Torch of reason., December 24, 1903, Page 3, Image 3

T H E TO RCH O F REA SON , K A N SA S CI
SO U RI, D EC EM B ER 24, E. M. 303 Í19O3.)
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Tyndall, that heat is only a ing out in the wilderness, each
there is no motion it is still
when there was no changes there mode of motion of matter, I think searching for specimens of a par­
was no events, and when no events is incorrect. All grades of heat as ticular kind, the geologist, o rn ith ­
no parts of time. And no tim e 1 well as absolute cold, are only con­ ologist and botanist find that each
ditions of space, some state of
was passing.
W hen consciousness was born in which could not be alisent. Mo­ is helpful to the others in many
space, its action caused a change tion of m atter undoubtedly will ways. Specimens of plant life are
in the condition of space. Raised raise the tem perature of space, but found in solid rock, birds feeding
the tem perature, its raised tem per­ heat is not just the motion of the on plants and certain kinds of
ature stored, becoming m atter, and ( matiei'. Absolute cold being as i plants growing only oh rocky
the motion of the unstored tem ­ much a condition of space and sub­
perature moved the matter. All ject to change by the proper agency. ground. They find they succeed
The inconceivable law of gravi­ better when free from restraint and
resulting from the first cause that
could not help but be. The be­ tation is another fallacy to my ; searching in harmony with the
ginning of change being the tie- mind. I think all suns are unstor­ others. Reformers, with mind and
ing force or stored tem perature.
ginning of the passing of time.
eye seeking in harmony, unbiased
T hus all would be natural. No That unstored tem perature is being
miraculous. No inconceivable. No stored in the earth, thus causing a with false ideas and unobscured
indestructible matter. No perma- ’ constant vacuum of unstored force by superstition, can see the need
nency of force. All the n a tu ra l: there, causing a rushing in from of cooperation. In the social, eco­
result of the effects started by the all sides, producing the phenom ­ nomic, political, moral and relig­
action of consciousness on the con­ ena of things falling to the earth. ious field we find such an over­
ditions that had to exist in space. Let us accept nothing but the
lapping and interlacing of in ter­
The proposition so ably defended natural truth.
ests that reform in one means re­
form in all.
How interdependent we are, and
“ IS THERE A G O D ?”
how mutually helpful we may and
should be. Of course we must
BY A. N. M OTE.
sometimes follow one of the inter­
Mr. W illiams having replied to
lacings for a distance, but we must
me again (see T orch of November
also see how- it is affected by those
26,) I wish again to add a few more
it comes in contact with and how-
remarks. I thank Mr. W illiams
it in turn affects them. If there is
for his replies, as I think he has
a problem we do not all understand
gone to the trouble he has solely j
alike, it is evident that at least
in the interest of truth. And 1
some of us do not understand it at
know th at I have. I also thank
all; perhaps none of us do. Let
Mr. Lewis and the T orch for their
us bide our time, have charity for
contributions; and especially to
those whom we think have “dust”
the T orch for the use of its valu­
on their “glasses,” ever going on
able space.
toward the time when a human
being may “live, love and labor for
I may have fathered propositions
those
he loves without the inter­
not in reality any part of my be­
ference of another; so long as he
lief, for the sole purpose of having
meddles not with their right to do
them disproved, thereby causing
the same.” Comrades, however
th eir eradication from the final
labeled, I wish you each and all
the “joy of going on;” and though
conclusions of this discussion.
we may apparently be on different
Mr. W illiams appears to hold to
roads sometimes, “I trust we shall
the same belief w hich is held to in
meet in”—town.
the book “No B eginning,” by Mr.
Maple, also that was advocated in
The New Rock Island Shops.
Mr. Ingersoll’s article, which I
have been referred to in this argu­
The Rock Island will have in
m ent: viz., “That m atter has al­
operation at East Moline, 111., a
ways existed.” If m atter has al­
locomotive repair shop worthy of
ways existed, has not also time?
the growing importance of that
If so, has not tim e or duration al- ,
road. It can now claim the dis­
ways been composed of parts? And
tinction of having the largest loco­
do not its parts succeed and pre­
motive shop under one roof in the
cede each other? And if so, w-ould
T H A D D E U S B. W A K E M A N ,
United States, and, large as it is,
not the first part of all past time
Associate Editor Freethought Magazine and Torch of Reason, Consolidated.
it w ill serve only for the repairs of
have to be first, before any subse­
the engines of that portion of the
quent part of it could be? And if
GOING ON!
and protect the individual, now vast system which is immediately
this is so, how’ could there be a
seeing the few using laws a help in tributary to Chicago. The lines
first part to tim e? And if not a
BY A FA R M ER ’S W IF E .
fleecing the many; once a w’orker which now- comprise the Rock
first part, how could the part of
in Church and Sunday school, now- Island System have such a large
tim e we are now’ in be here unless
“T h e g re a te s t jo y of jo y s sh a ll be th e recognizing the Church as a stum ­ equipm ent of locomotives that sev­
it did have a first part?
joy of g oing on
[Sam W a lte r F o ss.
bling-block in the way of progress; eral shops like that at Moline will
As to the propositions of a first
“
H
e
who
w
ould
win
m
u
s
t
c
o
u
n
t
each
cause, or no first cause, w’e can not s te p his p riz e ,” fo r “T ru th is n o t fo u n d once thinking it right to believe be required for their proper m ain­
evade the conclusion that if there c o m p le te in m a n 's s h o rt d a y .”
as I had “always been taught,” now- tenance.
is no first cause, that m atter is in
One im portant feature at Mo­
H aving passed the fiftieth m ile­ recognizing no one as authority
existence w ithout a cause, whether
it has existed for ever or not. If stone on life journey, having set, and requiring evidence before be­ line which is regarded as an im­
provement over other recent loco­
we admit that there is something as it were, many stakes to steer for, lieving.
in existence th at could not be and having changed my course be­
Now, for the “joy of going on,” motive shops, is the larger propor­
tion of floor space for boiler and
brought into existence, we admit
the miraculous. If we admit the fore reaching them ; having taken I am writing this today, trying to tank work. The repairs of large
inconceivable, we cannot be based pledges which I did not keep and let you know where “I am at,” so locomotive boilers and tanks re­
on a rational foundation. W hy not vows which I have broken; at one that you, dear comrades, may throw- quire ample floor space, and this
claim that the condition that could time believing our governm ent to more light on my pathway by add­ has been well recognized in the
not but have to be, was a first be a free and righteous institution, ing fuel to the T orch and helping design of the Moline shop. One
thousand men will be employed
cause? T hat m atter is the condi­
now
realizing
that
such
a
govern­
to
keep
it
burning
brightly.
In
during next year, and the working
tion of space. W here there is no
ascending
the
m
ountain
side,
trav­
ment
cannot
exist;
once
thinking
force will be increased to 8,000 as
light it is dark. W here there is
rapidly as shops can be constructed.
laws
necessary
to
preserve
order
eling
through
the
valley,
or
strik
­
no heat it certainly is cold. W here
shop for horseshoeing, containing
four anvils and other things to
match. One tlay he hailed his
friend the music teacher, who was
passing, and showed him his tine
equipm ent. B ut the musician
found fault because the anvils,
when several where in use at once,
sounded out of tune.
“Great
S c o tt/’ said the sm ith, “This isn't
an orchestra, or the Philharm onic
Society, it is for shoeing horses
and should be judged accordingly.”
However I do not admit, even
for a moment, th at the com peti­
tive wage-system and private
ownership lack benevolence as com­
pared with governm ent ownership;
for just the reverse is true. The
latter is inherently unjust to the
masses, and always corrupts.