy.”
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THE IRON HEEL (16)
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We worshipped at the shrine of the Revolution, which was the shrine of liberty. It was the divine flashing through us.
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THE IRON HEEL (15)
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“Give us more pay and charge it to the public,” was the slogan of the strong unions.
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THE IRON HEEL (14)
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“What he foresaw was the defection of the great labor unions and the rise of the castes.”
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THE IRON HEEL (13)
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It was the Plutocracy, weighing and balancing, that defeated us by dividing our strength.
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THE IRON HEEL (12)
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“I have learned a great lesson. The soul cannot be ministered to till the stomach is appeased.”
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THE IRON HEEL (11)
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“He looked upon our catastrophe in the light of an adventure.”
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