Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1855-02-08

tained IN Tho very words expressed above.
A volume at nonsense. certainly; for NJ
child of the present time who understand
the first principles of Natural Philosophy
would ever think CT advocating SO absurd
a theory. The world believes this hs
says, ':because il looks reasonable. Pray
how reasonable7 Oae of the first princi
! pies laid down in any work that treats o
the screw and lever. Is. that the power
| To move the weigh, mus; move rs many
times further rhrn The weight, as tn.
weight is greater than the power-,here
fore, IL Archlmisrs should find his tul
cruin aid undertake. tu move the world
he would be obliged To move hiusel
through the space Of more than 1896.
40O. 900, 900. 600 miles TO move the world
one fourth o. an inch. And as that i:
further III N any reasonable man can ex.
pect 10 trayei, The world is in little dan.
ger Of being thrown on, OF lis Orbit. And
1t Phonelics bears The same relation Il
the e.icati1n OF the world as Archi,nides
. l'ver does shs moving Of ii, the result can
not be dou bied. The world must remain
uneducaled.
But there are some statements ia the
'feview" Of the 25th uli.. that cettainly.
IN justice 10 the writer Of HE article oI
Jan. 18Th. need reviewing. The re-.
viewer coolly states that tie sentiment OF
, ihe article oil the 18Th uii., is. that all re-
forms run into ''InIscrable exiromas. ("
iha, Is certainly misconcep.ion of the
au.aors meaning. (probabls owing 10 the
tact that IL WAS not written ia Phonet!cs J
Anything. no matter how good lis Trinci-
pies. when carried To an extreme becomes
an evil; and then II certainly Cannot be
called u reform. That would he reform.
srs run into such miserable exlre mes IS
amply proven by our Cwn experience nnd
the REVIEW of the 25ih uls. The re,iewe,
seems % put Tremendous stress On the facl
that Ihe author said some ,hiugs without
giving his reasons - le0ssh. relying upnn
The common sense OF the reaAer 10 d.scov
er the truth oil the statement: it was in
tact mere ipss dirt. But the review
er hes }el to learn. that facts genersIiy
known and used merely as reference need
OILY tie lFse dlxliof the writer ~ have
them understood and believed.
Mr.. Phoneiics braveiy puts himself al
ihe head oil tho relormers oil the 18Th cen
fury, ana boldly cries, Come on We val
ient iew-who da,s 10 breast The current
OF Public Opinionl Follrw me, and ~ G
will overthrow the deceIsful language thai
mas long been hunbuggiug The world
snd no narrow minded conservative shall
fix our limits Go it. my dear fellow.
but remember, the freshman who was de
terlnined TO fly.
There are many statements in the re
view SO grossly lncorrec., and in sucl
contradiction 10 the real facts. that "a
pass them IN silence Is the best manner Of
answering them Bat there are sthrrs
however. though equally wrong. the iacl.
Ut which are not SO generally known anc
NOT Il. notice them would be giving them
a iscu ccnsrn: in The minds o. many res-
ders- He asserts thsl Salts Bonans.
have always been ia the way OF reform
that they called printing an IRnovA,ice-
iha, ihsy said The application OF steam as
mossvs power was impossible and ihs.
tue Telegraph was mer3 mater OF moon
shins. Now every well informed man
knows that the facts ~ The case are tx
scsly shs reverse Of what the reviewer
states Il Is vel known fact ihat Faasi
AID Gotsensurga. he inventors Of The ii,
Of Printing ~ere sso Of .Ao most fnte.gt
gent SnJ eaterpfising men ia Holland
Also. that ihey wese very materially as
sisted II r.fr ~.
Influential 81 ne age NJ sos0er ha6 t.
irss lev copies Of ne Lsigsic Bible besr
ssrucA cit laan the lcmana beeaua oa0r
nous, AM all except few 6ieaad l
eiies hailed Tie Invention as ls5a
Heaven. Do 20. ihe nioDre " I.er
ton with tl.e means % sarff er
siga u building steam baalf sae
did; anu beg iew q tie scisa li
Tie dsJ had any aonts q s ~
l. Il n0i laes lna. e
l4Fge s4ia 81 ro1ef 81 $3.50
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