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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1900)
T orch of R eason . “ T R U T H B EA R S T H E TORCH IN T H E SEARCH FOR TR U T H . VOL. 4. S IL V E R T O N , O R EG O N , T H U R S D A Y , NOV EM BER K, E. M. 800 (iflOO.) The W h ite Flag NO. 44. IO the strongest presentaiion of the France and E ngland, w here th e y ’ no longer he aonght in the m i-la of negative are still trying to harm onize the errors of the past, b u t, according to BY W IL L IA M W IN T E R . F orm erly the prevalent opinion Bilile with scientific investigation the principles of the do ctrin e of of philosophers affirmed this ques and to make the days of creation evolution, in a more enlightened I. R IN G poppies,~fqr th is work is vain ! tion with Plato, and even Rousseau, cot respond to the geological ages, future — [Open Court, I c an n o t m ould th e clay of life. 1 7 6 2 , re p lie d to th e Economical only win for those who m ake them --------------— . - A stro n g e r h a n d m u st grasp th e rein, Society in Bern th at he would take the suspicion of hypocrisy and The N atu re of Consciousness. A sto u te r a rm an n u l th e strife, the affirm ative of the question purpose to deceive the people, while A b rav er h eart defy th e pain. w hether there he sacred prejudices they render the inevitable collapse BY TH R IB O T. B ring poppies—th a t I m ay forget! which would he respected. Even more dangerous. B ring poppies—th a t I m ay not learn ! E are confronted by two to-day there are still many anxious T hen bid th e audacious sun to set, In this connexion the excellent hypotheses; the one, a souls who decide, though unwil- proposals of Condorcet should not And bid th e peaceful sta rlig h t burn very old hypotheses, O ’e r buried m em ory an d regret. 1‘ngly, in favor of deception. Al he forgotten. I he transition from which regards consciousness as the most as questionable a proposition So shall th e slu m b ero u s grasses grow error I» tr u ih ,” he wrote over a basic p r()perty of "so u l” or of Above th e bed w herein I sleep : is th at of the physiologist, Rudolph century ago, “ may bring with it W hile winds I love shall softly blow, W agner, to suffer religion and sci certain evils. Every great change “ m in d ,’’ constituting its essence; And dews I love shall softly weep, ence to grow independently side by has several such evils in its train, the other a very recent theory, O ’er r e s ta n d silence hid below. which regards it as a sim ple phe- side and for the sake of peace of and even if they are collective!v n. , n o m e n o n , s u p e ra d d e d to th e a c tiv i- m ind to adopt w hat he calls lew. than the evil against which j ty of tbe brai,,_as an eyeilt havi D ark Angel, counselling defeat, “double-entry bookkeeping,” or, the change is directed, yet the u t I see th y m o u rn fu l, ten d e r eyes; in plain words, duplicity. O thers most should he done to dim inish its own conditions of existence, and I h e ar th y voice, so fain t so sw eet, which appears or disappears ac have recom m ended concealing one’s A nd very d early should I prize them . One m ust not only do good, cording to circum stances. inmost convictions, which are bas hut must do it in a good way. C er Th v perfect peace, th y rest com plete. Like all general term s, conscious ed on their investigations, as soon tainly we arc to remove old errors, But is it rest to v an ish hence, as they prove to he opposed to the hut since they cannot all be rem ov ness m ust he resolved into concrete To m ix w ith e a rth or sea or airP d a ta . W ill, in general, does not statu tes of the State and C hurch; Is d eath indeed a full defence ed in an in sta n t we should do as a exist, but volitions ; and in a like A gainst thy ty ra n n y of care? still others would carry out the good builder does in p u llin g down Or is it cru ellest preten ce? proposition of Renan, who would a house: he knows how the seper- m anner there is no consciousness in general, but only states of con And if an h o u r of peace draw s nigh, teach an esoteric doctrine, a more ate parts are joined together, and sciousness. The la tte r are the Shall we, who know th e a rts of w ar, spiritualized religion for the ed u directs the tearing down so th a t reality. T urn from th e field and basely fly, cated fas th e Greeks are said to N or tak e w h at fate reserves us for, a dangerous collapse is avoided.” It would bo idle to ffefine co n have done in the E leusinian Mys Because we dream ’t were sweet to die? It would be too much to affirm sciousness as; “ the fact of being teries). and an exoteric and more W hat shall th e u n trie d w arriors do, th a t no progress can he noted in conscious,” for this is m erely a d a t earth ly religion for the masses. If we, th e b a tte re d v ete ran s, fail? this direction. T ru th s which were um of observation, a final fact. There can be no doubt w hat the How strive and su tler and he tru e, considered so dangerous several Physiology teaches th a t its produc In storm s th a t m ake o u r sp irits q u ail, answ er of these propositions should hundred years ago as to be com tion is always associated with some E x cep t our valor lead them th ro u g h ? he; for they advocate in place of Though for ourselves we droop and tire, tru th a system of scientific hypoc bated with the Inquisition and the activ ity of the nervous system , p a r stake, may be fearlessly expressed ticularly of the brain. The reverse Let us a t least for them be strong. risy, and forget m oreover th a t in to-day, and are even tau g h t in the however does not take place. ’T is but to liear fam ilia r fire; All jour age uf p rin ter’s ink it would he Life at th e longest is not long, schools. To be sure, those investi psychic activity ce riain ly im plies wholly impossible for the tem ple And peace a t last will crow n desire. gators who add to the general con nervous activity; still, all nervous guardians to preserve such a secret So, D eath, I will not h e a r th ee speak ! ception of the universe new points activity does by no m eans im nly doctrine. B ut I will labor—and en d u re of view, and fearlessly express their psychic a c tiv ity — nervous a c tiv ity The answer will be, no; hut the All storm s of pain th a t tim e can wreak convictions, will have to subm it as being far more extended th an p sy Mv flag l>e w hite liecause ’t is pure, | rem ark will he added that the tru th form erly to excom m unication By chic activity. Consciousness, ac And not because my soul is weak ! is no staff for halting souls, and the tem ple guards. The French cordingly is som ething superadded. the dazzled eyes cannot endure it. C hurch Jo u rn al wrote of A lexan This hypothesis easily explain s The U nshackling of the S p irit of C onsequently, the harm lies rrot in der von H um boldt, as he himself how all m anifestations of psychic In q u iry . scientific knowledge, out in the good-hum ouredly reports: “ They life, sensations, desires, feelings, weakness of the souls and eyes. say the assassin of souls has lite r volitions, memories, reasonings, in BY C A R ES ST E R N E . H ere, then, is where the m istake ary m erit. T his will be no excuse. ventions, etc., m ay altern a te ly be rT.-, • lies, and where relief m ust he ad- d H IE E Berlin Academy of Sci- S ci . . , . S atan has more wit th an M. de conscious and unconscious. There H u m b o ld t.’ ence in the y ear 1779 chose is nothing m ysterious in these a l , , m in is te re d . I t is n o t the new as the them e for a prize es But ence in th e year 1 / /9 chose , upon , . , the , whole no , one lon- terations, since in all cases th e es- . . . k .p t .. »<> long, . and gs tru r th which threatens danger, say the question, “ W hether it he ind I.»» . been <lollbls‘h « •’’ « y one han but hi« »eolial condition», i. e., the pbyeio- the old error, in which the hum an beneficial for the masses to he de hich Home would like to relain lnc,,n' e8,»ble n g h t to aesert and logical condition» ever rem ain the ceived?” Not less th an th irty - m announce as tru th all th a t he has same, and consciousness is but a three different treatm en ts of this which recognized as correct, and th a t it perfection merit, a resu ltan t, question were su b m itted , of which, longer. The danger is that all our should be the d u ty of the C hurch Yet why is this perfectionm ent institutions, home, school, church, according to B artholom ess, in his willingly to su rren d er those doc som etim es superadded, and at o th er “ H istory of the P russian Acade public life, social order, and sys trines which are opposed to the tim es lacking. m y,” tw enty took the negative side tem of governm ent, being based on general world-view of the tim e,— In every psyhchic event, the b a s and thirteen the affirm ative. The and adapted to these old errors, especially if they in no way affect ic and active elem ent is th e ner- judges were evidently em barrassed, should fail to preceive tn at it is the essence of religion,—and to ac- vous process, th e o th er is only a for they them selves did not know their business gradua lly to ad ap t knowledge th a t they are a p art of concom itant. As a consequence of which side to favor, and gave a de them selves to the better knowledge. an ancient m etaphorical language this, there will lie no longer any cision which earned much derision Only on condition th a t they do this of hum an origin. difficulty in u n d erstan d in g th e can the widening of the chasm The ideals of m ankind will of propositions, th a t all m anifesta- and the violent som collapse of w hat tions of psychic life by tu rn s can two prizes, one to the best argu- A ttem pts to bridge the chasm , course change ew hat, for the for th eir “ im p a rtia lity ,” aw arding become an tiq u ated be avoided. nient for the affirm ative, the other which are the order of the day in better condition of h u m an ity m ust be eith er unconscious or conscious B w T