Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

The philosophy of Elbert Hubbard

¶ I believe that no one can harm us but ourselves; that sin is misdirected energy; that there is no devil but fear; and that the Universe is planned for good ❦ We know that work is a blessing, that Winter is as necessary as Summer, that Night is as useful as Day, that Death is...

Chapters

1. Part 1

¶ I believe that no one can harm us but ourselves; that sin is misdirected energy; that there is no devil but fear; and that the Universe is planned for good ❦ We know that work...

2. Part 2

Children’s diseases are a logical result of children’s beatings ❦ To shock, pain, grieve, anger or violently suppress a human being is to run a grave risk of lowering that indiv...

3. Part 3

The above is taken from a postal card sent out by the publishers of Jack London’s books. Jack is a Marxian Socialist all day long, and he is much more frank than most of his par...

4. Part 4

My old co-ed college chum, Winifred Black, has recently propounded this question, “Why are husbands lobsters?” So I’ll explain to Winifred the cause of this sad state which devo...

5. Part 5

I am in receipt of a very interesting letter from the Reverend A. B. Taylor, Lakeside, New York, in which he says that he reads _The Fra_ with much pleasure and profit, and ofte...

6. Part 6

A long and very carefully written letter from an unknown gentleman who signs himself “Retired Professor” has recently reached me. ¶ The Great Obscure favor me quite often with a...

7. Part 7

There are three serious objections to my health prescriptions ❦ First, I make no charge for them. Second, they are written in plain English, without myth, miracle or mystery, an...

8. Part 8

A short time ago I spent a week in Saint Louis ❦ During that week there were three deaths of children from tetanus (lock-jaw), all the direct result of vaccination. The Board of...