Ernest Howard Crosby (1856–1907) was an American reformer and author, born in New York City, the son of Presbyterian minister Howard Crosby, and a relative of prolific hymnwriter and rescue mission worker Fanny Crosby.
He was educated at New York University and the Columbia Law School. While a member of the State Assembly (1887–1889), he introduced three high-license bills, all vetoed by the Governor. From 1889 to 1894 he was judge of the Court of the First Instance at Alexandria, Egypt. He became an exponent of the theories of Count Tolstoy, whom he visited before his return to America; his relations with the great Russian later ripened into intimate friendship, and he devoted himself in America largely to promulgating Tolstoy's ideas of universal peace. His book, Plain Talk in Psalm and Parable (1899), was widely commended by such writers as Björnson, Kropotkin, and Zangwill. He was a vegetarian. He wrote:
- Captain Jinks, Hero, illustrated by Daniel Carter Beard, (1902)
- Swords and Plowshares (1902)
- Tolstoy and his Message (1903; second edition, 1904)
- Tolstoy as a Schoolmaster (1904)
- Carpenter: Poet and Prophet (second edition, 1905)
- Garrison, the Non-Resistant and Abolitionist (Chicago, 1905)
- Broad-Cast (1905)
- The Meat Fetish : Two Essays on Vegetarianism, (by Ernest Howard Crosby and Elisée Reclus, 1905)
- Labor and Neighbor (1908)
Famous quotes containing the words ernest, howard and/or crosby:
“What have I done for you,
England, my England?
What is there I would not do,
England, my own?”
—William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)
“I don’t know whither we are drifting, but I do know where every real thinking patriot will stand in the end, and that’s by the Constitution.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“When men and women across the country reported how happy they felt, researchers found that jugglers were happier than others. By and large, the more roles, the greater the happiness. Parents were happier than nonparents, and workers were happier than nonworkers. Married people were much happier than unmarried people. Married people were generally at the top of the emotional totem pole.”
—Faye J. Crosby (20th century)