The Profits of Religion : 9781517752705

Bootstrap-lifting? says the reader. It is a vision I have seen: upon a vast plain, men and women are gathered in dense throngs, crouched in uncomfortable and distressing positions, their fingers hooked in the straps of their boots. They are engaged in lifting themselves; tugging and straining until they grow red in the face, exhausted. The perspiration streams from their foreheads, they show every symptom of distress; the eyes of all are fixed, not upon each other, nor upon their boot-straps, but upon the sky above. There is a look of rapture upon their faces, and now and then, amid grunts and groans, they cry out with excitement and triumph. I approach one and say to him, "Friend, what is this you are doing?"

Author: Upton Sinclair

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Oct 23, 2015

Number of Pages: 142 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1517752701

ISBN-13: 9781517752705