Ralph Waldo Trine (9 September 1866 – 22 February 1958) was an American
New Thought writer, philosopher and
animal welfare activist.
Biography
Trine was born in
Mount Morris, Illinois to Ellen E. Newcomer and Samuel G. Trine.[1][2] He was educated at
Knox College where he graduated A.B. in 1891. He studied history and political science at
Johns Hopkins University and obtained his A.M. from Knox College in 1893.[2]
Trine authored In Tune with the Infinite which has remained the most popular publication in the New Thought movement.[6] It was translated into 20 languages.[2] Unlike most other New Thought writers, Trine did not resort to mental money making advice and has been described as "one of the rare purists whose books were guileless optimism".[7] In the 1920s, Trine became associated with
Henry Ford and published some of their conversations in The Power that Wins.[2]
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^McMahan, David L (2008). The Making of Buddhist Modernism. Oxford University Press. p. 178.
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