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Title: The Ghost in the White House
Some suggestions as to how a hundred million people (who
are supposed in a vague, helpless way to haunt the white
house) can mak

Author: Gerald Stanley Lee

Release Date: August 4, 2007 [EBook #22241]

Language: English

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THE GHOST IN THE WHITE HOUSE

SOME SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW A HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE (WHO ARE SUPPOSED IN
A VAGUE, HELPLESS WAY TO HAUNT THE WHITE HOUSE) CAN MAKE THEMSELVES FELT
WITH A PRESIDENT--HOW THEY CAN BACK HIM UP--EXPRESS THEMSELVES TO HIM,
BE EXPRESSED BY HIM, AND GET WHAT THEY WANT

By

GERALD STANLEY LEE

Author of "Crowds" and "Inspired Millionaires"

"_The White House is haunted by a vague helpless abstraction,--by
a kind of ghost of the nation, called The People_"

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & CO.
681 FIFTH AVENUE

Copyright, 1920
BY E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

_All Rights Reserved_

First printing May, 1920

Printed in the United States of America

TO

JENNETTE LEE

Transcriber's Note: Chapter XXII in Book II was printed without a title.

CONTENTS

BOOK I

WHAT THE PEOPLE EXPECT OF THE PEOPLE

I Gist 3
II The Lonesomest Job on Earth 4
III The President and the Ghost 6
IV Real Folks and the Ghost 12
V The Ghost Receives an Invitation 16
VI What a Body for the Ghost Would be Like 20
VII The Ghost gets Down to Business 25
VIII Three Rights of Man in a Democracy--The Right to Think 27
IX The Right to be Waited On 32
X The Right to Whisper 36
XI The Right to Whisper Together