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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1900)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JULY 5, E. M. 300 (1909.) t L ib r a r v o f L ib e ra l C la s s ic s . The Scientific Bequest to T w en -' simply been displaced; it has been annihilated and cannot again be tieth Century. Fac-simile of the Cloth Edison» ot Fac-simile of the Illuminated Paper habilitated. the Famous • Covers of the 6. Anthropological and histori BY PROF. A. E. DOLLIVER. cal research has made the old his- LIBRARY OF LIBRARY OF -------- tories of mankind valueless. Hag LIBERAL CLASSICS LIBERAL CLASSICS E v ery b o d y is aware that th e ino‘ the great pyramid of Egypt mental products of this century arc been built 0000 years, and have we • real. It is often said, and said "°t Babylonian books made 9000 .Bure : years ago? Has not the Peabody truly, that more has been accom : Museum in Cambridge bushel« o f' r 1 * i ? *'- nit i plished in this century than in ail i implements made in ¡ receding centuries. hand-made These are the bequests of the Srw Jersey in glacial times? Did ni neteenth century to the twen- not the Calaveras skull man live as much as a hundred thousand vnars tieth: _ . i . ago? Did Moses write the Penta- 1. The discovery that almost ° teuch? Did 600,000 Israelites leave everything which had been held as Egypt in a body about 1400 B. C.? ifft «X-'G truth in preceding centuries was Does the Book of Daniel present r.ot true. The discovery of the authentic history? Did Herodotus P A P E R E D IT IO N S . C L O T H E D IT IO N S . conservation of energy made it P ain e’s Age o f Reason ....................................... *5 and Diodorus write real history, p a in c s C o m p l e t e w o r k s . Paine's C om m on S e n se .................................. •••• 15 P a n e s Political W orks. 2vol necessary to reorganize the whole Eineet Paine's R ights o f M a n ....................................... *5 and is Rollin trustworthy? What P ain e’s Theological W orks 1 vol IU uetrated P ain e’s C r is is ........................................... .... .. J® P a in e ’s M iscellaneous W orks. 1 vol of physical and chemical science. E dition, ! P aine’s R eligious A T heological W orks. Ills «0 has been found is that none of this P a in e ’s Life. By Clio R ickm an Boxed. Paine’s P rin c ip a l Political W orks. U lus...... 0Ö an d the editor o f The N ation Before that, all kind of knowledge 5 vol. $5.00 I Paine’s Life. P rofusely illu s tra te d ............... W is true, and the whole territory had al. Prof.isely illu stra te d . 1vol. „ Volney’s R uins o f E m pires. Illu stra te d .... 50 o f R e a so n .......................... was scrappy, not worthy the name to be re-surveyed as completely as F P a a m in e e ’s ’s Age Rous e a u ’s V icar o f Savoy, an d A Search for 9 R ights o f M an.......................... .......... T ru th , by Olive S c h re in e r.......................... >5 P a in e ’s Crisis of science, and no one had the clew Rousseau’s Social C o n tra c t................. . if none of them bad written a word. P aine’s Life, by ed N ational. Profusely illus. 76 . ^ s U e V s " S u p e rs titio n i n a l l Ages. P o rtra it 80 to its proper organization. This v£e^ f ' hO k lck m *n *n d , ~ ! W r i l i e r # (« In u b r u n h V r r m t n f t . P o rtra it Cbampoleon himself was but 10 Pi’*ne th e e d ito r of th e N ational 1 00 |~>jcicens’ S u n d ay U n d e r T h ree H eads. Ulna. P a in e ’s Principal Political W orks, (1 vol.)... 1 00 Hulwer,s H istory o f a F alse R eligion. Illus. century has settled that. years of age at the beginning of P a in in e ’s Political W orks, Com plete. (2 vols.).. 2 00 ra lle v ra n d ’s L etter to th e Pope. P o rtra it. . e ’s Religious a n d Theological W orks. 1 00 ,jirU\ an d c h a r a c te r o f M ahom et... 2. The discovery that the sun, this century. The data for the in P G a ibbon’s H istory o f C hristianity. Illu s....... 2 00 H nr_ Rahbaticse ........................... in s > Apology for M ahom et, th e Illus. and moon, and stars are condensa terpretation of ancient history have Gibbon’S Birth a n d C h aracter of M ahomet. 50 Hi^ Reasons U nbelief. By -- Louis „ V iardot. R e a s o n s for ------------------ ». __ F a th e r T o m a n d th e Pope a t th e V u tic a n ....... 26 tions from widely diffused gases, all been acquired during the cen through the agency of gravitation tury, and their nature has been \ alone. That forms, sizes, dis such as to disprove almost every H ç tances, motions, and physical con thing of importance deemed histor ditions and ages are all correlated, ical before this century. On the and their creation in the old sense other hand, no one will even dis was untrue. This century has set pute our records of the land of tled that. Egypt or Babylonia. . V oltaire's R om ances. Illu stra te d .................. 150 3. The discovery of means and 7 The study of nerves and their ---- Essays a n d C riticism s. ProAisely illus. 1 50 V o ltaire’s Zadig, or F a t e : and T he W h ite J . . . R ousseau’s Vicar o f Savoy. P o rtra it. Cloth 50 Bull, a S atirical R o m an ce............... methods for measuring the size of f u n c ’ t i o n s which has negatived the R ousseau’s Social C o n tract. P o rtru it ... 78 ____ T he Sage and th e A th e ist; also T he IU U W IU IIS w u i v u M ealier’. Superstition in all Ages. P o rt.a it. 1 00 of B a b y lo n ........................... the visible universe, for detecting former conceptions of the relations ahediier’# wiaubr nMtj <Jriiui«fl. Portrait 1 oo ____ T h e Princess Man o f F orty C ro w n s; a n d The H uron, or, Pupil o f N a tu re ............ and measuring the rates of move of life and mind to body, the deter- V olney’s New R esearches in A n cien t.H isto ry 1 50 -------M icrom egas; T he W orld as it Goes ; d u u U H U U vw ww j , Readers (W inwood 1 M a rty rd o m o f M an......... 100 „ ’s _ Dream _ ; J e a n n o tA Colin, etc. e P lato ment of bodies so distant that mining power of heredity rather H » c k e l’s V isit to Cevlon. P o r tr a it ........ 1 00 V oltaire»8 Rom ances, c o n ta in in g th e above 4 m in in g H . . . \ D ickens’ S unday U nder T h re e D eads, illus. 50 books in one vol. Profusely illu s tra te d .$1 00 thousands of years are needed for than Horae S a b b a tic ai................... ............ 50 I_____ L e tte rs on th e C h ristian R elig io n ........ 25 environment or training in H H iggins’ ig g in s’ Apology for M ahom et, th e Illus. 50 _____Philosophy o f H is to ry ............................... 20 their light to reach us. The dis advancing human interests, are ! B uchner’s Force atter. P o rtra it ..... 100 1 0 0 _____Ig n o ra n t P h ilo so p h e r............................... _ *3 F o rc e 'a and n d M utter. u v a u u iig ’ B uchner’s M an in Last, P re se n t a n d F u tu re . 1 00 CJiino«. C a te c h ism ................................... * 28 covery that the whole of the visible showintr themselves now in the R ochefoucauld's M on. 1 M axim s...................... 76 V o ltaire’s Essays a n d C riticism s co n tain s th e OW1I g C om te’s Positive P h ilo so p h y . P o r tr a it......... 4 00 above 4 books, pro fu sely illu s tra te d ........ 100 creation is of one piece, made of the 8 modifications in . educational, re- S G altu oodloe’s B irth o f th e R epublic. P o r tr a it .. 1 0C R e n a n ’s Life o f Jesu s. Illu stra te d ^ .............. » in u n i v . . s’ A natom y o f X egatn n ................... Z® S chonenhauer’s W isdom o f Life. P o rtra it... 28 same elements, and following the ligious and penal institutions. same laws. This century has set 8. The New Geometry is so new llcvv T a lle y ra n d ’s L e tte r to th e Pope? P ortrait... 60 ------- Htmlies in P essim ism .......................... tled these. for U nbelief. By Louis V ia rd o t...... 5t G abrielle’s Life and Im m o rta lity o f M an it has borne little fruit as J v p t f F R a easons th e r Tom and th e Pop? at th e V a tic a n ...... _ 6C D avidson’s (."anon o f th e B ible................... 4. The discovery of the ether, I but . it threatens to t n m n i l i f v n h i l o oso- I „ c lo th .................... 8 60 jia rw in ’si O rigin o f S pecies................................ 80 moony p n i i o s s o o - ( In g erso ll’s L ectures, vol. „ vol. I, fall sh e ep ....... 6 Gt H ypatia By C harles K ingsley......................... 50 as a substance not made up of phy as much as evolution has mod- — “ vol. I, h a lf m orocco.... 6 00 »¿con’s Paradoxes. P o rtra it .................. 10 (Second volum e in preparation.) ru e Scientific Religion By M aniel Sands... 60 - o rtra ■ it - 20 molecules as is matter, and as es ified former notions of nature. In g e rso ll’s Prose Poem s. P ........ 2 80 1 (nKersoll’s C ontroversy r & C hristm as Serm on 80 ---------------- “ “ C h heaper -------- — Gods and oth ler L ectures ............... eap t E dition.. 1 80 sential for the phenomena of light, Ghosts and o th e r L ectures............... 60 G ods a n d o th e r L ectu res............. 1 00 G hosts an d o th e r L ectures.......... 1 00 Lastly, the notion of what science Som e M istakes o f Moses , electricity and magnetism, and Som e M istakes o f M oses............... 1 00 In terv iew s on T alm age. is is profoundly different from what In te rv ie w s on T alm ag e........... «... 1 00 W h at M ust we do to be Saved 7.. probably of both gravitation and F ield -In g erso ll D iscussion........... 60 Blasphem y 80 Ingersoll-G ladstone C ontroversy -----Man. W om an a n d C hild. P o rtra it. it was in any preceding century. the body of matter itself. Alto ------ S hakespeare, a Lecture. P o rtra it. --------------T he C h ristian R e lig io n ................. 6C ------ About th e H oly Bible, a L ecture It is knowledge that can pass all ------- P a trio tic A d d re sse s........................ 80 gether a transforming conception ____ V oltaire, a L ecture. P ortrait.. i » x ----------------S h a k e sp ea re , s L e c tu re . P c rtra it. 60 All abstract of things a 8 R e n a n ’s Life oi Jesus. ................C loth 76 Field-Ingensoll D iscussion............... 25 criticism. - Ingersoll-G ladstone C ontroversy ... «5 of the nature of physical phe D avidson’s C anon of th e B ib le ........................ 1 00 they are, and truth, is the sub A pocryphal New T e sta n c u t .............................. 1 60 - T h e C h ristian R eligion ................... 28 nomena, of which there was not - F o u n d a tio n s o f F a ith ....................... 25 M orehouse’s W ilderness o f W orlds Illus.... 1 00 stance of uniform experience. T a b e r’s F aith o r F a c t .................................... 1 00 - H o w t o Reform M a n k in d ............... 25 even a glimpse prior to this cen K eeler’s Short H istory o f the B ible..................... 79 - Essays an d C ritic is m s .................... 25 arly le’s F re n cu R e v o lu tio n .............................w 76 - T he T ru th , a L e c tu re ...................... • «Ö These are the unique accom C S pencer's F irs t P rin c ip le s................................... 76 - C r im e s A gainst C rim in als...... ....... tury. A braham L incoln, a L ecture, Por. 26 of E tliica..................................... 76 plishments of the nineteenth cen S p I en *• cer’s E D d ata u c a tio n ............................................. 76 - W h i c h Way T A L e c tu re ................. 26 5. The discovery of the genetic rw in ’s D escent of M a n .................................. 75 - M yths a n d M iracles. A L ecture... 25 tury, which it bequeaths to the D D a arw in ’s O rigin o f Sp ecies. - P atrio tic A ddressee...................... 26 relations among all plants and ani lu-Mntipth This century has nail P ~ - r’s - O -- th e r W — orlds th a n o u rs ................. . 75 - S o m e Reasons W h y ......................... 25 ro c to tM e u tie m . A tn o J K ingsley’s H y p a tia ............................................. 73 H ypatii - W hy I am an A g n o stic .................... mals, including man, not as an to n n tln n e a r l v th e w h o le Of t h e S K c ingsley’s - Rome or Reason 7 ............. - .............. Jo h o p e n h a u er’s E ssays........................ U n u o n e c tiiy O’M eara’s N apoleon, 2 vol., Boxed. ---------- Illus. 2 60 - S uperstition. A L ecture .............. ■» idea or possibility, but a veritable tO m n r k o f 1 h i r t V c e i l tU T ies, as well a8 Las Casas N apoleon. 4 vols., Boxed Illus.... 8 00 - On th e Devil. C obbett’s E nglish G ra m m a r _ ........... ............. 1 0 0 , T h an k sg iv in g S e rm o n ..................... >5 proposition, in accordance with all W O rK OI u n i t y M acanley’s I .ays o f A ncient Rome. Illus.. 2 60 ------ As He I s .............................. * establish its own work. ----- V indication o f T h o m as P a in e ........ lfl S hakespeare P o rtray ed by H im self-...... - ....... 1 00 facts, discordant with none. Mr. _— Is Suicide a Sin 7 ................................... * O ld S p a n i s h r o m a n c e s . -r-----To th e C le rg y ........................................ 23 Darwin’s work stands unique. Like Don Q uixote, 4 vols ------ In d iv id u a lity .......................................... >8 iril de T o n n e s, 2 v o ls.. L azarillo ------ Liberty in L ite ra tu re .......................... »8 48 Etching», a great tidal wave, it has swept prm m Sve, - — O rthodoxy............................................. w I would be honest at the cradle» Bachelor o f S alam an ca, I voL. ___ ____ L im itatio n s of T o le ra tio n ................. 10 cloth. away every vestige of the old the 50 Boxed $18.00 » a n a s ’ D iscourse A bout Im m o rta lity ............ I would not toll a child anything! VanÍÜ;h^ l%, _____•* “ R elig io n ...................... 90 ories concerning the origin of living A u dventures Gil Bias, 3 v vols. . » .1 * T n o t b -n ra ro 1 « v e n t u r e s o o r f (« 1 B ia s . 3 o ls ......... _ • “ “ God ............................ 00 forms. Mankind could adjust their | as a certainty that I did not know, « g _____ ’« “ C o n d u c t...................... 50 ______ •• *• The Law of Success A dventures o f Gil Bias, 3 vois., “ “ “ - 4 50 thinking without much difficulty to I would be absolutely liouest. . a n d F a ilu re o f T hings O pposites in G eneral P O P U L A R C L O T H E D IT IO N S . ------ the nebula theory, but not to the You can stuff a chtld with the sup A dventures o f Gil Bias, 3 vois. Illustrated. $8 <K K ee]e r’„ s h o rt H is to r y _______ o f tn e Bible f b u t i t s n n n r little b r a i n 18 » . “ “ “ P o p u la r e d itio n 1 06 G a rd e n e r’s Men, W om en and G ods....... - W that Its poor m u e Asmodew», o r th e Devil on Two Sticks. Illus. 1 « Asrnodeus. or the Devil on Two Sticks. W as. 60 idea that man had arboreal ances- erstltion t „ onrl iffi n n n r l i t t l e 8 0 U l R B achelor o f S alam an ca. B lu rtrs te d ............. 1 0C B achelor o 'S a la m a n c a . B lu strated ........ 90 V anille G onzales, o r M erry B achelor. Illus 1 0® V anillo fJonzales, or th e M erry B achelor. IUe. 3D tors, and those still lower forms, a bastlle anti Its P convict. Fear is the jailer of the D°n Quixote, ino,ir.»a..... 1 «- fo r s a l e b y even to nomads. The controversy mind and superstition is the assas-1 vor s a l e b y has been settled by the date. There the T O R C H O F R E Ä S 0 N . T H E T O R C H OF R E K S O N , is no choice. The old has not | sin of Liberty.—[ Ingersoll. Silverton, O regon. * Silverton, Oregon. « r