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•TRUTH BEARS THE TORCH IN THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH.” —
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SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, E. M. 302 (19020
VOL. fi.
into consideration. As people a d ­ SOCIOLOGY IN SW ITZERLAND. pletelv respected the autonom y of
the cantons in the m atter of public
vance, the remote consequences are
BY GRACE D. GOODWIN.
perceived. The standard of con­ Hou it is Taught in that Social Republic. instruction. N ogeneral law or regu­
lation, therefore, control« the u n i­
HEN I ’ve th o u g h t th e d e ep est le a n , duct becomes higher. -The im agi­
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T he stro n g e st, th e w ise st.th e best, nation is cultivated.
versities. Therefore a great divers­
A man puts
A nd life ’s large, e x c e lle n t p lan
ROM Sw itzerland, the coun­ ity can and does in fact reign in
him self in the place of another.
O ut-w id en s my n a rro w e r b re a st,
try in which political social- the organization, distribution, and
W hen I ’m d ead , 1 say.
The sense of duty becomes stronger,
T hey will find th e way.
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more im perative. Man judges him ­
ization
has
advanced
farthest,
(en(j
encje8
of the
higher is
education.
W hen I ’ve su n g m y d efectiv e songs.
there were four reports, those,
One feature,
however,
common
T h a t to u c h th e s o u l's o u te rm o st edge, self.
nam ely, o/M M . Suter, R enard, \ it- fO a |j our universities except th a t
W hen I’ve gazed at th e w o rld ’s w all of
He loves and love is the com­
w rongs,
toz, and Comhothecra. Of these
Freiburg. This is the com plete
A nd w ith lab o r have e n te re d m y mencement, the foundation of the
wedge,
highest virtues.
He injures one the first two were publicly defend- jndppendeneH of instruction as re­
ed by their authors at the Congress rard9 the gtftte or any a u thority
I sh a ll die at la st
th
a
t
he
loves.
Then
comes
regret,
A nd th e w ork be p a st.
whatever. There does not exist in
repentance, sorrow, conscience. In and fully discussed.
A nd som e day th o se yet u n b o rn
REPORT OF M. SUTER.
th e m an y trace of official d o c trin e ,
all this there is nothing su p ern a t­
S h a ll ta k e m y u n fin ish ed th o u g h t,
T h is w ork th a t has eaten a n d w orn;
M. S uter’s report is historical and and even in the choice of the per-
ural.
T h e n - t o i l did n o t go fo r n o u g h t.
?»Ian has deceived himself. N a­ descriptive. Its title is : “ Present sons teaching the cantonal gov-
B u t w hat will th e y do ?
If I o n ly knew !
ture is a m irror in which man sees state of instruction in the social ernm ents allow them selves in gen-
T hey will w rite, th e y will p a in t, (an d his own image, and al 1 supernatural sciences in Sw itzerland : universities, eral to he guided by the interests of
w ell,)
science and of education, at least so
high schools, special schools.
T h o u g h t, color, th a t we have d re a m d; religions rest on the pretence that
The following is the substance of tar as the lim ited appropriations at
T hey will p lan , sing, stru g g le , an d te ll the image, which appears to he be­
Of th e p a st, how im p e rfe c t it se e m 'd —
their dispiosal perm it.
hind this m irror, has been caught. the report :
A nd we who are dedti
C antonal governm ents, accused
There are in Sw itzerland five
A re fo rg o t overhead. f?J
All the m etaphysicians of the
spiritual type, from Plato to Swed­ complete universities, which in the of socialistic tendencies for having
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enborg, have m anufactured their order of their age are as follows: introduced the progressive income
facts, and all founders of religion Basel, Zurich, Bern, Geneva, Laus­ tax and tax on inheritance, free
BY RO BERT G. IN G ERSO LL.
anne. Besides these, Frihurg pos­ school apparatus, com pulsory state
have done the same.
Suppose th at an infinite God ex­ sesses a Catholic university which tire insurance, etc., have called to
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ists, what can we do for him ? Be­ lacks the faculty of medicine, and the chairs of political economy of
T is insisted by theologians, and ing infinite, he is conditionless; be­ also lacks scientific freedom, since their universities pure individual-
by m any of the so-called p h il­ ing couditionless, h** cannot he ben­ its instruction is placed under the ists, convinced opponents of all
osophers, th a t the moral sense, efited or injured. H ec au n o t want. Dominicans.
state intervention in the dom ain of
the sense of duty, of obligation, He has.
In none of these institutions of economics. Such are Professor P a r­
was im ported, and th a t conscience
T hink of the egotism of a man higher education does instruction eto, at Lausanne, and Professor
is an exotic. Taking the ground who believes th at an infinite being in the social sciences occupy a very P antaleoni, at Geneva.
On the
th a t it was not produced here, was w ants his praise !
large place, and nowhere except at other hand, governm ents not at all
not produced by m an, they then
W hat has our religion done ? the U niversity of Geneva is it con­ suspected of socialism have ap p o in t­
im agine a God from whom it came. Of course, it is adm itted by C hrist­ centrated in a special faculty.
ed professors who proclaim them ­
Man is a social being. We live ians th a t a ll other religions are
selves M arxist socialists, such as
There is no cause for special won-
together in families, tribes and n a ­ false, and consequently we need ex­ ,
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Profsssor Reichesberg, at Bern,
der at this state of things. 1 he
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At each of our universities, along
tions.
am ine only our own.
title to he called a science even of
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The members of a family, of a
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with
the
ordinary
professor
of
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H as C hristianity done good ? our knowledge of the organization
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, t ical economy belonging, either as at
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happiness of the fam ily, of the tribe ciful, nearer honest ? W hen the
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hum an societies is still disputed,
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or of the nation, are considered Church bad control, were men
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eral school of econoists of Adam
notw ithstanding the im portance
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good members. They are praised m ade better and happier.
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i Sm ith and Jean Baptiste Say, or a»
and constantly increasing num ber
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adm ired and respected. They are
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at Basel and Zurich, to the school of
W hat has been the effect of of , works
on Sociology. I hus we
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regarded as good; th a t is to say, as C hristianity in Italy, in Spain, in
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social politics often called state so-
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there
is
generally
an extra-
moral.
Portugal, in Ire lan d ?
tique et social, published in 1896 by
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The members who add to the
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ordinary
professor,
or
agrege(privat
W hat has religion done for H u n ­ M. Maurice Block, member of the
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misery of the family, the tribe or gary or A ustria ? W hat was the
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the nation, are considered bad effect of C hristianity in Sw itzer­
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ogy: “ Does there exist a social sci-
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members. They are blam ed, de­ land, in H olland, in Scotland, in
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courses in sociology, history of
ence? We may answ er squarely,
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spised, punished. They are regard­ E ngland, in America ? Let us be
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economic system s, etc.
no.” W ithout discussing such a s - ;
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This
great
freedom,
coming
out
of
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honest. Could these countries have sertlons one may conclude from
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The family, the tribe, the nation, been worse without religion ? Could
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this diversity in the exposition of
them th a t the social sciences have . . . . .
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creates a stan d ard of conduct, of they have been worse had they had
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theories and ideas on hum an socie-
not yet emerged from the groping
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( ties, seems to present, if not a guar-
m orality. There is nothing super­ any other religion than C hrist­
period, for no one would think of
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, an ty , at least favorable conditions
n atu ral in this.
ia n ity ?
disputing the scientific ch aracter of
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T he greatest of hum an beings
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for a healthy developm ent or th is
W ould Torquem ada have been
m athem atics, for exam ple, or chern-
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has said, “ Conscience is born of worse had he been a follower of
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branch of education,
physics. Social science be-
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Zoroaster ? W ould Calvin have istry or
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If a more or less exclusive and
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been more bloodthirsty if he had ing relatively so young, the teach-
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The sense of obligation, of duty, believed in the religion of the South . . .
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prevail in this class of teaching,
was n atu rally produced.
Sea Islanders? W ould the Dutch a great
extension, and no more in j
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Among savages, the im m ediate have been more idiotic if they had
the search for tru th incurs the risk
.Switzerland than elsewhere.
consequences of actions are taken denied the F ath er, Son and Holy
of taking a false course in the in te r­
T he universities located in Swit- est of a social class or of a dom in-
Ghost, and worshiped the blessed
♦Thin wrm I ’olonel Intrereoll’s la»»t pu b lic ad-
dies*. delivered before the \m c rin a n F n * Re­ trin ity of sausage, beer and cheese? zerland are all cantonal institu- an t po| itica| p arty . In Sw itzerland
ligious A ssociation, in H ollis S treet Theatre, W ould John Knox have been any
b oston. June 2. 1**9. It it» in te restin g to know
tions and are under the exclusive Htudents desirous of form ing an
what hit» latent view» were, a n d no w - will p iin t worse had he deserted Christ and
the whole of th is address in parts. N ote in read ­
control of the cantonal authorities, opinion for themselves have in gen-
ing. the difference betw een the religion of the become a follower of Confucius?
The federal legislation has com- era! an opportunity to hear more
past,—o l Theol»>gy, and th e religion of Science,
[To be C o n tin u e d .]
P rogress.
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with which th e address ends. — E l i . T o r c h .
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