During the year of 1907, I was—more or less—a successful business man with all bills paid and a
few thousand dollars to my credit. Still, I was not satisfied. In fact, I was displeased with myself for hoarding money and accumulating wealth for selfish purposes. From early childhood my thoughts had run toward a general improvement of mankind. It seemed practical to develop a race that would make the earth a good place to dwell upon. ![]() My conscience rebelled against the horrible vices of my elders and I could not accept the lessons of greed espoused by the rulers of this grotesque civilization. My book, BORN AGAIN, published in 1904, outlined the principles that I stood for and frequently I pointed out to everybody, who would listen to me, that there was a better method of existence than the accumulation of wealth by cheating, lying, stealing and murdering one another. Furthermore, I often pointed out that this so-called civilization was based upon fraud |