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2 Z*/ TH E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, NOVEMBER 27, E. M. 302 (1902.) Bptakioc there w m no such thing as | THE HIGHEST STIRPICULTUBP th«;» ,4 ;i i , ~ * m arriage. M arriage is a juridical --------- ■ , , k " T , tO nappy and which for more th an a century has m arriage. M arriage is a juridical 1 1 .1 . . . ----- — ujaii a veniury nas , .. . . . J I . _ healthy J as h e i lth y shou should <1 pprtainlv certain ly strive to attached . to .. the mem ory of Thom relation, it is a form of sexua. Plus the Earthly Paradise. | d e c e a s e rather th an increase th eir Paine. We owe it to ourselves and m ating th at is approved or sanc m tell.gence and sentiency. to the cause of tru th to rescue from BY MAY BEALS. tioned by the com m unity. It is a , Hut the causes of m .sery will not this sea of calum ny this m an of in- relation analogous to property Genius has alw ays been more or *lwi,7 8 rem ain as they now are. d isputable literary , political, philo- which, as was explained, consists less allied with madness, m elan- " a r- Plag “«. and fam ine will lie sopbical and m echanical genius not in a mere assertion of ow nership > choly, and diseased nerves, but it wlPed '*>« earth when capital- who as largely and unselfishly as and an actual possession of the oh- .. . - 1 ; '.............. ...... .__ i «ueh su ch tir-/i irrn 1I mu u en I _• , W OTK Int/Pllit-r ba/ih f..» i k.. .......__ . . . . ” 3 * deform ities are n atu ral or in Aork * orR together each fur for trie the common com mission and protection of the claim contributed to the achievem ent of an y way beneficial. If very ordi- £ood a *E (If you doubt the cor American Independence. It is rare by the com m unity itself. Property rectness of this statem ent say so th at such a com bination of genius in this sense, and m arriage in nary hum an beings were treated as and I will dem onstrate it next has ever concentrated in one m an— this sense, could h ardly have exist the w orld’s benefactors are usually tim e.) “ Then and not till th en ” a writer, p atrio t, statesm an, reform ed in the earliest days of hum an treated, they would also, in all will there come back to this sordid probability, be badly “afflicted with society. er, thinker, and inventor, whose nerves.” planet her “ long-lost poetry and life was one of great usefulness to W ith this explanation, we may I hink of the hatred and persecu m irth .” I hen and not dll then m ankind. say th at the earliest hum an com tion, the neglect, ostracism or m ar- can higher stirp icu ltu re give us As a literary man of P hiladelphia m unities were probably endogam ous t^rdom th a t have alm ost invaria- a race of noble men and women, in the days of ’76 he was one of the m etronym ic hordes in which were bly rewarded the efforts of those poets, philosophers, artists, states leaders, having formed the acq u ain formed unstable fam ily groups, not who have benefited the race, of men, a race as yet undream ed of in tance of Benjam in F ran k lin in unlike those of the Veddahs of Cey whom the world is not w o rth y ? our philosophy. And if they are London in 1774, he came to P h ila lon, the Mincopis of the A ndam an 1 hink of Socrates and Servetus, of lacking in some of the traits that delphia with letters from F ra n k lin . Islands, and the Eskim o of the Bruno and Jo h n Brown. T hink of are so common now as to be deemed His first article was a vigorous N orth. Shakespeare, who “ rose to be m an a essential— the traits which consti One part only of the evidence for ger of a play house that be might tute fitness to survive in our pres an ti-slav ery essay and he leaped at this conclusion is o f such general live without begging.” T hink of ent environ men t— selfish ness,greed, once into prom inence. He t . am e the editor of the “ P enn sy lv an ia sociological interest th a t it m ust be W alt W hitm an in our own time, the narrow sym pathies th a t m a k e , M agazine ” a n d th * L T ____ ..............._______ W iK'*Z" ,e- a n d th is p erio d ic al n o .« ih l. . m entioned here. dependent upon the ch arity of his possible a brutal indifference to the he sowed the seed of great reforms. In the systems of consanguinity— friends because he was not fitted welfare of others, if all of these, He advocated the me abolition auoiiuon of o blood relatio n sh ip —found am ong “ for a self supporting career in an with the coarseness m entioned b y isla v e rv - fie «rr<.innO 4 i- v- i . , , j m avery, tie arraigned m onarchies the least advanced hordes now exist environm ent requiring him to com P .l.k i., .r",'n the he advoc8ted international arbitra ing, there are no such distinctions pete with his fellowmen.” E arth ly Paradise, who shall sav tion; he exposed the crim in ality as those of cousin, uncle and aunt, th a t the world will be poorer ? I he fact th a t it i» impossible for and absurdity of d u elin g ; he plead nephew and niece. All men and a genius to live am ong us and H erbert Spencer says, in the for dum b anim als, and he dem and women of the same generation cal bloom out his whole n atu re— health L ata of E thics,” th a t the lowest ed justice and equal rights for them selves brothers and sisters. A1 ful, fearless, and fragrant as the hum anity can eventually become women. women of the preceding generation opening of moss-rose buds— is in all th a t the highest now are. T h o r In the year of our independence are mothers. All men of the pre itself the strongest possible in d ict eau says, in the posthum ous essays he published his famous pam phlet ceding generation are fathers. All m ent against this ghastly thing published last sum m er: “ In a world “ Common S en se,” which had more boys of the younger generation are called civilization. of peace and love music would he influence th an an y other one thing sons. All girls of the younger gen the universal language, and men Let us wait until we have observ on the wavering colonies, and the eration are daughters. ed at least onegreat m an in a health would call to each other from the cause of A m erican Independence I his, of course, is such a sys ful environm ent before we jum p at fields in the notes now heard only owes its success largely to Thom as tem of relationships as would any conclusions about “ his nerves.” at rare intervals in the tones of a I aine. One half million copies of Beethoven or a L izst.” I believe come into existence if a large The fish is cold blooded and “Common Sense” were sold, and There num ber of men and women phlegm atic enough, not nervous or th a t this is literally true. the a u th o r, with the prodigality of lived together as a single fam ily. highly sensitive,—quite the oppo is no reason why the coming race genius, gave the copyright to the Extensive philological researches site of a genius, yet if we had never should not think in poetry and States for the cause of independence, have dem onstrated th a t in every observed any fishes except when speak in music. and he gave aw ay a fortune in this Life will be beautiful in the com part of the wrrrld, including western they were out of water we would pam phlet alone. He did the sam e Europe, the system s of relationship probably be firmly convinced th at ing days; it will he beautiful to live. thing with “ The C risis,” and when th a t now prevail were preceded in the fish is a very nervous creature But it is beautiful to live now’ if one peace perched upon the A m erican prehistoric times by the one th a t — abnorm ally so. can help, ever so little to m ake the banners we find him a penniless has ju st been described Let us m ake the earth a fit place coming days all th a t they may be. patriot. K ansas City, Mo. C ontributions to W ell - being .__ for the developm ent of great m inds W hen the L iberty Bell was pro Rude as it was, the prim itive m et — “a garden of T ru th and G lad claim ing the D eclaration of In d e THOMAS PAINE ronym ic horde developed certain ness,” before we conclude th at a pendence, he shouldered his m usket virtues th a t were priceless co n tri genius cannot he happy and healthy and m arched to the front, and His New Appreciation. butions to the happiness of later therein. Under our present en v ir served on the staff of General generations. In sm all endogam ous onm ent, the higher stirpiculture. Greene. W ashington’s arm y was groups there grew an affection th at even if it is all th a t its warm est M r . J ames B. E lliott , 3515 W al - in sore distress when “ The Crisis” lace S t ., P h ila d elph ia : was ail the more intense because of advocates have dream ed of it, could Dear S i r : I have your letter of P aine was published. “ These its lim ited range. only m ake its u n fo rtu n ate victims asking me to write you som ething are the times which try m en’sso u ls,” There developed also a gentle- wretched. W hy should one strive was his w atchw ord, and he infused . , ------ to he read as part of the proceed- ness, a geniality, a kindliness, in to develop in unborn children taste? • ♦ i u v ,i ,„ t „ . v u n u re n ta ste s 1Ilgs to celebrate the centennial of inspiration into the faltering hearts the relations of individual to in d i th a t can never be gratified d e s ir e ? t l • » retu rn .... .. 8 'to u e u , oesires Thomas o Paine’s to the of the discomfited troops. There is vidual, which was in u tter contrast am ple evidence th a t W ashington ? n it v « T ’ and 1 am giad to to the enm ity th at doubtless existed and Jefferson were fully aware of X “ X 7 - X - X ? o iZ between group and group. C u ri the great value of P aine’s services. ously enough, we have in these very I assure you th a t I am glad to warfare of-each aga’ustTlI »y ,h '’ ‘' On ° f “Co™mon 8en9e” t0 the words, kindliness, geniality and g St an. museum in Independence Hall to add my brief word in m em ory of gentleness, a connecting link with W ould any sensible horsebreeder com m em orate the event. the m an and the occasion. those early hum an com m unities; strive to produce a p articu larly Very sincerely, It is difficult for me to condense for every oue of these words origin fine lot of colts knowing th a t they T homas B. H arned . in - a ------ few words my c estimation of , j ••• — wo lajj a iiu ja u tju oi ally m eant th a t which pertains to mils e urned out w ith the com- this rem arkable man. There is not 411 Drexel Bldg., P hiladelphia, Pa , a kindred or group of kin related mon herd to deteriorate and die? in m odern history an instance of Oct. 29, 1902. through the m other. i e t iecauses of m isery rem ain inveterate calum ny so relentless, so (To be continued.) as t ey now a re ” people who wish pitiless and so shameful as th a t Read our new prem ium list, and re new your subscription at once.
