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Ernest Howard Crosby
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Ernest Howard Crosby (1856 – 1907) was an American reformer, georgist, and author, the son of Presbyterian minister Howard Crosby. He became an exponent of the theories of Leo Tolstoy.
Quotes
If judge and jury had to hang the prisoner themselves in cold blood, there would be fewer executions; if we each had to butcher our own meat, there would be a great increase in the number of vegetarians.
Tolstoy and His Message (New York: Funk and Wagnall's Company, 1904), p. 53.
Quotes about Crosby
Ernest Crosby, a leading single-taxer and Tolstoyan, who was also a gifted poet and writer.
Emma Goldman, Living My Life (1931)
External links
Author:Ernest Howard Crosby
Category:1856 births
Category:1907 deaths
Category:Essayists from the United States
Category:State legislators of the United States
Category:Pacifists
Category:People from New York City
Category:Vegetarians