I know someone who absolutely would go mad with joy if they had a copy.
Ok…. some searching indicates that Spargo is a really interesting character. Also, he did another book The Bitter Cry of The Children… It was on amazon.com for $5 until someone bought it just now.
And oops, Spargo appears to have been an anti-semite: abe. So much for the idea that socialism is a jewish enterprise, huh?
So, I guess that Spargo’s intellectual rigor was only skin-deep.
voyagersays
Marcus,
I’m not so sure about the anti-semitism charge. The reviews on Amazon of his book The Jew and American Ideals call him a defender of the Jews:
The author explains in the foreword that he is writing ‘without the knowledge of any Jew.’ He says: ‘It is not a defense of the Jew. It is not a pro-Jewish argument. It is a defense of American ideals and institutions against anti-Semitism; a plea for Christian civilization.’ As a matter of fact, the Jews, in the long, painful story of their persecutions, have not had a more valiant, convincing defender than John Spargo…. -- Christian Register
and
“Mr. Spargo renders another real service in this reasonable protest against anti-Semitism.” -The Churchman
Both reviews are by Christian sources so they could be suspect, but it appears that Spargo thought that anti-semitism was an un-Christian way to behave and thus obliquely supported the Jews
Marcus Ranum says
I know someone who absolutely would go mad with joy if they had a copy.
Ok…. some searching indicates that Spargo is a really interesting character. Also, he did another book The Bitter Cry of The Children… It was on amazon.com for $5 until someone bought it just now.
And oops, Spargo appears to have been an anti-semite: abe. So much for the idea that socialism is a jewish enterprise, huh?
So, I guess that Spargo’s intellectual rigor was only skin-deep.
voyager says
Marcus,
I’m not so sure about the anti-semitism charge. The reviews on Amazon of his book The Jew and American Ideals call him a defender of the Jews:
and
Both reviews are by Christian sources so they could be suspect, but it appears that Spargo thought that anti-semitism was an un-Christian way to behave and thus obliquely supported the Jews