We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. Theirreverent media commentators of contemporary life, belief, and politics. Theywere the entertainment parents and leaders warned youth to avoid. Hated orloved they stirred anger and ideas. They upset the society of conservativeVictorian morals and politics.
Nothing disturbs people more than to have theircollective ideas questioned.
Elbert Hubbard upset the East and Ambrose Bierce upset the West. Both wereprogressive in their contemporary politics, Unitarian in religious thought,and a thorn in the side for anyone in pompous authority. Hubbard wrote andpublished his own books. He spoke in public often. He formed a community ofworkers and followers and became better known.