Against the Current: Simple Chapters from a Complex Life

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Foreword

CONTENTS

I HOW I GOT MY NAME

II THE PERIOD OF RACE UNCONSCIOUSNESS

III THE DAWN OF RACE CONSCIOUSNESS

IV THE NEW TEACHER

V THE THREE WISE MEN

VI ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN HUNGARY

VII THE MILLER'S DAUGHTER

VIII THE FALL OF THE GOOSE GIRL

IX AN UNWILLING JEW

X THE PRINCE COMES

XI THE CHILD ON THE BATTLE-FIELD

XII THE PENALTY OF SCEPTICISM

XIII MY FIRST LIBRARY

XIV THE CANDY-MAKER'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

XV THE AMERICANS

XVI THE CUP OF ELIJAH

XVII THE TRAGEDY OF RACE

XVIII THE FIRST APOSTASY

XIX A SECTARIAN CONTROVERSY

XX THE HOUSE OF THE POOR

XXI OUT OF THE OMNIBUS

XXII A BACKWARD LOOK

XXIII THE SYNAGOGUE

XXIV THE CHURCH WITH THE CROSS

XXV THE CHURCH WITH THE WEATHER-VANE

XXVI TOLSTOY THE MAN

XXVII AWAKENED JUDAISM

XXVIII CONCLUSION

AGAINST THE CURRENT

Copyright, 1910, by
FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY



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To
President John Hanson Thomas Main,
the embodiment of the ideals of
Grinnell College
who,
although of different race and lineage
is to me a friend and brother;
I dedicate this book
on the tenth anniversary of our first meeting


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