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Herbert David Croly (January 23, 1869 - May 17, 1930) was an American liberal political author
Author

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.

as born in New York City
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 to Jane Cunningham Croly
Jane Cunningham Croly

Jane Cunningham Croly was an United States author and journalist, better known as "Jennie June."She was born in Great Britain, came to the United States when a girl, and at an early age became a contributor to newspapers and magazines....
 and David Goodman Croly
David Goodman Croly

David Goodman Croly was an United States journalism, born in New York City and educated at New York University. He was associated with the New York Post and the New York Herald , and then became an editing and subsequently the managing editor of the New York World....
. His mother wrote for the New York World
New York World

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 and edited Demorest's Monthly. His father was a reporter for the New York Herald
New York Herald

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 and the New York World.

In 1892, he married Louise Emory of Baltimore, Maryland.

y began his studies at the City College of New York
City College of New York

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 in 1884.






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Herbert David Croly (January 23, 1869 - May 17, 1930) was an American liberal political author
Author

An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created....
.

Family

He was born in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 to Jane Cunningham Croly
Jane Cunningham Croly

Jane Cunningham Croly was an United States author and journalist, better known as "Jennie June."She was born in Great Britain, came to the United States when a girl, and at an early age became a contributor to newspapers and magazines....
 and David Goodman Croly
David Goodman Croly

David Goodman Croly was an United States journalism, born in New York City and educated at New York University. He was associated with the New York Post and the New York Herald , and then became an editing and subsequently the managing editor of the New York World....
. His mother wrote for the New York World
New York World

The New York World was a newspaper published in New York from 1860 until 1931. It played a major role in the history of American newspapers....
 and edited Demorest's Monthly. His father was a reporter for the New York Herald
New York Herald

The New York Herald was a large distribution newspaper based in New York City that existed between May 6, 1835 and 1924....
 and the New York World.

In 1892, he married Louise Emory of Baltimore, Maryland.

Career

Croly began his studies at the City College of New York
City College of New York

The City College of The City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York, in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning....
 in 1884. In 1886 he enrolled at Harvard University
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, but left in June 1888 without receiving a degree. He became editor of the Architectural Record
Architectural Record

Architectural Record is an United States monthly magazine dedicated to architecture and interior design, published by McGraw-Hill Construction in New York City....
 from 1900 to 1913. In 1913, at the request of the co-benefactors of The New Republic
The New Republic

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, Willard
Willard Straight

Willard Dickerman Straight was an United States investment banker, publisher, reporter and diplomat....
 and Dorothy Straight
Dorothy Payne Whitney

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, he became the magazine's guiding editor. He originally co-edited The New Republic with Walter Lippmann
Walter Lippmann

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, Philip Littel, Francis Hackett
Francis Hackett

Francis Hackett was born in Kilkenny, Ireland in 1883 to the daughter of a farmer and a medical officer. He is most famous for writing a detailed book about Henry VIII but was also a noted critic and published several other books most of which were either non-fiction or biographies....
, Walter Weyl, and Charlotte Rudyard (the copy editor). The first issue hit newsstands on November 7, 1914, and he remained an editor until his death in 1930.

Works

His best known book, The Promise of American Life
The Promise of American Life

The Promise of American Life is a book published by Herbert Croly, founder of The New Republic, in 1909. This book opposed aggressive unionization and supported economic planning to raise general quality of life....
, was published in 1909. This work is said to "offer a manifesto of Progressive
Progressivism

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 beliefs" that "anticipated the transition from competitive to corporate capitalism and from limited government to the welfare state." The book, which discusses historical evolution of American society, includes analyses of slavery and slave-holders, corporations and unions, centralization and democracy, and individual as well as national purpose.

Croly also published a biography of the politician Mark Hanna
Mark Hanna

Marcus Alonzo Hanna , best known as Mark Hanna, was an United States industrialist and Republican Party politician from Cleveland, Ohio. He rose to fame as the campaign manager of the successful Republican Presidential candidate, William McKinley, in the U.S....
, Marcus Alonzo Hanna: His Life and Work (Hamden: Archon Books, 1965), which was originally published by The Macmillan Company in 1912. In 1914, he wrote Progressive Democracy (New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1998), originally published by The Macmillan Company.

Political Influence

Croly's work influenced Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt

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 (who borrowed the "New Nationalism
New Nationalism

New Nationalism was Theodore Roosevelt Progressive Party political philosophy during the United States presidential election, 1912. He made the case for what he called the New Nationalism in a speech in Osawatomie, Kansas, in August 1910....
" slogan), Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States. A devout Presbyterianism and leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913....
, and the architects of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt

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's New Deal
New Deal

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. In 1985, historian
Historian

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 David Levy
David Levy

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 published the first biography
Biography

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 of Croly, Herbert Croly of the New Republic.

Quotations

  • "The popular will cannot be taken for granted, it must be created."
  • "Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less."


External links

  • at Project Gutenberg
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