James Rorty

James Rorty (March 30, 1890 – February 26, 1973) was a 20th-century American radical writer and poet as well as political activist who addressed controversial topics that included McCarthyism, Jim Crow, American industries, advertising, and nutrition, and was perhaps best known as a founding editor of the New Masses magazine. Quotes This, in a way, would be exceeding oddAnd almost justify man’s ways to God—If, by the healing of these hills, the blindReceive an inner sight, and leave behindTheir narrow greed, their numbing fears, and fareForth with new souls to breathe the honest air;If rich man, poor man, lawyer, merchant, thiefDeclare with one accord that they'd as liefLaugh and forget, and make a gracious truceWith sea and mountain; learn again the useOf earth and sky and ocean-ranging breeze,And dance, and dance beneath the pepper trees. "California: Odd–and Utopian", in The Survey, vol. 54, no. 5 (June 1, 1925) p. 297. Quoted in Carey McWilliams, Southern California Country (1946) ch. 14, p. 273 External links Category:Journalists from the United States Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Poets from the United States Category:Essayists from the United States Category:Political activists Category:Activists from New York (state) Category:1890 births Category:1973 deaths