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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, DECEMBER 7, 1899. ß P re m a tu re A ttack s on Science. . . . F o r s tn e r ’s . . . Secularists would you not like to have some letterheads printed with Secular sentiment and W ettstein’s Freethought badge, to use in corre spondence with your friends? We will furnish them to you with your name and address printed on th e m for 75 cents per hundred, $1.50 per 250, <»r $2.50 for 500, postpaid. Let the people know wnere you stano. W oodw orkers, d o n ’t forget to send o rd er for a set of th e F o rstn e r Auger Bits. Price. $2.60 by m ail. See ad. Those who do pioneer work in science encounter not only the in IS INVALCABE TO herent difficulties of research and C a rp e n te rs a n d J o in e rs , for m o rtisin g , interpretation, but also the misap O ur tee re tu rn e d if we fail. A ny one se n d in g such as le ttin g in locks, as it takes th e prehension of certain educated men sk e tc h a n d descrip tio n of a n y in v e n tio n w i.l place of chisel an d g o u g e ; to p ro m p tly receive o u r opinion fre e c o n c ern in g whose distinctive gift is a fatal th e p a te n ta b ility of sam e. “ H ow to O btain a C a b in e t M a k e rs , for inlaid w ork, dow- P a t e n t ” se n t u p o n request. P a te n ts secured th ro u g h u s adv ertised for sale a t o u r expense. elling, patching, rem oving splits and genius for applying false standards P a te n ts ta k e n out th ro u g h us receive sp e cia l knots. In fact, no of measurement to the progress of notice, w ith o u t ch arg e, in T h e P a t e n t R eco r d , a n illu stra te d a n d w idely circu lated jo u rn a l, W a g o n o r P a t t e r n M a k e r m a n u fa c tu r thought. 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A n y O th er W o o d w o rk e r, should be newer results are out of harmony w ith o u t it. with its ea ’ier hypotheses, such AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED. critics love to point out these con COLLEGE OF tradictions, and try to prove that It ’S th e only round b it in th e world th a t will bore a SQ U A R E HOLE the branch in question is no science j a n d do all th a t any o th er at all, and that its teachers are bit will do. hardly worthy of respectful consid PR IC ES. O F C H IC A G O Set of five,different sizes,p o stp aid . .$2.60 eration Single b it, p o s tp a id .................................. 6 ' The history of science contains many interesting chapters pertain A ddress, LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO. F a ll T e rm w ill B e g in S e p te m b e r 2 7 ing to this kind of criticism and the fate that has invariably overtaken D ire c to rs o f th e C o rp o ra tio n it. When Copernicus and Galileo A. E. G ammage , President, 167 D earborn St. ............................................................ 52 D earborn St. showed the absurdity of the Ptole J . IL G r eek , M. I)., V ice-P resid en t an d T re a s u re r................ 2203 G ladys Ave. F lorence E . D ressler , S e c re ta ry ................................................ maic astronomy, the theologians enjoyed themselves for a time, as FACULTY they demonstrated—to their own E D IT H T E N L E Y C L A R K E , M. D., W M . F. TA IT, M. D., D ean , Professor of G eneral and E x p erim e n tal entire satisfaction—the folly of all Professor of In s titu te s of M edicine an d Physiology. Surgery. rationalistic attempts to explain W. E . W IN S K E L . M. D ., W M . W . COOK, A. M ., M. D. what revelation only could make Professor of Science of M edicine, T h e ra P rofessor of G eneral and D escriptive A natom y and Surgical E m ergencies. peutics and M ateria M edica. clear. When Darwin explained . . . IS A BOOK OF . . . R. V. W A G N ER , M. D., C H A R L E S E. BO W ER S, M. D., the origin of species through varia Professor Professor of E lectro -T h erap eu tics. of P ractical and C linical M ed icine. tion and natural selection, the pre E D W A R D D. W A H L , M . D „ Professor of P hysics, C h em istry , U r in C H A R L E S J . L E W IS , M. D., tensions of biology were completely alysis and Toxicology. Profesor of Physiology of th e Nervous 6 exploded by its lay and clerical System , and G eneral Pathology and H O W A R D TAYLOR SM IT H , D, D. S., L e c tu re r on nervous Diseases. Professor of D ental Surgery. critics (they thought and said so) H O M E R O. BATES, M. D., W . E . W IN S K E L , M. D ., by the extremely simple device of Professor of M edical an d Surgical G y n D em o n strato r of A natom y. aecology. the “deadly parallel column.” Was JO H N J . B R A D LE Y , M. I)., W IL L IA M A. T A IT , M. I)., L ectu rer on Rectal and Anal D iseases. not Cuvier a great anatomist, and Professor of O perative and C linical S u r AN LON FR A N K , had he ever taught this nonsense gery an d Surgical D iagnosis. On th e follow ing and D em o n strato r of Surgical In stru m e n ts JO S E P H H . G R E E R , M. D „ about the mutability of species? k in d red S u b jects: an d O rthopedical A ppliances. Professor of M edical and Surgical G en- Was not Agassiz the most learned ito -U rin a rv Diseases and D erm atology. OTTOM AR C A R L IC Z E K , D em o n strato r of R oentgen Rav D iagno naturalist alive, and what had he A. E. G A M M A G E , A ttobxbt , sis an d of Illu m in atin g an d C autery S e lf C o n tro l to say about Darwinian vagaries? Professor of M edical Ju risp ru d e n c e an d A p p aratu s. In sa n ity . Had he not proved, over and over S e if R e s p e c t FR A N K S. L E W IS , H . W . S C A IF E , M. A., M. D. In s tru c to r in L atin . again, that the very concept of the Prof.of H ygiene and P rev en t ive M edicine W h a t is M o ra lity ? species was the notion of a group of ees and Expenses. W h a t is Ig n o ra n c e characteristics that could not pos Matriculation Fee, paid only F once 5.00 sibly change or be changed from G eneral T icket, each y ear of a tte n d ..................................................................$ a n c e .................................................................. ’ 60.00 F raud a C rim e generation to generation? In more A natom ical T icket, including m a te ria l, first and second years, each y e a r . . . . 5.00 H a b it, 2 n d N a tu re recent years we have again seen L aboratory T icket, first and second y ears, each y e a r .............................................. 5.00 the same method of reducing sci P o lite n e s s A -------------------------- ence to a variety show’ for the en tertainm ent of the tired general ; P R O G R E S S IV E M E D IC A L C O L L E G E W is d o m reader applied to both biology and In K eeping w ith th e A dvance of th e tim es. E tc , e tc ., e tc . psychology.—[From Exact Methods Tho Direct have decided to make Special Liberal Inducements in Sociology, by Franklin H. Gid O ne of th ese c h a p te rs is Address for Announcement dings, in Appletons’ Popular .Sci to readers of the TORCH OF REASON. W orth m ore to and Terms, Young and old th a n th e ence Monthly for December. P rice of th e book. Medicine-Surgery C O -E D U C A T IO N A L RIGHT LIVING . 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