Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-16
many Observation-Disclosures



Tfs ssnAarses whish hsss ras@'d sanes
the dawn o. history hsvs ben nafksd
b. an svosutsoa ssaFtsi5 les vonderfai
thsn thaa. which N shs theories 81 Oar
win and Hnxlsy. pr,dseed maa - the
sssnit Of an stsrnsty Of iEnprassnasni
in ths ssat Of 0re2zde life. AZ aeoos
the siass a. whieh car Arss hFaiisn and
frnznznsary rseosds q MesopskanaiAH
life barin, % SHORTY before that ttms'
the psrysisaI ssoInti0n Of man may b
eonssdsrsd - having esassd, 80 far %
nsrss, nasnral and tnvoiaatsry ssoia-
sion 4 CONCERNED. The svcantioa Of his
inssllastuai and mechanical pcssEs wea
fairly iisdss way. Homer sss Jes far
IN the fztnre, bos Some Of the pJramads
were osustrncssd and other vast archi
teeturid and snafE,sssinx works we're BE-
fna carried on. Tbs inorsl and spiritual
svoiutiDn Of man bad not began. Each
lived for hinself. There vAs Ne con-
nnnity u ahouaht or feeling. Phiian-
thropy was undrsan,sd q. ssiAshness
xas the snsssrns rnosiss Of action. The
very rsdixion was essentially q religion
Of sslhshssss. and even inietisstual
action was based on sslaahneaN The
pyramids may be taken - monuments
Of ma. old, dad civilization. Nom
msnis they afs which need no inscrip-
tsona. Thsy are themselves inscrip-
tiozs. md shs story they tell Is the story
Of an fni4lisstgal antivity which u a.
foreign 10 the humsuisy Of this day As
the humanity Of thai day was foreign
10 The oyster or 70 protopiaam Itself.
Ths prsmids mighty prcdnsta Of sn-
ginsssing skili. great witnesses 70 The
possibilities ef labor, ~ they sre-wefe
not coi,sfruaaed that they might bring
singis bsaeEt % humanity, MOI sbas
ons uistehsd being might be made less
wrssehsd. They stand a. the soie re-
mainisa evidences Of the selhshness -
yell a. tbs power Of kings whOss stsriss
have grown more and more dim and
have Hsaliy Isst their individuality ana
blended Ia the one inspersonal and IN
hsr0is story Of the past. Built for the
psrsonai ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of rulers
whoss very names have long sinoe been
forgotten. bnili By the hands Of weary.
unwiiline toiIers vho are lost in the
ineoncadvahls multitnde Of men that
are dead, they tell ns now only Of the
snprsms ssliishness thai prompted the
msn Of long ago.
The advance has been great from that
psFiod, when. IN each mans mind, his
osn hsppiness wss Ill and the happi-
ness Of others nothing. The evolution
Of the highest moral qualities Of bu-
naanity, while IL has not kept pace with
shs evolution Of me higher intellectual
qualities. has nevertheless BEEN going
on. The evolution ei intsiiee. Is prae-
tisally comple.ed. Wills the whole
mass Of humanity viii for centuries 70
sone spaaoaiIy sisa toward the highest
intellectual level. u Il DOT 10 b be
lievsd thst greater mind than that Of
Shakespeare. than that Of Bacon. than
thai Of Daais, than that Of Mslssn. Of
HeRsl. Of Klopetook, Of Schiller or Of
Goethe, will ever appear. The mass Of
humanity rnas riss % the level Of tho
highest point that its greatest inteileo,s
have attained; u will not rise above il.
Nor. although the failure may bfing
forth great aud astonishing inyensions,
win th,sre be other Inventions display
ing greater ingenuity and mcdaniel
skill than has yet been displayed. The
svosutlsn OF ths intalleetnsi and me-
ehaniesl powers OF humanity is ieeom.
plished II only remaias 70 develop the
masses 10 the point marked by The de-
vslopm,ns OF tbs Rraaltsst intslleals.
In tn ether dirscsian. hovsssr. our
task h inconapiets. The old philosophy
Of sslfssths philosophy Of humanity 10
lie lovsst Stage Of e,tistsnoe--has not
been sappsaatad by the philosophy
shieh taaehss that the highest happiness
u 70 b. attained in the happiness 81
oshera. Humanity will eventually reach
. paint where each individual will strive
for NE happiness o. tbs whole. ba,
there h much 10 be- done before that
point 4, reached. Humanity mast be
squslizd. The happiness Of tho peo-
pie should be more general. Ths hap
pissi and tks most miserable should Be
brought nsarsr together, loot By mak-
ina shs happineaa Of The happy ones
less-0sd kmevs thai no one has TOO
mach II happiness IN this vorId-hui
BY makinR tho mishry Of tho miserable
lea Tas unhappy should be made
happy. Thuir loi shoald be improved.
No hannah bsinR shoala ~ through life
and ned feel "a its Gloss that be has
ssthsfsil fsoln Il as ml,sh Of happiness,
- rnuoh Of 10y. - life could afford.
Raeh n,isn Who comes forward with a
nss inu.ntion. q nsv Iian b. which shs
sendition Of his fellow morsals may be
impfsvsi. should be looked upea al
greater thsn The victor u hundred
haisles
TIE srss skiianshsopist --he Who seeks
his oun happiness ollly thronRA the
hap2in9n Of ethess lind hiis his life
With lahsr for ethss.' sooa--will appear
when thu wesld b rsady for him aad NOS
before. Baa the gradual advances Of
kunanity toward The idssi lie for the
reed Al sll, aAn he sesn from century
10 nsnsnfy. almost from sear 10 year.
CFims tlisrs y to-day, ~ black and
khs<sls d sss<. has eians b nos nov
called hsruaafn. TIE advance 10 eenE
ssnl Tas asvrAes d ply. % kss. q
charity IL TIN hnmaa heart i higher
shxn itlsAa ssus BEEN. Two shaasAnd
years ago ~ greatest nsnrasnn vas
ths ercatsst aisn. and lie peopls inade
him kina. Today NE mnEasrsr II tie
fes Il al nsis. AID mrrdsr i rsnnssd
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