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TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JANUARY 10, E. M. 301 Evolution By Organization. BY O. G. G R IG SB Y . • — -t. «.«* i u Man in his lowest estate is an egotist pure and sim ple. He acts for him self and for those in whom he feels a selfish ai d personal in- A s or g rtn n rto w v rd er degree of intelligence he forms co-partnership and organizes asso ciations of individuals in order to have the co-operation of a larger num ber for some specific purpose. It is thus, th at in proportion as the intelligence of the race increases, the more general will be th e ten d ency to associate and com bine. Or in other words, the tendency is to ward co-operation. Persons representing all of these tendencies are to be found in every com m unity at all times. At the bottom of the scale we have the purely egoistic who prefer to stan d alone w ithout any reference to o th ers, never com bining with their fel low’s for any purpose except in the most in tim ate degree. Then a lit tle higher in the iutellectual scale men begin to associate th eir efforts for a common purpose, and still higher in the scale we find these associations are more powerful and com prehensive in th eir purposes. In every association of this kind for a common purpose, the ind iv id ual member surrenders some por tion of his egoism in exchange for the benefits of co-operation. This tendency to organize, to a s sociate arid combine for a common purpose is alw ays an indication of a quickening of the intellectual fac ulties, and as we go higher in the scale, this tendency will be propor tionately accelerated am ong the people u n til it includes the entire mass for the benefit of every individual. This, when complete, will be A ltruism , which is our next step in progress. It is to this grand culm ination th a t this tendency to com bine is pointing. One class of people organize and associate their efforts to secure some advantage for them selves and to the extent th a t it is successful, other classes are com pelled to combine for their own pro tection.— [From E q u ity . Evolution or Demon-God—W hich9 He designed the carnivora to seize, . Forstner’s. tear, rend and devour the herbivor ous anim als. He, the great, good and m erciful God, desigued th at the lion, tiger, wolf and cat should live 18 in v a l c a b e t o upon the innocent and the helpless C a rp e n te rs a n d J o in e r s . n»i m o rtisin g , such as lettin g in locks, as it tak es tin deer, sheep, g o a l and and antelope; j»lace of chisel an d gouge; to th a t the condor, eagle, hawk and X • — ~ ...... th at the shark and other sea m on eiling, patch in g , rem oving sp lits and k n o ts. In fact, no sters should live upon the little a g o n o r P a t te r n M a k e r n ian u fa ctu r fishes. Not only th a t, but he, the W er of pianos, organs, sen ing m achines beneficent God, sends the cyclone, a g ric u ltu ra l im p lem en ts, sash blinds fu rn itu re , nor flood, fam ine and pestilences to destroy hum an life, including the A n y O th e r W o o d w o rk e r, should he without it. innocent babes, by the slow tortur- i ing process, often by starvation. AS A MACHINE BIT IT IS UNEQUALED. All this, according to the special creation theory, for it is only a It ;s th e only round hit in th e world th a t will h o re a SQ U A R E H O LE theory, God sends to m an, as well an d do all th a t any o th e r as the gentle, life-giving and life- hit will do. su stain in g zephyrs, rains and dews PRICE of heaven. Set of five, ditto re n t sizes, p o stp a id . .$2.60 2X1 ¿IJ-J I Free Thought Magazine The ablest publication of the kind in the W orld Sixty-four pages. Illu stra te d . Published M onthly. P rice fi.oo a year. 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It is No man talks so much about the this: The special creation advocates ones who talk about them selves as T H E O N L Y IN S T IT U T IO N O F IT S K IN D IN T H E W O R L D . m ust ad m it th a t the C reator de- do those who w ant to be talked STRICTLY NON-THEOLOGICAL. signed.the c h aracter and disposition about. Do not th in k another does I as well as the forms of anim al life, For Catalogues and further particulars, address: upon the e a rth , in the w aters and nothing because he does not pay T. B. WAKEMAN, President; or PEARL W GEER, Secretary, in the air, ju st as we behold th e m .' you to do som ething. SILVERTON, OREGON.