Ralph Waldo Trine The American author, philosopher, and animal rights fighter Ralph Waldo Trine was born on September 9, 1866, and died on February 22, 1958. He was a New Thought writer. Ellen E. Newcomer and Samuel G. Trine had a child named Trine in Mount Morris, Ilinois. His education began at Knox College, where he earned an A.B. in 1891. He went to Johns Hopkins University to study history and political science and got his A.M. from Knox College in 1893. Trine married Grace Steele Hyde, and the two of them had a son. He worked as a reporter for the Boston Evening Transcript when he was younger. At this point in time, Ralph Waldo Emerson's lofty ideas began to affect him. Christian socialism by George Herron also had an effect on Trine. Some people have said that Trine's spiritual views are a mix of Buddhism, pantheism, spiritualism, transcendentalism, Christian socialism, and neo-Vedanta thought. In Tune with the Infinite, which Trine wrote, is still the most widely read book in the New Thought movement. It was made into 20 different languages. People have said that Trine was "one of the rare purists whose books were guileless optimism" because she didn't use mental money-making tips like most other New Thought writers. Read More Read Less