The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-25

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Physical ssissss VIA s.hliaA sAas aa,ps>
cnisus arSA conditioa Hk.arowh< ~ nsa>
II philosopher slas heAsl 10 krsv d.
psndsut Seon 6s6dsnSs. Th(sS - he
grounds of4hat ssasea q crsS6 81 i3saa;
which il b6asts&3 The saasscs@istic pf par
progress ~ IN pFsslst~ Adj attaeo-
nisms are ut the Phsnomsna q eon9ndp11
indetermiik3s sssiutica-s Becs1 q tAiA
~ don't expect consistency in 4s1s prssch.
ing and psActios q tolerance. he differ
encs between Orthodoxy and hetsssdofy hpA
been defined % ~ daxy and Ysur doxy.
That any should opposa nv creed il sarfow
bigotry and injustice: thas / shoaad oppose
every o.hes, creed is riskssoesnsss and unc-
tsous to ny soul. That isAs near tolerance
as~e get for tbs mos. part. TAs present
hiss not got beypnd the belief ssd teaching
of Coleridgs on this score. The fsturs will
but attain batter defined limitations. Hear
him: 4
Sand here fully coincide with Frederic
II. jacob, that the only true spirit Of tolsr-
ance consists in our conscientious federation
of each others intolerance. Whatever pre-
tends 70 be moro than this, ID either ths IN
thinking cant Of fashion, or the soul>pa1sying
sareotic OF moral and religious indlfefsnce.
All OF us without exception, IN the same
mode though not in the same degree, are ne.
csasAfily nhjscted 70 Me risk Of mistaking pos
Tive opinioos for certainty and clear insight.
From this yoke We can not free ourselves, but
by ceasing TO be men and this too not in
order to transcend, but 70 sink below, our
human nature. For if in one point Of view
il be the mulct Of our fall, and Of the cor.
ruption of our will 1t is equally trues that
contemplated from another point, Il ID the
price and consequence of our progressivss
ness. To him who is compelled to pace to
and fro within the high walls and in the mar
row court yard Of prison, all objects may
appear clear and distinct. 1t is the traveller
jourpeyins on ward fulLof heart and hope
with IN sssr-sssying hpsison on the bound
les plain, whois liable 70 mistake clouds fol
mountains, and the mirage of drouth for n
expanse of refreshing waters. 8,
Bat notwithstanding this deep conviction
Of our general fallibllity, and the most vivid
recollection Of my own, dare avow with tn,
German philosopher, that IS far As opinions
and not motives, principles, and not mon
are concerned Inethet am tolerant, no
wish to be regarded IS such. According Il
my judgment, It is mere ostentation, or
poor trick that hypocrisy plays with the card
Of nonsense, when q man makes protestatiol
Of being perfectly tolerant in respect of al
principles, opinions, and persuasions, thos
alone excepted which render the holders in
tolerant. For be either means to say BY this tina
he is utterly indifferent towards all truth, an,
finds nothing so insuferabe as the persuasion
of there being any such mighty value or i'm
portance attached to the possession Of tn
truth as should give marked preference t
any one conviction above any other; or els
he means nothing, and amuses himself wit
articulasins the pulses Of the air instead q
inhaling it in the more healthfuI and profita
BILE exercise Of yawningA That which dot
not with stand, hath itself no standing place
~ MI u ototiou 10 w cACIuue VI fepel Olu6rS-
and this is not less the definition of mora
than Of material soldity. We live by con
tinued acts Of defence, that involve a sort c
offensive warfare. But mans principles
on which he grounds his hope and his faitt
are the life of his life. We lire BY faitl
says the philosophc Apostle and faith with
out principles is but hatteriRg phrase fl
wilful positiveness or fanatical bodily senss
ton. Well, and Of good right therefore,
we maintain with more ZEAL than we shout
defend body or estate, deep and inwar
conviction, which is as the moon to US an
like the moon with all its massy shadow
and deceptive CLEANS, IL yet lights us on gu
--y, POO. travellers as we are, and benighte
pilgrims. With all its spots and changes an
temporary echpses, with its vain halos On
bedmming vapors, it yet reflects the Iiel
that is 70 rise on US, which even now Is ri
ing, though intercepted from our immedia
view by the mountains that inclose and frox
over the vale Of our mortal lfe.'
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