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
EDWARD A. STEINER
Against the Current
Simple Chapters from a Complex Life.
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The Immigrant Tide—
Its Ebb and Flow
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On the Trail of the Immigrant
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The Mediator
A Tale of the Old World and the New.
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Tolstoy, the Man and His Message
A Biographical Interpretation
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Against the Current
Simple Chapters
from
A Complex Life
By
EDWARD A. STEINER
Author of “On the Trail of the Immigrant,”
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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