The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-07-02
A HARD NUT.
,n difference Between Appre-
bend and Comprehend.

ac THIS
ing our Ts difference between apprehending
wn by fling and eomprehending it is a famil-
1t has Distinction We apprehend thing
lroads 8gbsn we seize on to it and feel it's real
We comprehend it when we have
for re- 5gmpassed it, defined it, and made it
secur- II own. | can comprehend the fact
saryto #stif the law of gravitation be true, a
The kdV at the center of the earth will
! hand he no weight, and l can apprehend
mand 4Aeiact that at that point there would
owing knO up and no down, but cannot
lerings anpeheLd it Our senses, our expert
ing IN nee say that in digging through the
e fall aahg if this were possible, we would
~ ex. going dozen all the way; but our
being snses and our experience are upset the
vn OF hdment we emerge from the surface on
! lost aeOther side, for we see we should be
z al asnding on our heads. We cannot COM
Is ex. Rrhend this puzzle; we cannot adjust
er. w minds to this fact. We are turned
otice g0und, and we cannot tell how it hap
low gaed The man who reaches the north
pole viii have abolished all direction
Y al tal one north is gone and east and
upon vest are gone, only south remains. He
this an move in no direction but toward
dvo- @ equator We say the sun rises in
e as e&tand sets IN the west, and we
It Is ank we are enunciating a universal
the wv but II the dlscoverer of the north
faa pe we're to see the sun, he would see
aHse and set in the south, and the man
the aihe south pole would see it rise and
ing ~ IN the north. Thus is.so much of
sea- M knowledge merely relative.
les Sastso with regard to up and down
The u 70 absolute space, in fact with re-
i've aato all direction; we apprehend the
06ss ~ nat we should lose direction, but
the as cannot comprehend it. Is mans
lad alla' N some way, under this law or
ats s1'''SSiey OF the earthly sphere, so that |
we can see and admit certain contra
l0 -saons' without ever being able to |
aoache them? Are all his views. |
Of -0a0ns ana distinctions as relative as |
he PaA0 ooWn or as east and west? Is it |
he e,en "a mathematics? Is there no t
$. ssseiu.e truth? The contradictions of |
IS sphere seem to come into all our
10 .sl 10 say there is no absolute
Ie gse 4 "oulo involve just this contra
le s.aoh am affirming such a truth
lg Me very denial. To the senses. to
: experience, the earth is an unlimit-
+ pane, with the sky above it; there
r ana can be no other side. We sec
pv..4a Lsgpie al the south pole walking
I s',s9 IKE flies upon the ceiling:
apseractly as an indication of
b sSa VIC know the world to be a
saea Du' never as a concrete expert
A. = our view OF every question we
as srps Anal I, 70 thlnk our own Judgment
. Aat 49, ~ sAa1 we are upon plane, and
Bes. 'lefe can be no other side, or if
eaking inverted ''-'i : are "liiIuliy
b,sS sa slaes may be equally true how
ls,n ~ ~ learn this fact. We cannot
no.a..,. :, we may admit it as an abstract
ssa Fosislon, but we can never realize If
bona.e bicfete reality. We are under tbe
- - OF the law of the sphere. We
y no means agree from what ,,o;n+
eitnda 4ai OF intellectual sphere lon
ieckons s4al De reckoned. Every man
fbao fbnka..i rom his own doorstep Great
man ! impose their point of view
eonna E y ior awhile, but we are always
innosss;tgsd gdck TO our own doorstep. This I
tups e-e 4ls contradiction of the sphere
must aoagh all our thinking. We
peonls,S ,'' aostractly at least. that
nay vi = relation to the earth and slv ]
orr ors Us Just as normal and proper as
Il nbsa Jma' who hold to just the opposite :
notioss nts' We 90. Probably none of our /
he earsh wouio hold good away from c
fsd = aal y IN absolute space. o., in the sD5r-
Heageap p"s5e 8. We may expect to enter G
EaowiIn Invested of all our earthly )
solpta1a slisage and preferences. A line ab- !
dc sas., horizontal would soon leave | I
noa ssssh, sa1al and absolute right would 5
asdiesally US away from this self-con- d
aa : same same in regard to space We 3
Is 'Rprehend tSa. that space is limit a
d na. mat there are no bounds to /
assa ! e comprehend it sets ss'' the +
saaepiuo u the whirl. 1t is like irving to e
ifes de- OF stick with only one end | $
asre as ha Me have fixed our limit, what It's is '
Rssso oeyond? With time it is the same '
d saa; IS conceive of neither beginning nlrir a
sraag saalng Of time. Indeed. is not % the \
OF anything unthinlxable? J