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“They, as a class, believed that they alone maintained
civilization. It was their belief that if they
weakened, the great beast would engulf them, and
everything of beauty and wonder and joy and good
in its cavernous and slime-dripping maw. Without
them, anarchy would reign, and humanity would
drop backward into the primitive night out of which
it had so painfully emerged … This was the beast
to be stamped on, and the highest duty of the aristocrat
was to stamp upon it. In short, they alone, by
unremitting toil and sacrifice, stood between weak
humanity and the all-devouring beast; and they be-
lieved it, firmly believed it.”
BUY Jack London books online from and
Many is the Fascist and war criminal utterly convinced
they have humanity’s interest at heart but
scarcely has it been so well put.
The Iron Heel then is a flawed but fascinating read,
undeniably entertaining, and containing some of the
most deadly insights of the last century. By one of
America’s best known writers too. This book is a landmark,
and has been ignored for too long. Here’s hoping
its republication by Penguin will see it gain the wider
readership it deserves. �
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