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questions can fail of final
law and drift of social welfare and deed a great thing, because,
Let the T orch answer
1. It recognizes through and by
progress, all such half tru th is im
practical, useless, or injurious. “ The these Republics, th a t the R epublic questions and articles, as
T h e O n ly P a p e r o f Its K in d .
worse falsehood is the half tru th .’ is superior, and the ultim ate of the offer and dem and.
W ho h as not th o u g h t of th is d if integration, or governm ent of m an
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kind.
Published W eekly by tb e Liberal U n i ficulty of d iv e rsity , u n til it seemed
v ersity C om pany, in tbe In te re sts of th a t all reform was sim p ly a fu tile
2. T h at all of th e great branches
Torch of Reason
P u re Science, applied to E ducation, a tte m p t
lit L^rion and P ractical L'“ *.
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ATTEND AND REM EM BER !
If the Copernican (th e m odern)
Astronomy is true, the C hristian
Astronomy is wholly false; and the
C hristian religion based upon it, is
also a false and fatal illusion.
W e know of no one who has ever
trie d to show th a t th e above s ta te m e n t
is n o t tru e . If you th in k it is n o t, are
you n o t bound to show why a n d how
it is n o t, to o th ers? T he T orch is open
a n d re s p e c tfu lly in v ite s you to show it
in th e se c o lu m n s.
We want the T ruth —for th at
can be the only solid foundation
for the G ood . Let us have earnest
ness and courage enough to accept
and live for both— for S cience and
H umanity !
B E A R T H E TO R C H !
Its Subscription Must Be Increased I
Many friends of Liberal and Sci
entific progress and education ask
us4,o appeal to the Liberal public,
and indeed, to all people capable of
intelligent thought and inquiring
m inds, to make a decided effort to
increase the subscription list of the
T orch .
We feel th a t we m ust press this
request home to you, our readers ,
in view of the exceptional ability
and high character of the men and
women who are now engaged in
discussing in its colum ns the most
im portant and urgent questions
th a t can interest hum an beings.
Notice how it is done—so th a t both
sides may be seen, for the first
time, under the light of the new
Science of Sociology. The Press
teems with reform, party, and spe
cial papers and periodicals, thick
as “ the leaves of V alam brosa,” and
alm ost as useless. W hy so? Be
cause they are special and partizan,
and so, lim ited in religion or poli
tics, or economics, or m oral or so
cial reforms. They all have some
tru th , valuable— nay, indispensable
tru th , but because it is disconnected
from the rest of the tru th which
may be relevant, or from the whole
to re b u ild
th e T ow er of of Society a n d G o v e rn m e n t, A rt,
B ab el?
IIoW hopeless, till now, etc., are not C om plete Sciences o.
has seem ed to he tfie way o u t !
an d by th e m se lv e s, h u t only de
W ith o u t special design the T orch , partments of S ociology, w hich is
because it re p re se n ts e d u c a tio n , th e g ra n d S cience of h u m a n associ
based upon th e C o n stru c tiv e L ib e r atio n a n d p ro g ress:
T h u s, law ,
alism of all th e Sciences, h as fallen Politics, education, ethics aesthetics
in to a position w here it and its c o n and every branch and reform ative
trib u to rs , can he of g re a t u se in tendency and effort of H um anity,
lessening th is confusion an d w ar of became a part and organ of its
h o n est, p a rtia l a n d y et useful p u r grand integration, differentiation,
poses. It m ay m ak e th o u g h t co and then co-operation, in order to
o p erativ e.
secure an increase of liberty, wel
solution?
by other
occasions
Boycot.
"H e who h a th e ars to h ear, let him
b e a r ” ’ T be C h ris t.
‘•He who h a th brains to th in k , let
him think ¡’’—In g e rso ll.
“ In C h ris tia n m in d s c o n tra d ic tio n s
dw ell to g e th e r in u n ity .”—In g e rso ll.
In a town not very large nor
very far away, there is published
by an enterprising, general and all-
sided m an, an enterprising, general
and all-sided weekly paper, for the
common advantage, use and en
lightenm ent of the com m unity.
Among the contributions sent in
and printed, as a m atter of general
interest, was one upon the new
views in religion, and th eir general
advance and value, in co ntrast
with the old. Thereupon quite a
rum pus ! T he C hristians begin to
yell, “ Stop my paper !” and with
fingers in their ears, they “ lockout”
the inform ing publication, and
“ boycot” the editor and his office.
The editor at once tum bles, and as
sures the offended th a t he will
never, never offend ag ain — no “ re
ligion” of any kind henceforth !
Question: Is this the right and
best thing to do for all concerned ?
Is it not striking down the “ free
dom of the press” upon affairs and
issues which are the most im p o rtan t
of all— which concern every one,
and w ithout regard to which, no
m atter of ed u catio n , m orals, politics,
or even of business can be really,
tru ly and fairly discussed and d e
term ined ?
M ust not a general new spaper be
free and open as to m atters of gen
eral interest? Else, will it not fly
with clipped wings, and be a little,
narrow, business, gossippy or sec
tarian specialty—stupid and m ost
ly useless?
To have the only weekly and
S unday newspaper of a bright little
town and com m unity cut down,
shackeled and handicapped in this
way is a general m isfortune and
loss; and more th an one of its read
ers enters a stu rd y protest . Let
the editor ask the offended to reply
in his colum ns as best they can,
and then appeal to his more en
lightened townsm en to double the
lost subscriptions— but never give
up the rig h t to edit a free and un-
tram elled paper, at the dictation of
any sect, or of any one !
A free country must be one of
free discussion. We m ust be will
ing to com pare views, and to give
and take our “ p u n ish m en t.” The
man who locks out an d boycots
ideas, com m its intellectual suicide.
D on’t let him kill or stu n t our free
newspapers too !
Men and women of m arked ab ili fare and progress in and for every
ty and ripe experience, are m aking race, nation and people.
the fairest and clearest statem ents ' 3. Hence it follows th a t society,
of “ the burning issues’’ in our col and its laws and m easures of
umns. There they stand side by welfare and growth, are continuous
side for com parison, as in no other processes of reciprocal action, a co
organ— for organ it is for all , as operation of each for all,and of all for
far as space and time perm it. Its each. Consequently th at each owes
specialty is generality, in order to as the sum of his life and duty, his
obtain harm onious unity and benef best life to the R epublic, whose
icent results from the tru th s pre highest du ty and function is in re
sented, often in ap p aren tly d estru c turn to secure that best life, ac
tive opposition.
cording to its welfare and needs.
You may well say, this has never
Now, ju st as soon as we evolute
been possible— How can it he now ? beyond the slavery and dom ination
The progress of the Science of So of gods, devils, kings, em perors, etc.,
ciology and its several dep artm en ts, for their own greed and glory, the
is the answer. From its higher above three fundam ental laws of
and general point of view, for the Scientific association, th a t is, of
first time , the general scram ble of Sociology,
become the motives,
hum an progress is becoming an or guides and objects of hum an con
derly evolution. The T orch d o e s duct, individual and collective.
not assum e to be the grand or only Hence a true light falls over all
exponent of this Science in these dis departm ents of hum an action and
cussions, for by questions and a r ti all relations of life.
cles it can bring the light of others,
It is astonishing how far these
besides its own thoughts, to lead the prim al laws throw th a t light, and
way to the better evolution. But how much! Let us begin to grasp
all will be useless unless it has an it: We see th a t the world is made
audience to hear and th in k !
up of the C osmos and M an . The
C osmos is explained by the law of
SO C IO LO G Y 1
equivalent C orrelation of all its
changes: M an is explained by this
The New And Important Science Impris
law of co-operative association of
oned in Europe and in Colleges.
all hum an beings in their race and
national divisions. T hus physical
In the last T orch was Hhown the
science gives us Cosmology as the
im portant part th a t Sociology had
basis of Sociology, with Biology as
at the late Paris Exposition in be
the interlude. On them rests our
half of Fiance, and how th at Re
hum an world— the Sociology of
public had m ade R epublicanism
Man.
a part of its general school educa
Now let us never forget these all-
tion. This week the show th at the
including first laws of hum an (n o t
Social Democratic
Republic of
divine) Sociology:—
Sw itzerland made there, is given in
1. T he R epublic , the com m on
part.
wealth and safety of all, is supreme.
It is a great thing th a t these, the
2. P rogress , (grow th) by in te
two European Republics, have de
cidedly recognized the new Science gration, causing individuation, giv
in their statesm anship and educa ing order and liberty.
3. C o - operation , of Each for
tion. T hink in com parison how
America at its Chicago W orld’s F air All, and All for Each, m aking
Exposition had a “ P arliam en t” of rights and duties reciprocal, and
dead and dying “ R eligions,” a few dependent upon each other.
Upon these 3 “ hang all the law
E volutionists in a dark corner, and
We can furnish the readers of the
the true Religion, the Religion of and the prophets”—th a t is the
F reethought and Liberalism , of Sci P resent and F uture of all hum an T orch with any of the Liberal books
published. C onsult our list of Lib
ence, H u m an ity and Sociology, no peoples. W ith these 3 clues, from eral Classics, published from time
w hat difficulties and entanglem ents to time in the T orch . If you do not
w here !
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