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o o THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 6, E. M. 300 (1900.) lieauty, and should be a lesson, not for a day, but forever. It has the health of an ocean breeze. Mr. B lan d ’s reply, “ Im m o rtality and D eity,” is disappointing, for he showHthey have no real existence, as my questions intim ated; and his final disposal of them and me as “ careless, superficial and self-con- ceited,” while he inconsistently pats me on the head as “ w ell-inten- tioned,” shows th a t sp iritu al pride and confusion of intellect are both unfavorable to sincere politeness. But although our reverend friend’s “ Im m o rtality and D eity” are airy nothings, to which no “ local h ab i tation and nam e” cau be given, yet, like m any evil im aginations, they are exceedingly dangerous to thous ands who are rubbing their eye» in semi-religious twi-light. Let us then try to answ er those unansw ered questions, and so shoo those ghostly spooks back into the “ vasty deep” of nothingness from which our friend called them . them is the idea th a t only certain Remember, if y o u send us the W H A T WE HAVE scientists have “ the right to speak,” nam es and addresses of 25 of TO S E L L . and unless they “ affirm absolutely your Liberal friends and ac q u ain t Sumier of Fr^.hought Magazine and conclusively” the laws of na- ances, , we will make you a preMDt ture they discover and their conse- of a co p y o f th e T o rc h o f Reason With Pearl W. Geer’s portrait 1 5 c quences, nothing but an “ im proba- S o n g Book No. 2. T h is w ill o n ly Epitome of Positive Philosophy b ility ” or “ seeming im possibility” co st yon a few m in u te s ’ w ork an d a By T. B. W a k e m a n ...................... 15c arises from the discovery! To a two-cent stam p. Freethought: Past Present and Future. scientist, the discovery of a fact or By T. B. W akeman , w ith p ictu re law of n atu re m akes it absolute and an d life of th e a u th o r. P rice, 12 .F o r s tn e r ’s. copies, $1,00; e a c h .......................... ^Q c conclusive at once; for him to “ af- p|B k firm ” it to be such, would be to Emancipation of Education. m ake him self ridiculous. T his no- An In au g u ra l A ddress, by T . B. IS INVALUABE TO W akeman , D elivered on th e in co r tion, also, th a t only some people p o ratio n of th e L ib eral U n iv e rsity . have the “ right to speak,” and th at C a r p e n te r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g , P ric e ....................................................... 5 c such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak e s tlve they m ust “affirm ” to m ake an y Photographs of the Faculty place of chisel an d go u g e; to thing absolute and conclusive, is of th e L iberal U n iv e rsity , s u it am usingly theological. The m eth C a b in e t M a k e rs , for in laid w ork, dow- able for fram in g . P r ic e ................ 5 0 c elling, patcfiing, rem oving sp lits and ods of Science bring a different air. k n o ts. In fact, no Torch of Reason Song Book No. 2. He seems to m istake a discovery P rice ............................................... 1 0 c o n or P a t te r n M a k e r m a n u fa o tu r“ for a “ revelation.” But the serious W e a r g of pianos, organs, sew ing m achines, m atter is, th a t those capitalized ag ric u ltu ral im p lem en ts, sash, b lin d s, Freethought Magazine fu rn itu re , nor for S ep tem b er, Ingersoll m em o words show th a t our reverend rial n u m b e r; O ctolier, w ith friend has really no confidence in A n y O th er W o o d w o rk e r, s h o u b f.b e W a k e m a n ’s sp e ec h ; N ovepiber, w ith o u t it. w ith p ictu re of L. U . O. facu lty . the constancy and validity of the P ric e ................................................... .. I5 c facts, laws and results of N atural AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALEH Forstner Auger Bit Science, except as he invents a It ’8 th e only round hit in th e world “ D eity” back of them. th a t will bore a SQ U A R E H O LE P rice, an y s iz e ............................... 6 0 c I . IM A G IN A R Y IM M O R TA LIT Y . and do all th a t any o th e r This view, his definition of Evo Liberal and Scientific Books b it will do. The danger and difficulty was, lution and Deity will confirm later. of all k in d s. See a d v e rtis e m e n t PRICE th a t in the guise of “ The Gospel of But look at these quoted words now: elsew h ere. Set of five, d ifferent sic e s ,p o stp a id . .$2.60 Send all o rd ers to E v o lu tio n ,” in its first part an e x “ The production of sound in a Single b it, p o s tp a id .................................. 60 trem ely good and able work, he had vacuum ,” lie says, “ is an im possi T h e L ib e r a l U n iv e r s ity C o , Silverton. Oregon gone on to break down the barriers b ility.” But win ? Because the Add ress, LIBERAL U N IVER S ITY CO. which Science had raised against vibrations of air (which are sound) SILVERTON OREGON. We b elieve Hint card« lik e tb e follow ing copy, neatly p rin te d and d istrib u te d all over th e U n it the old “ Deity and Im m o rtality ” — cannot be where air is not. Vet, in ed S tates, will help uh to b u ild th e L iberal U ni th eir consequent gods and devils, the same sen ten ce, he says th a t a versity. Header, how m any enn you d is trib u te te» copies of 1(X d iffe ie n t L ead in g good advantage? his will cost you n o th in g b u t SAMPLE N ew sp ap ers n d »tagiuine« sent to heavens and hells. This he did by m osquito’s (or m an’s) survival of any a d d re -s upon receip t o f i0 c e n ts » > pay for a little effort, und m ay help th e cause of Free- th o u g h t very m uch ailin g U . s S u b sc h e iio -s a g e n c y , 126 N. throw ing doubt over th e certainty its body’s death is only an “ im m L iberty t, U >di«iapolis, In d . ...F IV E ... and conclusiveness of the facts, p ro b ab ility ” or “ seeming im possi REASONS W HY * laws and results of Science, es b ility .” But why not an actual im YOU pecially in Biology. He had ably possibility, as in the case of the proved th a t life and consciousness sound? The consciousness of the h1e$t n n h lir a tin n o he k in d L he W r ld I ” I S h o u ld H e l p to B u il d publication of f t the kind ia i t the W o orld. are the correlate resu ltan ts of n a mosquito he had proved to be only T T h he e a ablest Sixty-four pages. Illu strated . Published M onthly. tu ral processes which accom pany the continuous correlate and re Price fi.oo a year. For T W F N T V -FIV B CENTS It? L ib e ra l U n iv e rs ity and produce them , and th a t they su lta n t of the vibrations and It will be m ailed to any ad d ress T H R E E flO N TH S. AT SILV ER TO N , OREGON. A ddress FR E E T H O U G H T MAGAZINE, end when those producing processes changes of its body. W hy, then, 213 E. In d ian a St., Chicago, 111 1 I t will h e lp m an y young m en and cease to exist. So far, well! But is not the law of nature equally de young wom en to a h ig h e r ed u catio n who o therw ise will grow u p w ith o u t its g re a t then he adds, Science does not say cisive against the sound in the ad v an tag es. so “ absolutely and conclusively.” vacuum ami the consciousness and 2 It will ed u cate w orkers for th e g re a t 0 0 Worth oT forw ard m arch of F re e th o u g h t an d P ro And now in his reply he repeats song of the mosquito? Our rever- j gress. MflûflZINE-S 3 I t will forever silence th e accu satio n the same inconsistency, thus: end friend answers, “ because our ! a t S ecu larists have n ev er done a n y “ I illu stra te from the im possibil scientific knowledge of man and the FREE ! th th in g . “ S e c u l a k S c ie n c e a n d ity of producing sound in a vacuum universe is by no m eans co-exten- 4 I t will h asten th e tim e w hen Reason C o m m o n S e n s e ” po in ts and Ixtve will reign, and w hen s u p e rs ti th e w ay to th e goal of and from the improbability of a sive with the actualities and possi y o u r a m b itio n . A m a g a tion and h a te will be forever gone. zine of A dvanced F re e m osquito’s surviving its body’s bilities of eith er,” and so the sound 5 I t will give you an o p p o rtu n ity to T h o u g h t, L ib e ra ! and build yourself and o th e rs a m o n u m e n t, odern Id e a s o f R efo rm and N a tu ra l Law. death, the seeming im possibility in the vacuum must gn out, and M Bevoted to p ra c tic a l d e m o n s tra te d tru th s . w hile you y e t live, th a t will do a m illion is u n d e rg o in g im p o rta n t physicaL tim es m ore good th a n th e m ost cofctly and im probability of m an ’s post the soul and song of the mosquito in H te u lle m c a tu n ity a l, an d social c h a n g e s . P ro g re s s de mortem su rv iv al; and in thus do m ay go eternally on I W hy in one m a n d s the re n d in g of s la v e r y 's c h a in s . TL .1 one of cold, senseless m arb le. m agazine is a ste p p in g -sto n e to success in z ’l ife 's u n d e rta k in g s , a s it develops pow er - ing, I go as far as Spencer, H u x case and not the other? consistency of in ie lle , tu a l p e rc e p tio n so t h a t la te n t and activ e I f a ll h e lp a l it t l e , w e c a n a c n e rg y w ill be p ro p e rly d ire c te d , in su rin g J ley, H aeckel, T y n d all and other asks. But Science won’t wait for a e cle W ill you h e lp a r head in a sound body. N o th in g lik e it o r c o m p lis h m u c h . h a lf so good an d p ra c tic a l. T h is r a r e tre a t sent scientific men who have the right ( reply, hut says at once th at the ; w hole y e a r, to g e th e r w ith sa m p le s of over £0 a lit t le ? e r v a lu a b le p a p e rs a n d m a g a z in e s of »5.00 to speak, have gone, for none of laws of nature are invariable and v e th a lu e , fo r o n ly $1.00 bend a t once a s th is offer is lim ite d . S a m p le these “ absolutely and conclusively” decisive in both cases and in every c zpy Six Tracts to Promote w ith a n in te r e s tin g hook of o v e r 100 pages affirm th a t m a n ’s conscious e x ist case, “ absolutely and conclusively,” tree fo r 12 c e n ts in s ta m p s . A d d re ss ence ends with his body’s death, a-vl for all time; and th a t w hat we SECULAR SCIENCE AND COMMON SENSE th a t being an assertion which may hereafter know can only be an P.E. 532 Atlas BIk, Chicago, III. In Place of C h r is tia n ity : the facts—alm ost overw helm ingly extension and confirmance of what 1 Can Sins be Forgiven? strong as they are— yet do not w ar we do now* know, which can never 2 Does Christianity or Science Promote Civil o ization? ran t. And they do not w arrant it, he changed nor overthrown. W hat, $ 3 Is Religion or Science More Reliable? as I hinted, if for no other reason, then, are our friends’ “actualities T he 4 Evolution and Comparison of Religions. because our scientific knowledge of an d possibilities,” which may eri- 5 Does Belief in Miracles Benefit? m an and the universe is by no able the sound to go on in the 6 Immortality or Annihilation? S IL V E R T O N , OREGON. m eans co - extensivb with the vacuum and the m osquito’s soul to J U S T T H E T H IN G F o unded on Science and H u to h an d to y o u r C h ristia n frien d s. S en d actualities and possibilities of Pjng on in ¡i^aven after their pro- m a n ity . T he O nly In stitu tio n 2 c en ts for 6, or 6 cen ts for 25 tra c ts , of th e K in d . W rite for An eith er.” ducing correlates have wholly to E liza M owry B liven , B rook n o u n cem en ts. T h e T o rc h o f ly n , C o n n ., o r sem i 10 c en ts Our capitalized words show some ceased to exist? W hy, evidently - / R e a s o n is a w eekly jo u rn al of ¿X) for 50, e ith e r kind or a s rogressive, M oral S ecu larism . 2*; of th e fresh notions of science in they are the sheerest figments of ° S P am sorted k in d s, to ple copy free. •J the above quotation, but perhaps T H E L IB E R A L U N IV E R S IT Y . • C ontinued on 5th page. th e most fresh and innocent of Silverton, Oregon. flu Free Thought Magazine f / S c ie n tific W isd o m LIBERAL UNIVERSITY