#lyman abbott

[thefugitivesaint]

Arthur E. Becher (1877-1960), ''The Parables'' by Lyman Abbott, 1902 Source

[nec-plus-ultra]

Anarchism…rests upon the doctrine that no man has a right to control by force the action of any other man. Anarchism is defended on historic grounds: the evils are recited which have been wrought in human history by the employment of force compelling obedience by one will to another will, as they are seen in political and religious despotism, in the subjugation of women, in every form of brigandage from that of the Italian bands to that of the Napoleonic armies. It is conceded that evils might grow out of the abolition of all government; but it is insisted that they would be insignificant in comparison with the wrongs which have been perpetrated on mankind by the authority of government. Anarchism is defended on religious grounds. Jesus Christ is cited as the first of anarchists; for did he not say, “Resist not evil: if one take away thy coat, give him thy cloak also; and if one smite thee upon the one cheek, turn to him the other also?” What is this, we are asked, but a denial of the right to use force even in defense of one’s simplest and plainest rights?

Lyman Abbott

[themsleeves]

Patience is passion tamed.

Lyman Abbott

[howieabel]

"Anarchism is defined by E. V. Zenker as: "the perfect, unfettered self-government of the individual, and consequently the absence of any kind of external government." It rests upon the doctrine that no man has a right to control by force the action of any other man. Anarchism is defended on historic grounds: the evils are recited which have been wrought in human history by the employment of force compelling obedience by one will to another will, as they are seen in political and religious despotism and in the subjugation of women.

Anarchism is defended on religious grounds. Jesus Christ is cited as the first of anarchists; for did he not say, "Resist not evil: if one take away thy coat, give him thy cloak also; and if one smite thee upon the one cheek, turn to him the other also? What is this, we are asked, but a denial of the right to use force even in defense of one's simplest and plainest rights?" - Lyman Abbott, The Cause and Cure of Anarchism (Outlook, 22nd February, 1902)

[1900scartoons]

The Pen Is Mightier Than - the Big Stick

October 20, 1908

Roosevelt wields a big stick pen as The Outlook's Associate Editor while Editor in Chief Lyman Abbott looks on.

On October 20th, the papers ran with the news that Roosevelt was going to be offered the associate editor's position at The Outlook magazine on the annual salary of $30,000 upon the end of his presidential term.

See Also: Theodore Roosevelt

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/6204/rec/2106

[arcticdementor]

Why Women Do Not Wish the Suffrage

"Woman does not wish to turn aside from her higher work, which is itself the end of life, to devote herself to government, which exists only that this higher work may be done. Can she not do both? No!"

An article from September 1903.

[pathofregeneration]

The Thoughts of God

“I look out upon the universe and I see that it is a universe, a variety in unity. I see that there is a unity in all the phenomena of nature, and that science has more and more made that unity clear, and I see that there is one Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed. And I see too, it seems to me very clearly, that this Energy is an intellectual Energy; that is, that the physical phenomena of the universe are intellectually related to one another. The scientist does not create the relations; he finds them. They are; he discovers them. All science is thinking the thoughts of God after him. It is finding thought where thought has done its intellectual work; it is learning what are those intellectual relationships which have been in and are embodied in creation.”

— Lyman Abbott, Seeking After God

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Microcosm Diagram of the Mind — from Utriusque Cosmi by Robert Fludd