Torch of reason., April 19, 1900, Page 3, Image 3

THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON. OREGON, APRIL 19, 1900.
truth will bear high th e flam ing the modern P an th eistic p h ilo e o -' «fc o
torch and b u rn out th is contagion— phers, was born a t Nola, in the
the rot of past agesl
kingdom of Naples.
At an early
We m ust now leave the evolu- age he m anifested a mind of his
tion of universal beliefs and see own and an insatiable desire to
what has been done in the evolu- know T ru th . One after another th e
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tbfc'enuien' w e r î ^ r u -
to m odern times.
tinized by his keen intellect, and
A few other cran k s most w orthy one after another were condemned
I aac e w ton, b3 his judgm ent as u n tru e and un-
C hristopher Colum bus and G iorda- worthy of the progressive mind.
no Bruno.
Ih u s fell the doctrines of T ransub-
fl Hew family medical Work
Y oung Isaac one day sat in his stantiation and the Im m acu late
bv Dr. 1 R. 0reer, Cbleaao
father’s orchard, beneath one of the Conception. So strong was church
H IS book is up to d ate in every p a r­
spreading denizens of the grove, opinion against him th a t he had to
tic u la r.
r
and as he rested there, his eyes fix­ flee to Sw itzerland,thence to F rance
I t tells you how to cure yourself
by sim ple a n d h a rm less hom e re m ­
ed on the luscious fruit overhead, and E ngland, back again to France
edies.
an apple fell to the ground. Thous­ and G erm any, and at last he ven­
I t recom m ends no poisonous or
ands of years has passed before th a t tured to return to Venice. Then
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dan g ero u s dru g s.
rd an t 8
com nion-sense m eth o d s in
moment; an innum erable num ber the Inquisition arrested and sent acco
T?H ance w ith n a tu r e ’s laws.
of m inutes had passed before th a t sent him before the exam iners. Two t h e s u ^ n ’sklilfe™6 dangerou8 « P « r im e ts w ith
m inute; countless m illions of sec­ years of persecution could not in ­ m e fh X he8 h°W tO 8aVe health and life by 8afe
onds had passed before th at second, duce him to recant, so on the 17th
it l L eritirely free fro,n tech n ical ru b b ish .
and m any an apple had fallen be­ of F ebruary, 1600, he was burned how i o a v o i i T entÌOnr th a t U is b e tte r 10 k n °W
neath m any a tree, but never had at the stake as a heretic.
as a cure.
dl8ea8e th a n to tak e any m edicine
As the biting flames arose about
an apple aw akened in any mind
’-rphoid ami o th er fevers can he
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the W hy th a t th a t apple awoke in his ch arrin g body there was taken n o t h p rev en ted and cured, and riv es th e best
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ond. From th is sim ple observation which had made it real. Ouce more
It h as Id r n C C . 81! ? w ar on vaccination and th è
the
cross
had
been
stained
by
the
he founded the basis for the form ­
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h®““ 1'' ' >y “ “ salee
ulation of the laws of gravity,w hich blood of a m a rty r to T ru th , leaving and
Dr
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P rofessor
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norance, and for his wonderful work to all the world, “ In the nam e of
P rof W m 11. c o o k , f o r t h i r t y y e a n . D ean o f th e
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he was called a “c ra n k ” .
C m c.m m ti P h y . i o - M e d i c a l C o lle g e , w rite , to an / 1 t h ® ,H arvard M edical In s titu te ,
th e a u th o r a s fo lio w i
»the
Wr-l tte n n?a n y works of value to
Chief am ong the great revolu­
‘• I h a v e e x a m in e d y o u r b o o k , ‘ A P h y sic ia n in th e
C hristopher Colum bus, a youth
‘th
e
profession
an d p u b lic.
t-inc e 'v Un< a (" ' " l " c h J ,l'“ sl‘<l w U h lt8 c o n te n ts an d
tionists
of
Biological
life
are
A.
R.
of Genoa, Ita ly , had a fondness for
, r ,,ia . book has S00 pages, is neatly
h e a lth o f i h l
k n o 'r howr to e * .« - f o r th e
l,.» tl h v f 7 h o ” ch o !d . w h ich is a h u m a n l i g h t an d
Jxiuml m cloth w ith gold le tte rs,a n d wifi
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and
Charles
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in
sea life. Day after d ay he would
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u n d e rs ta n d
i con
be se n t postpaid to any address on re­
fathers
of
the
theory
of
evolution.
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follow with his eyes the course of
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the “ birds of the h a n d ” as they sail­ • ,
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of
the
theory
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constructed,)
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ed m ajestically to the ports of the
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the
facts
so
evident,
th
a
t
it
has
be-
East. And as he sat there and
wondered he thought, “ W hy c a n ’t come an im penetrable barrier, grow­
vl How to Make
I by sailing directly west come to ing stronger with the assault. To
India, instead of tak in g a circuitous day evolution is m aking Science
route around Africa?”
In those the basis of m orals and not “spook-
ji
n,i n;;n u Ll
.j .
ology.”
Evolution
can
never
be
days the geographical idea was
The G o v e rn m e n t n atio n alized th e P o stal System whv
A.PU?.i8t.°.ldby
ELT0N BLANCHARD
com paratively rude.
They knew reconciled with religion. They are
diam
etrically
opposed.
There
is
nothing much of countries beyond
either no evolution or no God. The
the M editerranean Sea.
To the facts all point th a t evolution is the
west was supposed to be the boiling, only possible theory; it is the only
seething deep, inhabited only by theory th a t has the m aterial proof,
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devils and sea m onsters. Some and religion resting on nothingness
All
profits
on
th
is hook will be given to th e L io eral U n iv e rsity
said, “ 1 he e a rth is fiat, and if one m ust sink below. The duty of man
Should lie in th e h a ^ ^ v e r y t h , n k . n g p erson
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is not to a “ spook” or a “ nothing,”
should sail too far w’est he would but his d u ty is to his fellow m an.
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fall off.” B u tC o lu m b u s, believing The ideal heaven is the republic,
in the C opem ican theory, set about not in infinity,but on earth . Duty
al .
• F orstn er’s
to
one’s
self
and
to
each
other
is
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t
a
k
e
th e
to procure ships. He visited m any
I l k l =
courts in vain.
H e w’as classed the religion of Progress, R epublic T o r c h Of ReaSOn**
I L
and H um anity!
I t is only One D ollar a Y ear, anr
a crank and heretic by all.
W e do not have to look back to
co n tain s reading m a tte r th a t you can
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At last he gained a convert in Isa ­ H ipparchus and Galileo for cranks,
not get elsew h ere for th re e tim es th e
bella. queen of Spain. In order to they are with us. Today the wheel
m oney. I t com es ev ery week, too. C a r p e n te r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g ,
such as le ttin g in locks, as it ta k e s th e
P r° g re88 ’8 slowly rolling onward,
vindicate his cause she sent him
place of chisel an d gouge; to
out on the boundless deep in three
i,s im >>e,“ s, ,from t h e " “ ^ e Do - you take the
C a b in e t M a k e r s , for in la id w ork, dow-
pfrookoii
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of
H
um
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eggshells and with a handful of Infidel a crank; he is known by i
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ckimmed the seas. H e was beset him. “ By these signs you shall
by a m utinous crew and heavy know th em ” :--h o n est truthseekers
s'orme, but his u n d au n ted courage
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