The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-17

of the machine also; while, in truth, pleas
ure, pecuniary profit, or other incentive Of
sense is the first and true cause. Intellect
sustains the same relation to sense in the
transaction that the physical body does to
the intellect viz: the relation of secondary
cause or more properly, that of instrument.
SO in every case, If the search be extended
back carefully to the fountain-head, sense
will always turn out to be the cause and in
tellect TO be the instrument" "All moral
worth is grounded in sense" therefore, Mr..
Malone insists that couture of intellect per
Sc does not make men better in moral
respects 'The most illustrious nations Of
the past were born and bred in comparative
ignorance" yet, sin spite of all drawbacks
they moved straight on to power and pros
perity. Nor was it until after reaching the
zenith of culture and refinement, as we say,
that decay and dissolution set in." Thus,
in these last quotations Mr., Malone disposes
of himself. The Babylonians and Egyptians
reached very high degree of intellectual
culture and their civilization had no sure
basis until the intellect, the reasoning powers
of men leading one after the other by
successive stages Of Advancement, held
them there until riches, luxury and self
indulgence eneryated their physical and
mental balance and they fell. So with the
Greeks and Romans. Sensuaity was their
undolng. Mr.. Malone's theory Is contrary
! to the facts OF history and life. The world was
never as rich in intellect as it is today, and
morally and physically it was never half
so good. There never was n time when
reason so predominated and there never
was time when men were more devoted to
higher thought and the higher life, or were
more given to the search after things
spiritual. Mr.. Malone, had he recalled
his knowledge Of savage life, would have
realized in the wild Patagonian, for instance,
a man guided by his senses, and he would
only have had TO contrast him with the
civilized man TO realize the advantage Of
education to cultivate the intellect by which
man is identified in his advancement above
brute or mere sense conditions. Mr.. Ma
lones theory il It obtained would abolish
schools and turn back the wheels OF progress;
il would restore the night Of the senses and
expel the torch of intellect and reason.
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