Working-Class Sage
The power and progress of James Allen
11 min readMar 21, 2020
In his first solo album in 1970, John Lennon famously sang: “A working-class hero is something to be.” If you want to example of how to live out that ideal in art and life, discover the career of inspirational writer James Allen (1864–1912).
In a writing career that lasted only a decade, the English essayist, moralist, and mystic…
