▁Social ist ▁movement ▁app la ud ed ▁Her ron ' s ▁teach ings , ▁much ▁to ▁Gold stein ' s ▁dis g ust ▁and ▁horror . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 2 , ▁Gold stein , ▁A very , ▁and ▁a ▁small ▁number ▁of ▁al lies ▁proposed ▁a ▁motion ▁at ▁the ▁Massachusetts ▁Social ist ▁convention ▁to ▁formally ▁rep udi ate ▁any ▁social ists ▁who ▁attacked ▁religion , ▁advoc ated ▁violence ▁or ▁free ▁love . ▁After ▁the ▁cont empt uous ▁defeat ▁of ▁the ▁motion , ▁Gold stein ▁refused ▁to ▁accept ▁defeat ▁and ▁continued ▁campaign ing ▁for ▁the ▁same ▁cause . ▁However , ▁he ▁was ▁becoming ▁increasing ly ▁a ▁voice ▁in ▁the ▁w ilder ness . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 2 , ▁the ▁translation ▁of ▁Karl ▁Marx ' s ▁critique ▁of ▁family ▁and ▁marriage ▁left ▁Gold stein ▁in ▁no ▁doubt ▁about ▁the ▁real ▁a ims ▁of ▁the ▁ide ology ▁he ▁had ▁served . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁he ▁and ▁his ▁al lies ▁res igned ▁from ▁the ▁Social ist ▁movement ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁fer vent ▁anti - Mar x ist . ▁With ▁Mar tha ▁Moore ▁A very , ▁Gold stein ▁published ▁a ▁book , ▁Social ism : ▁The ▁Nation ▁of ▁Father less ▁Children , ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 . ▁ ▁At ▁first , ▁the ▁Social ist ▁press ▁treated ▁the ▁work ▁to ▁a ▁full ▁scale ▁media ▁black out . ▁However , ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁favor ably ▁quoted ▁by ▁The odore ▁Ro ose vel t ▁and ▁senior ▁officials ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Federation ▁of ▁Labor