The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-02

is q conditioned being-that he has wants,
objects, ends and aims, and that these are
grafiiied and attained only by the use of
| means. DO not these wants and these oh.
Jects have something to do with the will,
and does not the intellect have something
10 DO with the.means? Is not the will a
product? independently OF conditions can
II eXlstY Is 1t not necessarily produced?
Behind every wish and thought, every
dream and fancy, every fear and hope, are
there not countless causes2 Man feels
shame. What does this prove? lie pities
| himself What does this demonstrate?
The dark continent OF motive and desire
has never been explored. In the brain,
that wonderous world with one inhabitant,
there are recesses dim and dark, treacher-
GUS sands and dangerous shores, where
seeming syrens tempt and fade; streams
that rise in unknown lands from hidden
springs, strange seas with ebb and flow of
tides, resistless pillows urged by storms of
flame, profound and awful depths hidden
by mist OF Dreams obscure and phantom
realms where vague and fearful things are
half revealed, jungles where passion
tigers crouch, and skies Of cloud and blue
where iances fly with painted wings that
NNftf'N HhA hAANlNlNif hllN pun NONflflEll
of this pictured world is led by old desires
and ancient hates, and stained by crimes
OF many vanished years, and pushed by
hands that long ago were dust, until he
feels like some bewildered slave that
mockery has throned and crowned
Col. lngersoll concluded his reply as
follows:
Science is the enemy OF fear and credul-
ity. 1t invites investigation, challenges
the reason, stimulates inquiry and well
comes the unbelievcr Ii seeks TO give
food and shelter and raiment education
and liberty 10 the human race. II well
comes every fact and every truth. II has
! furnished a foundation for morals, phi
losophy Tor the guidance of man. From
all books il selects the good, and from all
theories the true. II seeks TO civilize the
human race 10y the cultivation OF the in
teilect and heart. 1t refnes through art,
music and the drama giving voice and
expression TO every noble thought The
mysterious does not excite the feeling of
worship, but the ambition to understand.
1t does not pray-it works. IL does not
answer inquiry with the malicious cry of
| "blasphemy" Its feelings are not hurt
by contradiction, neither does II ask 10 be
| protected by law from the laughter of
heretics. II has taught man that he can
not walk beyond the horizon-that the
questions OF origin and destiny cannot he
answeed-that an infinite personality
cannot be comprehendcd by finite being,
and that the truth OF any system of religion
based on the supernatural cannot by any
| possibility be established a religion
not being within the domain of evidence
And, above all, it teaches that all our duties
are hcre-that all our obligations are TO
senticnt beings; that intelligence, guided
by kindness, is the highest possible wis
dom; and that imam believes not what he
would, but what he can"
And after all, il may he that ITO ride an
unbroken horse with the reins thrown
upon his neck'--as You charge me with
| doing-giyes greater variety OF sensations,
kecner delight and a better prospect Of
| winning the race than 10 sit solemny
astrde OF u dead one, in "a deep reyercn-
tial cain" with the bride firmly in your
hand.
Again assuring YOU Of my profound nc.
spect, remain, sincerely yours,
ROBERr g.. lNGERsoLL.