6 THE TORCH OF REASON SILVERTON OREGON, JANUARY 4, 1900. Six Tracts to Promote The Plea of the Ego. Scientific Wisdom e h av e p la c e d ©uç tru m p Gaijd an d In the case of “Egoism vs. Altru ism”, which , w L o w X the plea week’s Torch In Place of C h ristia n ity : a„.i exposition which i,r. T o p in - 1 Can Sins be Forgiven? 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil ization? 3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable? 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions. 5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit? 6 Immortality or Annihilation? JUST THE THING to hand to your C h ristian friends. Send 2 cents for 6, or 6 cents for 26 tra c ts, to E liza M owry B liven , Brook lyn, C onn., or send 10 cents for 60, e ith e r k ind or as sorted k in d s, to ard makes of the world as seen bv t o ^ a g a in s t c o m b in a tio n s a n d tr u s ts he ¡nti. bg ifeadin£> ©uif ad. in th e S ilv e rto n mates is from the animal point of view; for if the social point of A p p eal. an individualist— which view is considered, Man is raised above the animal. As the poet, William Smith, says it: Mail Orders Promptly Attended to. Samples Sent.Free 0D Application. “ Man is not, b u t in S ociety, Man m eans S ociety.” Else he is theanirnal!—if he could live at all? What the social man has to say THE LIBERAL UNIVERSITY OC., will next appear; but let us all now Silverton . . Oregon stand up as enlightened animals, and take a look at the great Natur alist’s scientific photo of our indi vidual inner selves. For are we not all in it? Is there a trait in all that composite picture which might not at some time have come from our inner feelings or thoughts? Is it not true that most of us will begin at once to confess and justify in this wise:—Yes! Iam doing just so, be cause others are, and because we all IS A HOOK OF must, if we would live at all. We can neyer live by giving ourselves away. If I don’t look after all my S ix ty satisfactions, higher and lower, who will? You call me an “auimal E x c e l l e n t ego”! Well, isn’t it a fact that Na C h a p t e r s ture made ine just that, and no much more? Why haven’t I the right to make the most of my life On th e following and to me? I didn’t ask the world nor k in d red S u b jects: anybody to make me, and now the world has got me here, it owes me S e lf C o ntrol the highest satisfaction I can get out of it—that is my natural right! S e lf R e sp e ct I owe it nothing. It is simply my W h a t is M o rality? oyster to open and enjoy, and I just W h a t is Ignorance mean to do it. As to the other fel lows about me, just let them take Fraud a C rim e care of themselves! I am not here o take care of them. My use of H a b it, 2nd N a tu re them is to increase my enjoyments. Politeness My rights are certainly equal to theirs, at least so I grant, because I W isdom must in order to get along with E tc ., e tc ., e tc . them at all; but I don’t work with them for any result that will not One of these c h a p te rs is end to increase the personal satis W orth m ore to faction of my appetites, pleasures, Young and old th a n th e D R E Y E R & C R A IG SILVERTON, OREGON S T R IC T L Y O N E P R IC E RIGHI LIVING Price of th e book. ambitions or vanities. . . . IT SHOULD BE IN . . EVERY bound HOME! a n d re c e iv e a n e a tly Ic th copy, post p a id . A G E N T S WANTED. g f TORCH OF REASON Song Book N o. 2 . “Truth bears the Torch in the search For Truth.” S IL V E R T O N , OREG O N: L IB E R A L U N IV E R S IT Y PRESS 1888 I K IC C I CUN C fcIN I Jhe W iley B. Allen Co. T1 IS INVALÜABE TO And so— Carpenters and Joiners, for mortisim? on and on! Let us think how much of the gooa anu necessary there may he in this individual view of life. Think, too, how this champion of e s ’ ... p ,o n ° .elf-interest will come off when things go awry, and when the sun- set of life begins to throw the sha dow and chill of the night, when the joys, ambitions, and even the hopes of the “self” for self must be no more? Is the Egoists view of life the best that can be taken? the best that can be done? t . b . w . no le ttin g in 1 locks, ___ •. as it . tak . es th . e such as place of chisel and gouge; to Cabinet Makers, for inlaid work, dow- elling, patching, removing splits and knot8‘ Infact.no T o rc h © f * ' 1Y iThey are only 10 cents each. j 2Q Q -2II F irs t S t., P O R T L A N D . OREO. 50 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE e r ?f pianos, organs, . - sew achines, - r i ing ng m ............. ag ric u ltu ral im p lem en ts, sash , blinds, fu rn itu re , n o r Any Other Woodworker, should be without it. AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED. It ’s th e only ronnd bit in th e world th a t will bore a SQ U A R E H O L E and do all th a t any o th e r b it will do.* P R IC E S . 8hould have «copy of the lorob Of Reason Song Book, No. 2. Address, O regon Th O ldest ! th e Largest ! M usic Store. L eading P i anos and O rgans. Wag°n °r Pattern Maker manufactur Set of five,different sise s,p o stp a id . .>2.60 Single b it, p o stp a id .................................. #o -ADDRE88- S ilv er to n © U lf ^ F U n d t U G - th e T rade M ar k s D e s ig n s C o p y r ig h t s A c . Anyone sendlnu a sketch and description mar Quickly ascertain our opinion free whether a; Invention is probably patentable. Communier» tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest mrency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn A Co. receivt t-fclrtl notice, without chanre, in th e Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. I.areest cir culation o f any scientific Journal. Terms. a SSYL’a««? Sold by all new sdealem MUNN & Co.36,BrM'1«’- New York Branch Office. <325 F S t, Washington. D. C. LIBERAL UNIVERSITY CO SILVERTON, OREGON. " oodw orkers, d o n ’t forget to send an o rd er for a set of th e F o rstn e r A uger B its. P rice, $2.60 by m ail, bee ad.