The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-02-14
SPECTACLES.

other-to assist the eye or strength
en- the vision, are becoming so pop
ular and so generally used that they
must enter into our calculations
everywhere as 10 motives and men,
because they also color our impress
sions and influence our conduct.
And in this way it may be conf
IDENTIFY argued that spectacles will
surely be taken into consideration at
the bar of the final Judgment seat,
for there is morally no sin without
intention, aud there are so many in
tentions originating from the i'm
pressions made on the eye as
the chief of the outward senses
that when we once allow this TO be
deceptive the whole basis for rea-
soning, philosophy or law, on which
to erect sentence, fails. It's uni
versally admitted that when the eye
is SO drunk as to report a clog dance
in which hills, houses and rivers are
prancing to partners worthy of
them, then the owner OF the said
eye is not morally resi- onsible for
his action even If murder be COM
mitted. So, let us respectfully
urge, is the person who is deceived ny
the vagaries of pair of spectacles
without conscience or character and
determined to enter business on
which the owner has no opportunity
of forming an opinion.
Like all things truly great, this
discovery, destined to have such an
important influence on the history
and philosophy o. morals in the fu
ture, was due to simple, natural
means, and, as usually happens, this
knowledge has been open to the
whole world as to US. Genius only
was looking; that has flashed forth,
and the whole matter is revealed
simple as the principle of grayita
ton, as the laws Of electricity, the
invention of the telephone or all the
wonders of Edison's workshops
Having thus explained that we have
made this great discovery only be-
cause we had the genius other peo-
pie lacked, we will now explain how
each can make the proofs necessary
to support our theory amid the US
ual surroundings of everyday life.
A young lady stepped from a
steamer and was asked, Chow did
you like the upper river?" "Oh"
said she, cit was like any other
river" Now her best fellow had
accompanied her on the trip and she
wore concavo-convcx-tw glasses
SO that she had no eye for the outer
world. Her vision was only turned
to the contemplation Of the radiant
happiness filing her heart. She
was not morally guilty for her
blindness to natures sweetest sights
and sounds given to lead our souls
humbly adoring through infnite
space to natures God. But she had
a friend who seemed to absorb the
sensuous magnificcuce aroGnd her
as the sponge does water; her eye
took in river and earth and skv,
and the tender beauty of the
budding forests and the brooding
peace enveloping all, with an eager
fever of enjoyment and appropria.
ton as if she feared to miss seine
sweet essential to the glorious
whole. And this girl wore violet
glasses through which youth ana
health looked upon The outer world
but heard not the exquisite music
keeping perfect time in the heart OF
her friend. She, 100, was blinded t
some manifestation of the presence
of angels sent by God, bat she wa:
IN no sense guilty Of intentiona
neglect of her talents in that direc
ton, and no messenger from HEAVIER
cast off the dust of his fee: rs ties
timony against her. we feel sure.
Now TO show the universal appli
cation of our principle we will tax,
another case-an extreme one ",
grant, but yet enc entirely true L
life and nature. Near the bow Of
the boat sat a young man with not,
book and pencii. busily wriLinr. A