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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, OCTOBER 4, E. M. 300 (1900.)
ous workers for the sam e God th a t
is Solum (Not for Ourselves Alone) ports A ristotle as the first one
became the d o m in an t idea of th eir
for the Norm al Course; V incit qui who discovered th a t learning (find­
lives and consequently all opposi­
se V incit (H e Conquers, who H im ­ ing out things as they are) was the
tion m ust be quenched at whatever
self Conquers) for the Classical highest joy—far exceeding all sen­
The reason is cost of life or treasure, as Bishop
Course; Qui non Proficit Deficit suous pleasures.
Cran*t«>n would say.
W hile, on
(W ho does not advance falls back) plain; it gives us ever more of the
F reeth in k ers con­
world to control and use, and so the co n trary ,
for the Law Course.
It sidered them selves the creatu res of
They m ake an excellent basis the godlike delight of power.
the n atu ra l environm ent, like all
and sum m ary oi Liberal education thus also draws our attention even
more to th e fuel and food which sentient creatures throughout the
when read consecutively; thus:—
universe, in no wise indebted to
Because T ru th conquers, K now ­ makes the higher life of hum an
If God for salvation nor subject to
ledge, as Bacon said, is power.
If love an ever increasing glow.
d am n atio n , b u t owing allegiance
therefore, we would move, use or th a t glow is not thus sustained by
only to the laws of b e in g ’and to
enjoy the W orld or Man, we must a widening world, it soon dies
their fellow creatures. C onsequent­
learn to know them as they really aw ay. And so the sentence stands,
ly they can have no m otive in co­
“ A dvance or fall back.”
are, th a t is truly, scientifically .
ercing others to th eir views.
T. B. W.
But “ to learn, we m ust teach,”
T his is a distinction which I
and use and enjoy for and with
have long been seeking to bring to
To Abandon All D isguise.
others, not for ourselves aloi e.
public a tten tio n , and a distinction
The Norm al or T eachers’ Course
which m ust be fullv •» seen and felt
m ust have this as its prom inent E ditor T orch of R eason :
if we would m ake the progress we
and business object, but it is none
For long years I have en tertain ed ought.
the less the great lesson to all stu ­
I am most happy to see th a t the
dents.
The “ solitary stu d e n t” is the liveliest interest in Oregon, and
a m yth, a fool or an incipient lu n ­ in the Liberal work going on there. leaders in your school are keeping
This
atic. T he living coal only lives by T his interest has been intensified this distinction prom inent.
im parting its w arm th and heat to by the move to found there a great talk of God, C hrist, Devil, hell and
others.
The true stu d en t always school which will be a school in heaven would soon be relegated in ­
lives to teach; only two kinds of the true sense, where parents can to the ch ild ren ’s d ep artm en t with
kinds of people does he especially send th eir children for the acquisi­ S an ta Clause, K ris K ringle and
love, viz: those whom he can teach tion of knowledge in the full assu r­ the like if it were not for the enor­
and those from whom he can learn. ance th a t one such place exists. mous priestly influence and in te r­
T h at m any schools and colleges est already bound up in it and the
And so th e Torch of Reason, Light,
Love and L earning passes from are concerning them selves much power of old teachings and associa­
generation on to generation, each more about conveying knowledge tions.
m aking its successor better and of this world and ignoring those
It does indeed require men and
things
supposed
h
ith
erto
to
relate
happier; because blessed with more
women to be born again to get out
to personal existence in another is of th eir old vagaries of the ch ild ­
and higher tru th .
But to abandon all hood of H u m an ity and into the
But in order to thus achieve, q u ite true.
there m ust be a firm holding of the disguise, as Prof. T yndal would clear light of absolute freedom.
reins of life; “ each m ust conquer say, and swing out into the clear Silverton and all those working for
him self,” in order to conquer at all, light of reason, is the laurel for hum an advancem ent should have
for him self or for others.
T h at Silverton to place on the shield of all possible aid from those who
m eans in a word the habit of at ­ Oregon.
wish “ peace and good will tow ards
To
call
atten
tio
n
to
the
real
c
o
n
­
tention , th a t is power to conscious­
m eu,” to prevail throug h o u t the
ly exercise a com m and over our dition of the public m ind and to nations of the earth where now,
thoughts and m ental operations, so illu stra te the necessity for real u n h ap p ily , tu m u lt and disorder
as to direct them to, and to hold and direct education, I will relate reign. To this end scientific m eth ­
them upon the objects we wish to an incident:
ods m ust be brought into the
In conversation with a woman schools, and old theological ideas
learn about and u n d erstan d . L e t
those be the higher objects and who has been for years a d o u b ter displaced as far and as fast as pos­
purposes of life and education, of orthodoxy, while declaring she sible.
which m ake the highest fruition of could not accept the idea of in d i­
A reverend gentlem an, from V ir­
hum an life.
T his power over a t­ viduals being delegated with power ginia, lately said in a public ad ­
tention, we learn to realize by as­ to fix th eir fu tu re states by th eir dress th a t “ the Bible is responsi­
sociation; by directing it to things, conduct here, she nevertheless ble for th e wars and contentions of
persons and modes of life, which could not rid herself of the idea of today; th a t the sword C hrist was
will suggest, and finally create and a creative cause and of an in telli­ to bring is seen in the gleam of the
inspire in us the asp iratio n s and gent supervision of the universe. b attalio n s around Pekin. But th e
joys of an ever advancing culture And furtherm ore, if we Liberals, so power of C h rist,” he added, “ would
called, could get the power, we
and progress.
be sufficient to lift a fallen world
T hus we are brought up to the law would in tu rn become as in to leran t to its pivotal place am ong the stars
of laws: the law of persistence, th a t and oppressive to others as any
of God.”
is of correlation; “ he who does not religious organizations in the past
I t m ay be th a t you, on the P a­
advance falls back,” and loses the or present.
It was with the greatest difficulty cific Coast, can have th e pleasure
ground he has already made. Ad­
vance or die! is the law of life and I could get her to see th a t the God ot 8eei"g w i,h y ° u r 8 r(*a t telescope,
evolution.
Blessed are those who and salvation idea was th e real ,h is “ fallen w orld” when C hrist
have learned to make th is n atu ra l cause of intolerance and religious succeeds in resto rin g it to its piv-
otal place am ong the stars of God.
law of progress, th eir second n atu re persecution in the past and present
At all events you should set your
Rem em ber—The L atin M ottoes in bo th a t they can grow in the higher and necessarily bound to co n tin ­ young m ath em atician s to desig­
m ental life as they do in the life ue so u n til discarded as unw orthy
L. V. O. Catalogue.
nate this pivotal place. Oh! T al­
physical, easily and even uncon­ of hum an th o u g h t; th at the m o­
mage, where a rt th o u ? R a th e r se­
T he L atin M ottoes of the higher sciously. Only there is this differ­ ment men and women become
rious business th a t God should let
courses in th e L. U. O. Catalogue ence, the grow th of the higher life possessed with the idea th a t they
such things as worlds fall around
were au Inspiration of the Presi­ never ceases and is ever attended know the wishes of an all-pow ­
so, but then if we get this one con­
dent, and are singularly ap p ro ­ I with the highest satisfaction and erful God, who could and would verted to th e theological idea of
joy ever known to hum an beings. save or dam n
them ,
unless
p riate; they are:-
salv atio n it will he all right.
V eritas V incit, (T ru th Couquers) Prof. Lester F. W ard in his in v al­ they do all in their power to m ake
J as . H. C rain M. D.
for the Scientific Course; Non Nob- uable “ O utlines of Sociology” re­ converts like them selves and zeal-1
an idiot— an idiot from hi? b irth
upw ard— one who could not, even
if he would, th in k and act as other
m en. A little child is there play­
ing on th e bank, and the idiot,
having large destructive propens­
ities, has th ru st the child into the
water, and he stan d s there jab b er­
ing and gesticulating while the lit­
tle child is drow ning in the river.
And see how half-vacantly, half
triu m p h a n tly , he points to the
helpless child.
A N ew foundland
dog has come to the bank; it jum ps
in and brings the child out and
saves its life. Y et theologians tell
me th a t the idiot has a soul, and
th a t the N ew foundland dog has
not one.
I cannot understand these nice
distinctions, which m ake the man
so superior to the beast in m atters
in which he is positively inferior.
Man has doubtless an organization
on the whole far superior in tellect­
ually to th a t of an y other anim al,
but he is only superior by virtue of
his superior organization and its
consequent susceptibility for devel­
opm ent or education. M any brutes
can see more clearly th an m an; b u t
thev possess not the capability for
the m an u factu re of telescopes to
aid th eir vision. M any brutes can
run more sw iftly, but they m ani­
fest no capacity for the subjugation
o f a steam power which far o u t­
strip s th eir speed.
B ut m an him self, a w ell-organ­
ized, th o u g h tfu l, intelligent, well-
educated m an by fall from a horse,
by a tile from a roof, m ay receive
an in ju ry to his nervous encephalic
a p p a ra tu s, an d m ay be, even while
a m an in shape, as low as t.he brute
in th e im becility of his reason, and
inferior to th e b ru te in physical
stren g th . There is much difference
^between different races of men,
rthere is, in fact, more difference be­
tw e e n a pure C aucasian and a Sa-
,h a ra negro, th a n between the S ah a­
ra negro and the in fan t chim pan­
zee.
W h a t we teach is not th a t m an
has a soul a p a rt and independent
of the body, but th a t he has an
ab ility , an intelligence, an a ttrib u te
of his body, capable of develop­
m ent, im provable, m ore useful, ac-
- cording as he elevates him self and
his fellows. Give up blind adhe-
.eion to creeds and priests; strive to
4 h in k a n d c a rry o u t in action the
resu lt of y o u r thoughts.
Each
m en tal struggle is an enlargem ent
/)f your m ind, an addition to your
¡brain power, an increase of your
.soul— the only &oul you have.