Editing Elbert Hubbard (section)

== Personal life ==

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Hubbard described himself as an [[anarchism|anarchist]] and a [[socialist]].<ref name=MsgGarcia/>{{rp|149}} He believed in social, economic, domestic, political, mental and spiritual freedom.<ref name=MsgGarcia/>{{rp|ii}} In ''A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things'' (1901), Hubbard explained his ''Credo'' by writing "I believe [[John Ruskin]], [[William Morris]], [[Henry David Thoreau|Henry Thoreau]], [[Walt Whitman]] and [[Leo Tolstoy]] to be Prophets of God, and they should rank in mental reach and spiritual insight with [[Elijah]], [[Hosea]], [[Ezekiel]] and [[Isaiah]]."<ref name=MsgGarcia/>{{rp|i}}

Hubbard wrote a critique of war, law and government in the booklet ''Jesus Was An Anarchist'' (1910). Originally published as ''The Better Part'' in ''A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things'', the essay was described by [[Ernest Howard Crosby]] as "The best thing Elbert ever wrote."<ref name=JesusAna/>

Another book which was written by Hubbard is titled ''Health and Wealth''. It was published in 1908 and includes many short [[truism]]s.