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T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON , TH U R SD A Y , MARCH 11, 1897.
flORALS.
t o satisfy it at the cost and
to the
in ju ry of those possessing equal
[B y D r . L udwig B uchner .]
rights.
This egotism in itself is
( C o n tin u e d .)
indeed not objectionable, and really
Conscience is nlso quite in
forms the final and highest spring
dependent of the belief in God and
of all our action.«, w hether bad or
(¿religious conceptions in general;
good. Moreover we shall never la?
it changes little, if at all, in accord
able to get rid of the egotism of
ance with p a rtic u la r creeds, but
hum an n ature, and therefore all
m erely accom m odates itself to the
th a t we have to do is to tu rn it into
knowledge or degree of c u ltu re of
the rig h t paths or to ten d er it
each individual.
Hence also all
ratio n al and hum ane, by seeking
a pp rehen d o n th a t conscience m ay
to bring its satisfaction into accord
be lost with some d eterm in ate form
ance with the good of all an d th e
D on’t have to take o u r word for it, when we say
of faith X
is entirely unfounded; on
interest of the com m unity.
And
we have a b etter and larger stock of new goods th an
the co n trary ,
it njay become
for th is purpose there can be no
ever before, for the m erchandise is here to speak for
sharpened an d refined the m ore the
better m eans th an reform of hum an
itself, and lor us. Of course we d o n ’t m ean th a t you
general conscience of m an k in d is
society in the interests of the
would th in k our ads deceptive, for we have always
e le v a te d by the advance of cu ltu re,
common weal proposed by us. For
endeavored to m ake them the opposite. You m ig h t
and the more independent m ankind
as soon as, by a proper organization
th in k however th a t we were over-enthusiastic. Y ou’ll
becomes in th o u g h t and being of all
of society, things have beet, brought
e n th u se too when you see the new goods. H onestly
m erely ex tern al rules and dogmas.
to such a pass th at the satisfaction
we are very proud of our stock, and believe the styles
Indeed the men of th e present «lay,
of th e personal I at the sam e tim e
will please you, and the prices interest you. *
*
although their a ttach m en t todefiniie
satisfies the interests of the com
rules of faith is far inferior to th a t
I
m unity, and th a t vice versa, the
of men of form er times, are in
satisfaction of the general in terests
general much less inclined th an
at the sam e tim e im plies the
form erly to crim es and acts of
satisfaction of the personal I, every
violence!—anti tolerance, pity, sense
conflict arising from egotistical
of the public good, respect for law,
p h ilan th ro p y , etc., have increased m otives l>etween the interests of the
in
the sam e
proportion with individual and those of the society
or of the state will cease, and the
knowledge, cu ltu re and prosperity!
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Silverton, Oregon.
Next to cu ltu re, happiness and pros p rin cip al cause <-f crim e and sin
will be rem oved. The in d iv id u al
p erity are the m ain sources of
m orality an d virtue. M an m ust will then, m uch more easily than
be happy in his general condition at present, be able to strive after
if he is to be virtuous, and all sins personal happiness and agreeable
and crim es go hand in h a n d w ith sensations, or to satisfy his p er
starv atio n , m isery, disease or idle sonal I, w ithout injury to the in te r
ness. If we add to th is th a t m oral ests of hum an society; he will only D E A L E R IN
q u alitie so r tendencies are h eritab le, advance his own well-being of the
C hem icals, Drugs,
com
m
unity
in
advancing
his
own.
ju st as m uch as corporeal and
M edicine, T oilet A rticles,
In
th
is
accordance
of
the
in
te
r
intellectual ten d en cies in general,
Perfum ery and Soaps, Stationery,
it m ust become clear th a t the whole ests of the individual w ith the in
P atent Medicines, Paints and Oils,
m oral progress of m ankind is erests of the com m unity or of all
Com bs and Brushes.
founded upon its co n stan t social others, therefore, lies the whole,
and intellectual change and advance, great m oral principle of the future.
and th a t sin an d crim e will d isap Let this accordance be once estab
pear from the world as soon as the lished and we have m orality, virtue
springs o f ignorance, w ant of cu ltu re and noble sentim ents in profusion.
and m aterial m isery, which still If not, these will be deficient in
proportion as society falls sh o rt of
flow so ab u n d an tly , sh all be stopped.
M orality m ay therefore be defined this goal, and no external or in ter
nal m eans, no religion, no m oral
as the law of m u tu al respect for the
general and p riv ate equal rig h ts of preachers, no crim in al laws, will be
DEALERS IN
men, for the purpose of securing able bv a n y m eans perm anently to
m ake up for th is deficiency. Public
general h u m an happiness. Every
thing th a t in ju res or underm ines conscience is at the sam e time
the conscience of the it dividual;
this happiness and th is respect is th is public conscience can only be
evil,—every th in g th a t advances the consequence of rational politi
them is good. In accordance with cal and social conditions and of an
and cu ltu re of all,
this definition, evil consists only in education
founded on the principles of u n i
degeneracy or the encroachm ent of
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versal p h ilan th ro p y .
It is in Corner Hain & Water Sts.
hum an and private egotism upon youth w ith its capability of ed u ca
this general happiness an d the tion and culture and its ready ac
interests of the fellow m an. W h a t cessibility to all external and in ter
JOHN HICKS,
.
SAMUEL AflES,
is beneficial to the com m unity or to nal im pressions th a t the foudation
for the cu ltu re of this conscience
the fellow m an is in geueral good;
and therefore of all m orality must
and the notion of good only becomes be laid ; and it m ust l>e the highest
converted into its opposite by the task of public and general educa
individual im p roperly placing the tion to waken and strengthen in
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the
young
those
im
pulses
and
tal
notion of th a t which is beneficial or
ents which are good and beneficial
advantageous to himself above the
to h u m an society an d to weaken
notion of which is beneficial to the and to suppress the bad and in ju r
com m unity or to an o th er person of ious ones. In th is way a perfectly
Stoves, A gricu ltu ral Im plem ents, G uns, Fishing
equal rights with him self.
The new race with a different m oral or
Tackle, C utlery, and S porting Goods.
greatest sinners therefore are egotists ganization will gradually be pro
duced; and crim e, sin, vice and the
or those who place th eir own I like will disappear in proportion as
higher th an the in terests and laws th e soil shall become sm aller upon
of the com m on weal, and endeavor which alone they can thrive!
"Seeing is Believing.”
You
Yours to Please,_.
.
A. WOLF & SON.
J. E. Hammond,
DRUGGIST,
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