Ernest Crosby (1856 - 1907) was a reformer and author born in New York City. He was greatly influenced by Count Leo Tolstoy with whom he became good friends. Clarence Darrow was one of the individual sponsors to the Ernest Howard Crosby Memorial Committee in 1907. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-73277.
(Kaynak: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA)
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On Non-Resistance
January 12, 1896
Translated by Professor Leo Wiener (1905)
My Dear Crosby: -- I am very glad to hear of your activity and
that it is beginning to attract attention. Fifty years ago
Garrison's proclamation of non-resistance only cooled people toward
him, and the whole fifty years' activity of Ballou in this
direction was met with stubborn silence. I read with great
pleasure in *Peace* the beautiful ideas of the American authors in
regard to non-resistance. I make an exception only in the case of
Mr. Bemis's old, unfounded opinion, which calumniates Christ in
assuming that Christ's expulsion of the cattle from the temple
means that he struck the men with a whip, and commanded his
disciples to do likewise.
The ideas expressed by these writers, especially by H. Newton
and G. Herron, are beautiful, but it is to be regretted that they
do not answer the question which Christ put before men, but answer
the question which the so-called orthodox teachers of the churches,
the chief and most dangerous enemies of Christianity, have put in
its place.
Mr. Higginson says that the law of non-resistance is not
admissible as a general rule. H. Newton says that the practical
results of the application of Christ's teaching will depend on the
degree of faith which men will have in this teaching. Mr. C.
Martyn assumes that the stage at which we are is not yet suited for
the application of the teaching about non-resistance. G. Herron
says that in order to fulfil the law of non-resistance, it is
necessary to learn to apply it to life. Mrs. Livermore says the
same, thinking that the fulfilment of the law of ...
(Kaynak: logos)
