TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, JANUARY 10, E. M. 301
Evolution By Organization.
BY O. G. G R IG SB Y .
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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
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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
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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.
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