Transition: A Sentimental Story of One Mind and One Era

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DEAR READER: Perhaps this is your story as well as John Lemaire's. It tries to show the effect, upon one growing mind, of the profound transformation which modern science and research have brought in the faith of the western world. In a lesser way it tries also to show the political experiments and disillusionment of our time, and to trace the evolution of a fairly typical rebel from Utopian aspiration through a cynical despondency to some measure of reconciliation and good cheer. These changes have not been as impersonal as the abstract chronicle of history represents them; they have brought to sensitive individuals much suffering in mental transition and readjustment; they have broken up families and friendships; and they have unsettled the mind and morals of many generations by uprooting the customs and beliefs in which those generations grew. It is with this personal aspect of the Great Change that this story is concerned. PART ONE: THE GREAT CHANGE I. I LOSE MY INNOCENCE II. I PUT ON PANTS AND BECOME A SAINT III. I GET A BLOODY NOSE IV. I FALL IN LOVE V. I MEET DARWIN VI. CONFESSIONAL VII. LOVE AMONG THE RUINS VIII. I COMMIT SUICIDE IX. ON THE NEW YORK JOURNAL X. I CONVERT THE CHURCH TO SOCIALISM XI. IN THE SEMINARY XII. I REENTER THE WORLD XIII. ALL SORTS OF THNGS XIV. CATASTROPHE PART TWO: THE NEW WORLD I. I MAKE A FLYING LEAP II. MY FRIENDS, THE ANARCHISTS III. I AM BLOWN UP IV. I ESCAPE MARRIAGE V. I DISCOVER AMERICA VI. ARIEL VII. I EXPLORE THE HUDSON VIII. I GO THE WAY OF ALL FLESH IX. WANDER-YEARS X. SENTIMENTAL XI. I PLAY POLITICS XII. NADIR XIII. I BECOME A DADDY XIV. ENTSAGEN