@booklet {143, title = {Born Again}, year = {1904}, note = {

Rpt. Detroit, MI: Humanity, [1931?]; and Detroit, MI: Humanity Benefactor Foundation, nd.

}, month = {1904}, publisher = {Wox, Conrad Co}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Eutopia. Technology, religion. The novel begins with the discovery of a survivor of an ancient civilization called the Sagemen, which was highly advanced intellectually, morally, and technologically. Their fundamental principle was \"Selfishness is the root of all evil; eradicate selfishness from all human beings and the earth will be heaven\" (62. Original emphasis). The latter part of the novel describes attempts to convince the world to follow their teachings. Lawson founded a religion and a community in Des Moines, IA and followers still exist. During the 1930s Lawson published a newspaper, The Benefactor, in Detroit that had some Polish issues.\ 

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {Alfred [W.] Lawson (1869-1954)} }