, 1873-12-07

Uudos tho uatno circumstances, all groat bodies
Of men
! ACT IN TltH GAME WAY.
III grcat masscs Ut ,nu:i, o.hor tl!ugs being
tic nan,c, Isko cRuaou lwnduco llko effects
llouoe, of hnnau acsion tlltr5 may 10 Sonic tyo-
yiao, mud, wlaro slsoro is uorao provision, Bon1o
science li possible. So i.1r n. tora oa:, ho ron.
ora'lzatlon mud Interpretation based upeu II. NJ
lar tiioro eau bo scionce. ThlH fy B;o;,cor'a
own yintlieasion. To dony tho possibility of Il
aocial aclel'co ia TO assort Tint ll,oro tan bo no
tehuito knowledge of mon aa aooial l,en,s. uud.
~ u consequence, that rational Liquidation is Il
chm era, md stateansnnnlp merely o,npirle'x1n.
sponcor sa no enthusiast over sociology. lie
HAS 'n1nito conllnon souno. Unlike Dlchlo, lo
inaaoa no rasll Statements concerning the char.
aciof OF tho nccnco. 1Io ncea that tAoso arc
L1atrs TO HUMAN rEETis1oy,
and almost insinuates that, perhaps, nil no can
ea:n from tho ecionco Ia faith in tho ris ,ucdi
catri1 'atartr, and taat "Tho ouo thing ncedlul
III to maintain tlia condition. under wlic. tho
nnturnl actions l,uyo fair play" Ncthcg docs lo
"udcsrato the dialcultics iu Tho way of tho
sociologist. I1o Inns full consciousness of tho
complex'ty Of tho phenomena, Of tho number OF
the unknown quan.it"s, and tho 1osncsa Of tho
equations. Not only IL uo aware Of tue obstacloB
10 10 surmonntod, ho points thnm out and
"ero he asx1'inE tho soenco to bo tho idlo dream
OF d|o bra!un, lle caul1 not atato w!1at thew aro
moro forcihly. 1usleod, tho ullbcljoyor in
sociology will find sponcor'h own book Tho best.
snpp}iel arsonal for arguments against it. Tho
array OF dfcultlos in tho path Of tho cultivator
OF this, the hlgloat and moAt complex Of tito
| ncioncos, according to llle autl,ors own
showing, Is intieoa appalling. 80 much
10 that ho confosses thai hWcre 1t
tho MIN of rocial science to draw IN
quito special and dellnite conclusions, which
mist depend for their truth OIL oxaot dam ac-
! curatoly co-orlinatoa it would hsvo to 10 aba,,-
doncd j anta he does no: abandon 1t only bo-
causc, afle; MI error in dotait has boon allowed
Tor, tiloro nro cortail, cassos Of general faots
Witch remain for thssconco to build itsolf upon,
Moro yot tho author docs not disguise from
his readers that 4 person ct 10 bo socioloEist
AN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE INDIVIDUAL,
60 many and so great arc tho qualition ho moods; ;
10 extensive and varied his Indispensable no.
qulrcmonts 30 froo must DO his mind from in
tolloc:nal aud emotional rafrao.ins .nelia, from
ovory bias. whether educational. patriotic, po-
litical. or theological 80 raro tho discipline to
Which ho must Lave previously subjected him
aclf. very unamiablo crcas,1ro, tao, Our
eociologistmus be, without my concrete religion
or faith; with no country but tho uuiyerso ::
alike indifferent or aliho intoroste1 in Hoatlen-
ism aud Christianity, democracy and monarchy.
in tho land OF hs bjrh and tho lnnd of ita tradi.
tional enemy,-a judicial. cool-hcaded spectator
Of tho triunapls md ditappoIntmeuts of hn-
manity.
Spcrcsr insists especially on preparation in
biology before entering Oh the SC. e,co of Sooi-
o}ogy, Tho reason Of thie il ovitlont sno,,o,,
fur man il m animal. whetovor olno In NAV Go
and tho
LAWS OF HIS ANIMAL LIFE
cannot be ignored III auy gystom which contcm-
plates him in his social rotations, Comte waB
the first to enunciato tile proposition TINT "Tno
facts presented by masses Of associated men oro
facts Of tho samo order ao thogo nresento3 bv
groupB OF grccarious orea,uroa of inforior
kinds !" and horein Spencer fully sproea with
him. It IL ,1ecepsary Of romark. howeyar. Tint
thoro arc solno facts presented bv masses Of
associated mon which layo no analogy in thu
movements of inferior beings. Tha fact tint
sociul action ia tho resultant Of tho .ctiona NJ
individuals md that thu actions of
individuals arc vital actions m,koa a
evident that to understand eocial Action
wo must understand tin ,ava NJ hfa
Our DhiloBnDhnr c1ninH That anrtofv cr n1rro
gato humanity. in I'M orc,niam II, ,'aro t,.1, ~,
a,leeorical aenso, and, wo hcliovo atraroo 40 -
NAV Beem that tbo 1en,onst,,t,o, !. conot,,.;,a
We lad thought OF r;y;no nm ertract NJ t,vo
from the work, but apaco viii not norrnit Tho
book is ono which caunot but bo rand with nror-
1t. Unplotonling IS 1t is. there aro huudrotla NJ
PRACTICAL. Lro1s1A1ons
who might leurn wisdom from it's pacas Mon
arc, aB general rule, ycry ready and !, orr.b,ndn
with opinions Of what is best for societv. rha
aoc:al organism has been badly-abused croa-
ture. Oteat utatosmen hayo been very froonont.
ly great bluuderers, Think of tho unfolding Of
the mercantile sysem" Ctlo syston1 which ro-
CARDS all trado Us worthloss aud injurious unless
it leads to tho importation Of gold) BY tho best
minds Of Europe for 80 long!
Economic phenomona wore onco the ssuc in |
coherent maze. regulated by no law, Which socio-
logical phenouaona have been hitherto, and
still are. Witnessing wlat has boon effaotea |