Elbert Green Hubbard –  American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher.He is known as the founder of the Roycroft artisan community in East Aurora, New York, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. He believed in social, economic, domestic, political, mental and spiritual freedom – and believed in sharing it. Here is his special blend of wisdom, humour. foresight, wit and muscular common-sense, as applicable today as it was 100 years ago.