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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that Emerson could look at the world around him--a world of grasping New England commercialism, and of corrupt barons of industry--and smile quietly, bless it, and retire to his home in the village of Concord. His faith was a pure, white flame, and then and ever since it has had a great appeal to youth. But today, in this world of "Grapes of Wrath," Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Finland, its light is nearly winking out. What is there left...
Thenceforth there is an almost burlesque aptness in the fact of his phenomenal success with soap. Admiring Emerson, he was inspired on a pilgrimage to Concord to write his highly profitable Little Journeys (one part fact, three parts fancy). Biblical inspiration coined such popular aphorisms as "Blessed is the man who does not bellyache." Emulating William Morris' idealistic experiment in fine books and hand craftsmanship, Hubbard founded the Roycroft Shops. His brand of Guild Socialism consisted of turning out rococo limp-leather-bound reprints selling from $2 to $250 ("not how cheap, but how good"), together with his glorified...
...CONCORD, MASS., FEB. 14--Edward Holton James, self-styled leader of a group branded as "anti-Catholic Red Shirts", told the United Press tonight that his organization opposed only "political priestcraft" and would welcome a Dies Committee investigation...