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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1897.
modern universities in the United time. After th is free d istrib u tio n , rival tracts. The editor or the pub- N, J e r m a n ,
J . H . Lyons.
Stales, for there aie hut very few each Prom oter should pay ¿ c e n ts a lie may decide which w riter w ins
JERMAN & LYONS,
that are not tangled up with some Copy, or 15 cent« for 10, for all copies the honors. I shall rejoice to be
P A IN T E R S .
form ot theology. The estab lish of the pham phlet they are willing to beaten, for my object is to secure
ment of our U niversity is an un d er
taking of so gigantic proportions
that we m ust not expect nor wish
it to be of toe rapid a growth.
Here students of all ages are lo
learn lo have aim s w hich are ‘‘p u re
ly scientific” or in other words they
are to become philosophers (T ru th
Seekers) in the broadest sense of
the term.
There are m any things favoring
this {ocality for such an in stitu tio n .
There is more freedom of thought
in the West. The clim ate is not too
warm in the sum m er nor too cold
in the w inter for the best work of
students.
This is a great fruit country and
we hold th a t fresh fruit in its sea
son is a great advantage to those of
sedentary habits. There are nevei
any hard th u n d er storm s, cyclones
nor blizzards here to worry or dis
tract one’s m ind from its work.
W ithin very short distances we
have represented all the different
topographical, geographical and
geological stru ctu res of the earth.
One who wishes, m ay clim b to the
top of a snow-capped m ountain,
study the leaves of the great stone
book from the lowest stra ta , or the
wonderful life-forms of th e great
ocean. T ruly it will not he N ature’s
fault if our school for the study of
her laws does not m ark an epoch
in the history of hum an progress.
F ro m
E liz a H o w r y B liv e n .
Between now and the first of
September, 1 shall not have tim e to
write much; hut a little each week
will keep our work m oving on. Be
sides answ ering inquires, and o b tain
ing helps tow ards the tracts, I w ant
to fin d one or more, in each of sev
eral States who will obtain and
send me lists of Liberal people
there. I w ant to obtain addresses
of about 100 Liberals in each state,
by the tim e the firtt tract is ready,
say Oct, 1st. Then I want printed
an«l sent to each, a p a m p h le t in as
cheap a form as possible (or a T orch
Supplem ent) to contain the original
plan for the Evolution of Free-
thought and W isdom. The pam
phlet must also contain the E n ro ll
ment paper and the first tract.
It seems alm ost necessary th a t
we have all of it together to send to
inquirers and for use in obtaining
Tract Distributors and other Pro
moters.
P erhaps some others wonhl help
pay for part of the p rin tin g if they
knew about it, so we could d is tri
bute more free copies. 1 think we
can make the March 25th ami Ju n e
24th T orches do till this little pam
phlet is ready. All who become Pro
moters. all other Freethinkers, and
also those who are alm ost F reeth in k
ers, should have a copy of the pam
phlet hut all the rest of m ankind
should receive onlv one tract a t a
use, and 10 cents for 50 copies o f the best tracts obtainable for the
either tract, or $1, a year which the prom otion of Scientific Wisdom
Tract D istributors are to pay for 50 everywhere.
of each of the 12 tracts.
Kll w h o e n te rth e lists on the first
Each prom oter should subscribe fpact must send in th eir attem pt so
for t h e ‘‘T orch of R eason ” if they it can be printed, and the contest
wish to keep track of how the work thereon close by the m iddle ol Sep-
progresses. I would like to answ er tern her. because my pam phlet m ust
all appropriate inquiries through the contain the successful tract, or one
T orch , and give credit there, for compile«! from the best of each, and
w hatever helps I m ay receive. Be Bi p rin t by Oct. 1st.
W henever a very good argum ent
1 he subject of the first tract as
for eith er of the tracts is sent me, given in the enrollm ent paper of
or I find any by reading or think- ¡Ju n e 2 1th ,is ‘‘C haracter of God and
¡ng, I believe I had better send it Bible im m orality; how religion pro
right on to the T orch ; a n d th u s k e e p motes licentiousness, dishonesty
your rea«lers interested, and feeling **nd wars. Scientific knowledge of
th a t the work is m oving on, and H>,,s and punishm ents promotes
thus win them into th in k in g , and m orality. ’ But I am afraid th a t
hunting up helping argum ents to isso bold a statem ent th at C hristians
send me. But I must answ er some W’B refuse to read it. So while the
inquirers direct, and select and tract roust prove this, the subject
send for some freethought pamph- will he sim ply “ Can sins he fo»-
lets, and write to some who may given?” We may find it necessary
help on the enrollm ent, tracts, etc.
modify or obliterate sum«* of the
and I intern! to complete th e first “ ther subjects in th a t list, to win
tra c t and the re v is'd plan for the their being read; what they must
pam phlet between Sep. 1st and Oct. prove is mapped out in th a t list.
1st, so w hatever I writ«* for the
1 hough only one can win the
T orch for some tim e m ust la* brief, honor on each tract, ail who try
(excepting such parts of This as von "'BI he developing th eir own brains
can use).
*n the right direction, and learning
I have 12 ‘‘pigeon holes,” to be to write in th a t clear, concise, strong
labeled with the 12 subject*, rea Jy convincing stvle which m akes the
for the a rg u m e n ts papers, hooks, ideal author. Most all w riters and
etc., th a t I get hold of, appropriate publi«*, speakers are too wordy, for
to help in the preparation of th e 12
,ew n,,w i,lea’ ll,e-v Kiv<! “ *•
P erhaps some m ay prefer to
tracts: go when I am ready to write choose a subject th at I have not
each, whatever m aterials have come s»*lecte«l, and write such a powerful
to my hand for th a t tract, will he tra c t, th a t it will he used in place
together. I w ant a request put in o f my suhj» cis. Let us have a year
the T orch th at all who have any of developing power in beneficent
freethought tract w riting to open
pam phlet, old paper, or hook, con the wav and lav the foundation for
tain in g ap p ro p riate argum ents for the evolution and propagation of
any of the tac's will send such to Scientific Wisdom through Sunday
me, or copy off w hatever is ap propri Scientific Schools ami meetings.
ate and ju st send th a t, as well as a r
gum ents th«*y think out themselves.
If they have only one brief arg u
m ent, send it. All helps f«»r the first
tract should he sent me by Aug. 20;
all for the second tract by Sep. 20,
and so on.
All who favor th e m o v e m en t
. . . . .
.
enough to help it along, in any way
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