Talk:Alvan F. Sanborn

Not sure why Alvan F. Sanborn is identified as a "conservative" here (without a source); his major nonfiction work, Paris and the Social Revolution, is quite radical, and was serialized in the anarchist journal Mother Earth. --Cohn-jesse (talk) 15:39, 14 April 2019 (UTC)

Disregard the above -- I'd overlooked his self-description in the intro to Paris and the Social Revolution! "Once for all, then, the author is not a revolutionist, though there are moments when he fancies he would like to be one... It takes faith to be a revolutionist; and he is, alas! mentally incapable of faith. He is not an anarchist, not a socialist, not a radical... He is a conservative of the conservatives, only prevented from being a reactionary by the fact that reaction is but another form of revolution..." At the same time, Sanborn dedicates the book as follows: "TO THE/PROLETARIAT OF AMERICA/THIS BOOK IS/REVERENTLY INSCRIBED"!

PS: Wikisource offers a scrap more information on Sanborn; see also this bibliography and associated bio. --Cohn-jesse (talk) 15:45, 14 April 2019 (UTC)