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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 13, 1898)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1*9X. 3 M iracles. less the testim ony be of such a kind ' th a t its falsehood would be more ' I should not believe such a storv - m „.jrun.iUno »u fact r . . . . iraculous ii.on than the which it were it told . me . by _ Cato, was a * pro- endeavors to establish; >ui: u and j even in verbial saying t u a Q, t case there is a m utual . i destruc- . - . 6 in Rome, ’ even dur- th ing the lifetim e of th a t philosoph tion of argum ents, and the superior ical patriot. The incredibility of a only gives us an assurance suitable fact, it was allowed, m ight in v al to th a t degree of force which r e - idate so great an au th o rity . m ains after deducting the inferior.” j The In d ian prince who refused to w h ^ any'm ’ie'lelìs'm “ 'th a t he saw . . . believe the first relations concern- a dead n,a „ regtQred j jm . ing the effects of frost reasoned m edia,e |}. congider witb „ ¿A justly, and it n atu ra lly required | wheth„ ¡, be probable t h a t , ? ! ' very strong testim ony to engagehis tbis pergon sbou| d ejther de(,ejve J U f c assent to facts th a t arose front a be deceived> or , b at the fact wbjcb 1 state of n atu re with which Ite was be rft,ateg ghou,d rea)|y have . unacquainted, and which bore so „ ,, , . . \ , pened. I weigh the one m iracle M / little analogy to those events of .1. . , , . J , against the other, and according to which he had had co n stan t and • •, . • , T j - .A ir , . the superiority which I discover I uniform experience. Though thev x , . . , . tl/ r * pronounce my decision, and alw ays I Air were not contrary to his experience, • , , .. , .1 . ,, 1 ’ reject the greater m iracle. If th e kA/ thev were not conform able to it. t . t , • . . Air falsehood of his testim ony would I But in order to increase the prob- be m ore m iraculous than the event \fX ability against the testim ony of which he relates, then, and not till witnesses, let us suppose th a t the then, can he pretend to com m and fact which they affirm, instead of my belief or opinion.— [H um e. being only m arvelous, is really m i raculous; an d suppose, also, th at W h en ? the testim ony,considered a p a rt and in itself, am ounts to en tire proof; When have Infidels opposed in in th a t case there is proof against vestigation, education and scieuce? proof, of which the strongest m ust ., , W hen have Infidels founded iu- prevail, out still with a dim inution • .. . , . e . . .. . .. «• qusitions to to rtu re people into of its force in proportion to th a t of t j)ejr belief? itS an,agO ni6t W h e n ^ h a s Infidelity afflicted ...The.... g wz V I, g ? 1 I ¿1 I University \tz \V T H E O NLY S C H O O L OF T H E K IN D . 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The plain consequence is (and it is a general m axim w orthy of our W oodw orkers, d o n ’t forget to send an atten tio n ), “ th a t no testim ony is o rd er for a set of tb e E o rstn er Auger sufficient to establish a m iracle un- B its. Price. $2.60 By m ail. See ad. _ I 1 41