THE TORCH OF REASON, ^LVEIUÎON. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER
13, 1898.
iug thn music and elocution pupils, It is not your fault, but n o w v o u r
more potent factor in h«» life 11»»» con du ct. D i -
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between tw enty and tw entv-fiv. atten tio n has been called o h ’ v,....... 11
.d u e« to n he can
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t «’ ts a dehanee o,
students, and our building will la- will act wisely to d r i v
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b ? laW8> h ,K a,‘ ” '»trage upon the
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so full before winter Is
over
that a - s p i k s o u 7 7 f vour X
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victims of
selfish-
will be obliged Io use some of the free. We «re vour friends a I » I I I
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° f a n c *“' , " 1',‘ B h o "*‘r? LnpsK» a n l '
» com m unity, which,
lower room s for study rooms.
help you all we c u n , a n d when y o n '™
’ We** i f i ‘ " ' r" rullu-iently im bue,1 with
the probabilities are th at he will a knowledge of n a tu ra l law, ordi-
Be not deceived; no hum an work fare free, we want you to help un
p n rta k e o f their nature. If a child nary kindness, or proper sense of
is perfect, but our school contains drive all the witches and angels
is horn of a race who have lived by justice, would m ake laws prev en t-
the eien.ents of success— it w.lj s u e and g h n ^ fro m the m inds of men
j ‘..¡ng and thieving, the chances are Hig irwproper types from perpetuat-
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wound th
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little m
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legs. I le
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of m e”.
and wound
learn
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wonder why their children are like in building hospitals, ja ils and
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say, ‘‘D epart from me, ye accursed neither of them , thinking th at all court-houses, which have to be us-
of our fathers, into everlasting children m ust resemble one nr the ed in a large measure for the care
A n O p e n L e tte r.
darkness to a place prepared hv other of their parents. This ignor- of the m oral m onstrosities horn of
Silverton, Oregon, /
Secularism for the devil and his ance is a proof of how little they such abnorm al parentage. Instead
Oct. 10, 1898 After Christ. \
a ngels.”
have thought on the reproduction of m aking reproduction a subject
D ear C h r is t ia n :—
Good bye. We hope you will of the race, and shows also th at of scientific investigation and pre-
\ o u said in vours of the 1st inst. 1 . ,i
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take no offense at w hat we have tliey do not u n d erstand the sim- paration, it is left to instictive ac-
t h a t \<>u do not believe in witches, _ • « f
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, ’ , sa,,l< f" r lt. IH ” u r h,>nw,t °P ,n,On-
plest law or principle in connection tion, as with the beasts of the field,
and you ridiculed the idea, but do
Y ours for Progress,
therew ith. \\ bile a man will m ake I or, worse still, to the abnorm al op-
you not know th at the unholy book !
S ecular J o h n ,
, efforts t<> trace the pedigree of a eration of the physically depraved
you call th e holy bible is the only I
t h e D e v il - H a t e r .
horse which lie is about to pur- organism s with
which society
one in use in civilized countries
chase, and insist th a t it shall he , abounds. An enlightened ami con-
th a t teaches that, there are such
free from vices and had blood, he seientious person would endeavor
beings, and also com m ands th at
H ered ity .
will at the sam e time take a wo­ to select for a com panion one whose
people shall not suffer a witch to
man in m arriage w ithout even in ­ qualifies of m ind and body (in
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live. Think of thtL terrible m ental
of
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eason.
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quiring w hether her parents or com bination with his own) would
and physical suffering th a t this one
u n h o ly s ta te m e n t fro m v o u r d re a m
‘A man finds room in the few s q u a r e g ran d p aren ts were insane, scrofu­ assist in the elevation and perfec­
hook of Witches an d ghosts has
° ' h‘" lous, epileptic, consum ptive or idi­ tion of the race, thus obviating the
otic. If the results of his m arriage necessity of m ain tain in g the °va>t
caused.
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* E very b irth is a hygienic regenera-
of professional tinkers
IOU sa y you believe in a n g e ls , tio n . T he c o n stitu tio n a l defects w hich should prove disastrous, and a fam- arm ies
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udiir’iiiii io m e ir on- ilv of foolish, scrofulous or vicious which abound in every com m unity,
Well, p erh ap s the belief in angels
sp rin g are m odified by th e bequest of an m ake their appearance, he will, if Is a child born diseased in his
does less harm th an the belief in older w o rld .” —O sw ald.
he be a religious m an, a ttrib u te physical n atu re? — straig h tw ay a
witches, but it does great harm ,
“ T e cannot gather grapes from this dire calam ity to the will of his medical tinker is hired to endeavor
neverthele»». I. ,s a great black ,horn8 nor „ from , hig
th a a t t lor
for a a ‘ wise
wise and
and to patch up the defect. I h one born
lie. 1 here are no sucn things as o
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h god, and state m
angels, and
an d besides
besides the
th e great
, re a l harm
h . n „ “ a pnrrrpt
” a " . d . • < t " , ^ " 1 v " “ > *“ » " • ''« » « ««*>- | I inbCrutable
inscrutable purpose”
purpose” he
be has
has been
bee,, m entally w e a k ? — he is given in
angels,
th a t all such superstitious ideas do, „.jn
,
'° n °r . na «7* I
to vds’1 bim with this afflic- charge of a teacher of imbeciles. Is
it has the tendency of keeping p e o -¡shn„ L ° hVHvo' a t 1
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® tion, never for a m om ent endeavor- he horn m entally unbalanced? —
pie from in v estig atin g the real frn i i<5
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great a v ariet> °U ing to trace these effects to their then a theological tinker is called
causes of things.
' ,’,rna,J )ein£8 i cause.
Not so would this sam e upon to try to rem edy by “ regener-
You believe th a t angels have tf "
P * 1* 1 * « »
" • » reason if the horse turned a .io n ” the “ sins of the fathers
Wings \ w X n k hard or a few d
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H e which are visited upon the chil-
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ch aracter as the men and | would accuse Ihe dealer of dishon- dren tc the th ird and fourth gener
minutes.
they have wings they women who in te rm a rry . The law es.y, an d would know .h a t .he p e d -; a d o n s T
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must be attach ed to a body and
this body m ust he in the shape of a
hum an being, for of course it would
be absurd J i h i n k of them aU ach-
t
of inherited q u a lity and ch aracter i igree of the horse w hs not ret re
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1 ' Such a stdte of g r a v i t y ought
¡com plex hart of n r o r a f
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*tS p are“ tage was I " “t iu the present general diffusion
vestigate a",d n ro v e " S t l b re e d ' X T
° ' h? d
So blind-1 of knowledge to exist. Society as
ed to nothing, or to any o ther th an ¡„g on scientific principles
as it ar
’ suP*r s ," 1° " a n a 'gnorance now constructed is o n th e m o s te x -
heS^ctic- „LZX
a h u m an b o d y - s u c h as a dog, „r a baa been and is noX
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cat, or a monkey. T his bodv m ust ed on an extended a n d i n tp l l ia p n t t
r
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^ c tr tif ic th a t it is possible to conceive, Iie-
be dressed or undressed and either e d
n
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breedln8 >» regard to the rearing cause cultivated and inherited self-
w a a ifg
/ r o el
u tak
e e H
X p'» T y ^ ' X
are in th e breeding ¡»
is the basis
it; and thia
an
fa th
r th it an is a v e p n i , r absurd
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: m 't C hildren’
th eir induence
tra '-e
it s is s fostered
and of increased
by
an a.igei u u n . m a n a p u rely hu- and tee laws observed in im p ro v -! of cattle
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m an one w ithout wings) in pants, j na the v irions rare« n f » n i m Ola ' i
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' vicious public opinion which
bloomers or petticoats is enough to which are under cultivation
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Ignorance and selfishness a re , teaches v irtu ally th at a m an is het-
drive an a rtis t wild, and one with-
These sam e laws nut in onera !
; reP’odl,c,ng their own ter in pnqiortion to th e am ount of
out any clothing is enough to shock tio n w illp ro d i.e e sim ilar res., la in ! X T X
*'*'e n t d '’ ,he8e " " " 'O ' hfi can 8e t> "« d »hie leads
even a m ethodis. preacher.
L u k ’ nd fiw m an 1 an a , m
n’ t
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me" a " d
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mon-
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f
1 1 arn 8urPri8ed at the num ber of ey w ithout regard to th eir fitness
The, th in k o f he wings. A ,e m any degrees removed from
the decent people there are in exist- for parentage
It leads also to
hey attach ed
to the body with a next lower m am m al; and when hu- ence. Ignorance is in some sort an dense ignorance- for all the now
ball-and-socket p an t?
Have
the m an, ty is sufficiently developed in excuse, hut in these days of gen- ers of m ind and body being h e n t X
wings the hum erus, the ulna, the wisdom, justice, and true
tru e religion, eral
eral scientific
scientific knowledge
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some indi- acquisition, the m ind . is 8 draw
radius and phalanges the same as a we shall be able to im prove the viduals are responsible for the mis- away from the study of the n atu ra l
bird’s wing? H ave they veins, and race upon scientific principles, and era hie failures in the form of chil- sciences, and men and women are
would they bleed if punctured? create higher types of men and wo- dren which one finds in everv com-
lienee very ig n o ran t of them selves
Have these wings feathers, or are men un a basis which shall bring
m u n ity . Selfishness m ust he the and of the laws which govern th eir
they like b a ts’ wings? I th in k I forth more perfect specimens, and ru lin g motive, since men knowing- being. This knowledge is the very
hear you say, ” 1 d o n ’t know". No, more satisfactory, th an are now lv perpetuate vicious and sickly first step tow ard a righteous life,
you do not know, because there is produced under the instinctive types, sim ply to gratify them selves
for no one can do right while igno r­
no such an im al in existence, except m ethod, which is the only one em- in th e possession of a certain wo­
an t of the laws of m ind and hodv.
in the m inds of the ignorant. Yes, ployed by m an and anim als, except m an, or for m ercenary motives. I
of those other m atters which
ignorant. You m ay he inform ed in those cases w here men use their am inform ed th at a certain honor- and
influence greatly m ental and phys-
on
als . able sen ato r of one of our western ¡cal well-being. The m aioritv of
• some , subjects, hut if . you believe
. , r reason
1 in the selection of anim
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g°, ’ -'ol' a re ,
.I8n,’r»n( of for the purpose of im proving them states had horn to him several cbil- people are far more ignorant of
toe irn in as th a t «id Irish C atholic by a judicious m ingling of forms dren by an insane wife after she their own physiques th a^ tbev are
lady we m -t over on the coast who and faculties.
had been pronounced incurable. I of the n a.tire'and laws of J . n i n e X
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m
» .eves in witches ami ghosts.,
I he inherited nature of man is a fail to see the will of a g.«f in such ¡or
of
fashionable
amusement,.