The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1874-12-04

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IL st,efeliae IT. ~ la'issnsts liar
aetrr ~ e,stinealis saiius. llsre II
,he ,.siuus r@tiien. IL illr lteaa atli
ef haMAn ln..uas Additional IT,.
t~srrh Hnl nrw discoveries serve IT,
nensira,e the alsar.lits - SINE n.
write orinion = trmcf iags, end snl.
ssi,nis ii i,s stead villa, II esteemed the
mere ma.iefn ani snlighs.a.i view.
NJ ttnn esn Ing ienain IL tie ffent
rank VI intelligence ausl culture with.
oui n continual modification e his
OPINIONS. AMI ,nru afe beginning " sce
that ii they would w. free H. hold
whatever views they ma, think rralcr,
they msss gfaul Il tier fellow nen the
same frroaun,
Notifications aud differences II crin.
IONS Icing thus tic order q the day,
anl liaslnnch as What man believes
inevitably shows itself in what be- does
aud Is, /. becomes u prime importance
tia, Lo lie allie to discriminate between
the true and tho false III tho mass Of
conflicting testimony brought forward
for hi. consideration.
tine Of the most striking manifesto
tions of this mental progress il met with
In the eissr, to Liiag tic human MUD
unl.r tic supreme control II tic rca-
toning faculty aud make i, tho c.,si
afbitcr III all discussion. THIS in but
tic extension cf tendency which has
l.un operating from the beginning ol
man ) existence. in taking 4 general
survey cf this intellectual progress We
iurl ii t. hA,c consisted IN his gradual
emancipation from sl,e control II his
masiuativc faculties and the substitu-
II .*#s's.. = = at4as L.,
thu primitive mnn these faculties ei
the imagination had al,s ,lnte control
over the actions III lis mind. surround
ci is liz mas ~ maeli that w.s to him
unlriued aud und.iluahlp, s,nc.sin.
every moment phenomena be could not
understand. everything contributed u
tits result.
li,ess mighty commissions u nature
NJ cplnmo, in the carl, age. i lis OK
istenre. md which. seemed IL shuke tho
earth h its very foundation inspired
him viii terror aud ,iisnn,: aud Nh
usctn hria.iag s.lse + lis ow,. weak.
ness aud Il natures power. ipnk pes
session u tis sui. Ills a,erlowcrel
ieason refused u graulc with The
mighty problems sci before il for solu-
tim. aud Ii. turned with relief IT, his
imagination for MI explanation of what
his understanding could ~, grasp.
Here We iin.. tin nrigin II that ,lisrn.
siiipn u nsellbu the III, st,ripus IL su-
rrfnatural source, Which lsas uLiaine.
sncl, ivnthola that IL seems IL many
T. l,r al original .l.iueal il lnmnn m
tnre, That this disposition a- been
extremely rernieiens in lis action 10
one can deny '.acrea,inns have been
handed dp.n fr,m ccn.ur, u century,
gaining weight trnm their altlInit,
anl Tie number III their adlrrents al
tie, passed along. until they i, III, e,
themselves NJ II direct opposition q
tie mest incpntroscliihlo dictates Of
~ son. nngma,ir assertion alone caull
h. brought forward in ihei, support
unl there aaa thus fa,ierosl that spirit
II intulrrenrc fran which even We u
tie present IA, arc ~. Wholly free.
Tut reason e.ull NJ always lie dor
man.. aud Wen n'.n had ID SIN. meas
urc suhs.ueI AMI become familiar with
nature. i, lo-an tho esl ratiun ahl
conquest II that unknown realm Which
4 seems destined finally IL sul,inga,c.
trent was the task sct for il torrrfarm.
and great has been IL progress in per- /
forming that task. II hrs been slowly
but surely dissipatny tic clouds " ~
pcr.ii,ian and ~. ssicirm that have 40
long u,crsl,aduWrl the human mind,
and has substituted III it2 stead the
rich, bright. sunlight al truth. Tie
wonderful ,r.u,url,s II has nchi. vol
Aavc given man such confidence III IL
powers that 10 cnhcasers viii, Il 10
solve the tntire problem involved In tho
rrentcl universe. md rnhi. nxi.in y.