New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-04-21

places n hard and rough hand upon the impulses oi
pity But 1t X always for the puDhc Weliiie' anu
ihis is not hing more nor less than the wc-belng OF
the sources Of webeing, TO the myrads oi lndlNid-
nails who make M the commonwealth. Nhen thls
scencc restraints and guides our charity IT gives rs
Its reason that We shall make more hearts gidd 9u
more homes happy When the parent or teacher
denies petit on for indulgence or help, II Is that
the child or pupil may enjoy the higher sallNiacV"
OF iudcpeud"ut activity. ana WIN the Well-carneu
rewards Of labor economy and self-contrul Nheh
political wisdom would guard the rghls OF capital
il is that the lab0rer may be prompted 10 accmnuI
late cgDItal for himself or nj lcGSt may DE dS>ut
constant uniform and abundant wages. Nhen Ihe
appeal is from Sentiment TO science upon the qucSr
ton of female suffrage, 1t Is always III the Hac VI
that refinement and grace which human nature Is
suppo.cd to delight i'm. When organized ana pro-
gr-ssve civilization abSorhs the lesser nallohdil's
and enforces ITS behests with cannon ana caNaul 1t
at least IN the name OF humanity thai u el"ccs
the DEGREES that bring SORROW ana rage 10 SO many
What indeed. do humanity and progress signify
those charmed words or cant words, for Whicn
Science bids Us do aud suffer 81 nucl-hut llchtI
and more enlarged capacities for human ENJOY
Ne do not contend that Science always distinctly
recognizes these ends still less that IT proposes
the wisest means 10 attain them; but mat I'D lhe
last analysis every end which - liopD'eu ny any
Of the applied sciences Is denied III ihe tclinS VI
In pare Science even in which no practical results
are aimed at achieved, the sense oi power ana
of culture and refinement. Oi generous sAh1t'Hl
and subtle Interpretation, Of creative energy ana
sagacIouS fores glt, are its own exceeding Gl''u r.
wards which are Justly esteemed suinClcnt 10 COM
nrus,te for laborl0us DAYS and wakclu nights, for
ihc scauty support and the ConteHtcd ob,culilA
which have fallen to the lots of the sges Wmoh me
world NAV honor while they 1--we, but VIII honOr
Even those more aspiring speculationS which sci
cntically eliminate from th" universe 'oH WHOM
We can know or an immortality when We NAV tIi-
i1y seem 10 find lOitiCr Triumph and NOR" cNill-
ING manhood m the tcarlcosuts, with winch tntN
face the most formidable problems and the lahcicd
case with which they unraVc thcih'
SENTIMENT TO BE REGULATED BY SCIrNCE.
ThHdly-Though the sentiments are the motives
and ends Of all activities even those OF Srrnce
itself vet they need 20 be Judged and regulated by
Science Wcmean so far Is they are feelings for It
is under this aspect that we view them at present.
We leave n ~ vet undecided whether they are not
larp,Iy intellectual. The feelings, We allow, are
SIMPLY imuul- i've and blind. The iutc.lrc only has
ewes 10 discern and direct; hence The intellect as
scrfs a natural and If you please. divine right To
guide and control Sentiment. Feeling unIr~tIalncd
by the intellect become, passion; When partial
controlled aud finding n itself ITS only law ana ied-
SON II 4, -cutimcutal!~m, winch plays the Mlschlcl
UthurIyatc and public economies. and gniorccs All
manner of partlA and OUc--ldcd theories win ilh-
reasoning frTyOr deCam9ioY hdrHuGurs. bul
feeling directed by kuOWitdgc and judgement Is
practical wisdom common sense, ~ -aclou- ms l-HI'
scientific genius tath u du1y, H Che moral order on
the universe IN The living God VINO VIII defend tie
That the feeling, need Judge to guide is too
obvious 10 REQUIRE an argument. HE feelings
are mauy They cannot all Poe rrauuti. We
cannot have our cake and eat II ~ the same
time and vet we strongly desire 10 40 holu Two
ipsni.p4fi. ,ic desires cannot Ice IUtuigrd ut the
same moment by the came n1u lh respect To ihe
same object. II the two are ~iron" ANA atllNt ana
come together they work IKE an a'iI ana ah alH,'H'
Vino shall decide between them surely not
feeling. Nou cannot appeal 10 another ltrIme, Tor
that NOuld be 90 buuG In another force as hHd ana
"A, .cli-as~citug as either of tac tWO-a ihud patty
tt % lao NUIN tlNltt IIp tt ~lfI tA
aupropratug the meat 10 himself ANA giving the
shells 10 thc two surely It is the intellect alone
that can decade between two impulsINc desires. y
~ decides ON the ground OF cAItIha 'uis'l"' ,l>'
and los he rrldt uus of interest ana ltll\'o PHI
waite los, 10 gam, the shrcWd aud instructed mel
lrct is prudence and forecast; II bN tac GutlfN OF
the sentiments. their place as higher and lower H
the individual ana social economy, ana illrT HlhesS
to be dominant and IaW-lvH2, Che JuoSiA- ana
ruling intellect becomes the conscience.
But iu thu, directing and uilug the feelings tIr
intellect neither oI-OWus nor d.-hunoTs them. II
is neither usuTptr nor an "S-dll1ht oil sch'im'i'
OF feeling "a, sucu. When 10 denies one feeling %
give, leave and play to another ID rpuTr--c- one de-
sire by making another supreme. " trtach.s one
impulse That lt may attach another lh "ii iha III
neither denies the supremacy nor disputes tht au-
thouty OF Sentiment as Such. science tut7 b!t
Sentiment moves everything III the realm Of spirit
at least. Whether this may not b" uuc %. tie UNI
verse Of matter, We DO not as yer decide. Iht-t
prepare us % take step forward Do
our argument
THE APPEAL ALWAYS TO THE ISTaLLEcr.
Fourthb-S.icncc should often recogn.z. iu Senii-
mcnt an important element and datum of proof.
III Science is called into existence by Sentiment and
sentiment furnishes and shapes the ends Of Science,
and Sentiment is coutroledhy Science, th.n Science
may reasonably recognize Sentiment as having
an important place IN the economy Of nature.
For example, I'm all those sciences which llyc 10
do with human interests a- 90 All thc subdivisions
of political and social philosophy, Do may bc as
~uued as 20 sound maxim thJt tuy principle witch
bc clearly proved To- Pee inconsistent with the ecIa-
tlOu and enjoyment OF tine greatest number OF
human beings Is to b" regarded rs untrue. In
other words, those teachings Of poiucu economy
which can be- shown 90 Dee ihr mos, humane give
prma iarle evidence that they are tue. iho-c
sy~ism, that favor individual ownership uI prop
c.ty. 20 measure OF ouptriutr-utp iu capital ANA
coOyclatp u 900 labor general cuu'atIon. the all"Vh-
ton Of uIuoEcIF, lt.aoud"lc Aluschitht', the Ir-
tucmcut of tuc public tastes, being otioHE recon-
mediation Duo their favor, Uu strictly scientific
grounds These grounds rest upon the axiom
mat an the arrangements oi Nature contemplate
tine qualification of tine better and uObitr ~eutl-
mcuis of individual men. All social and political
organizations hud the reason Of thor being ~ this
as assumed and attaudblc cud.
Nature would be monster did she not
would be a buueirr If she did not pro-
vide that whatever make, ono man happier and
better should be- consistent with the Wcl-urlE- Of
all the rest. his principle does NOT decide IS
to the part which the public or social "lmInisffl-
ton should take IN promoting individual welfare.
II neither sanctions nor looks toward tie couclU-
siOu that property should be- common, tAas ldWeoS
loyo should be sanctioned, that Ito state should
own or run railway, or Insurance COMPANIES, or
make al grades Of education a. lrrc ~ Warr tIat
society should Hood the community with Whal c.ils
itself money, or seek TO ease the money maiact
every time that 40 - tight or furnish employment
when there is no natural call FOR tHlr or hat ~, les
of Labor: hut IL does authorize Us 20 believe thai
any political system, any laws Of trade, any
methods oil administration which cannot BE- shown
ID the long run TO bo compatible with the we'll
bong eff a virtu0us community, aIo presumed 10 De
scientifically uusoUnd.
II TINS Is true of institutions AMI social economies,
thrust also be trucOi theory OF ne. Whatever the
ory shocks the mode,ty OF the moderation Oi Nature
doe, violence 10 that icllOW-teoAuG winch makes
the whole world KIN, gives spur or rem 10 the APP
petites winch We have IA common with the bTntes.
Whatever tends 10 de. rddo Or deba,e on, manhood.
whatever ministers % bad ucIShbOrhOUd botwcon
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