Telegram-herald., 1891-10-19
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BIS BELIEF PIT " PARAGRAPHS
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81 is Not" me to-ios-4L< - \ syaop-
So VI hss address.
There - the kno~n, the unknown
aud the HnkIsoss4l.sle. The amount
uhaJ We kEow, how ser great eo1a-
PARED " lth what was once kaown by
E.alI, - nGlnitessitAy small ia COM
Parh0n with what may D., with what
will DC known Ia the future. As New
ton sad we are bat children gather
ing pebbles On une shore with great
uaexpiored ocean OF truth stretching
out 6riore IN The empire OF science
n constantly extending Peace hath
her VICTORIES no less renowned than
var. Research = constantly rect
rig from nature her secrets. bat there
rryer VIII De q TIME when man will
kaors more than a comparatively
EnazalI part OF the truth OF an infinite
universe. He might study through
eternity and uuexplored fields wouls
Still remain.
..But all knowledge belongs TO the
region Cd The relative what things are
tn themselves, what they are out OF
Alatson with our consciousness, we
Go not know and can not know be-
cause We can know only under the
condition Of knowing.
THE ma i0rs.y OF the people think
they know q great deal about matter.
They name rs so-called properties
and qualstk.s. never doubling that
they are describing AN external sub
stance as it exists per 81, instead OF
the di,fercEt ways In which their con
seriousness Is Affected by a reality of
who's ultiHsate nature they know
nothing They Imagine that outward
things are directly mlrrored by the
ss-nses, and that they are exactly what
rhey seem TO De- Tell them that to rs
matter in = eongeries OF qualities
weight. resistance. extension etc;
that these words imply aad describe
our own conscious states. and the
effects on us OF the reality Itself
anil thsy are utterly unable to COM
pFehend what you mean.
= lit Is none the less true that mind
and matter form a synpthesis, and
neither can De conceived without the
other. We are compelled TO think OF
nild IN terms OF matter. and matter
IN terms OF mind The hardness and
softn - (resistance) FOR example, which
we ascribe TO matter are sensations.
shs substantial form in which we are
compelled 10 represent mind Is neces-
sally material. Every perception.
every sensation, implies a sensitive
organism and an eternal reality act
ing upon the organism; in other words,
two factors, without either of which
ssnsatlcn Is inconceivable. This Is
what Aristotle meant when he de-
scrfbed sensation as the common act
OF the feeling ard the felt
by psychoI oglcal analysis. our
conceptions OF matter are reducihle
90 sensation, the common act OF the
fssafng and the felt and this is what
FsaeLon meant when he said OF mat
ter. ''It Is je ne sails quot. which
mel.s within my hands as soon as /
press u"
What IL the externality? What
ran be affirmed OF 1t? We turn 70
the great philosopher Kant. and he
tells Us that knowledge OF the object
unauodsfied by the subject. can never
te known. since subject and object
cooperate in every act OF cognit,on;
nIAf that though the existence OF an
external world - a necessary pos
tulate, It's existence Is only logically
affirmed AS we'll might the bird
when feeling the resistance OF the air,
wish that II were In vaeuo. thinking
that then IL might fly with the great
eat ease Ind Spencer SAYS. The anti
thesis % subject and object. never TO be
TRANSCRIBED while consciousness lasts.
renders impossible all knowledge OF
ftat Ultimate Reality I'm which sub
Icct and object unite
sswho can teal9 That Is the unknow-
able. The agrsostic u one who re-
ersnises the philosophical truth that
the ultimate nature 81 things is In
serutable % tire human mind
''En. an agrsostEc pronounees moth
ing snknowatic In the region OF the
relative. IN the region accessible to re-
search IN agno&tic may believe as
.afuch rs other pc ole. even though he
declines % affirm whereof he has no
proof or data. Because there are sub
bets bsyond our ken and Of which
we have no knowfedge. IL does not
fsfIOw we are without convictions.
I VII give you my belief aguostic as
am.
'sI belseve the enlightened human
reason. and not any one hook. is
mans highest standard and best guide
heliswe chat the well-being of man.
ard nor the glory of God. should be
fhe o,jeeT "a our efforts. believe
+lsat intellectual. moral and physical
culture. not pity. Is the prime eondi-
zion ~ mans wefi-beinv 7 believe
that the means % this condition con
sist IN observation. experience and re-
rssetsos,. and not IN n pretended hook
revelation or special Inspiration. /
seaieve that the untrammelled ever
rise ~ harlsn rpaSon r. not only
IN faa1ienable right. but q daty.
soid THAI beliefs are neither moral
nor ilnncrai In themselves. hrt that
r<xiss hegtsss IN time show their good
trsIueuer On characfar and eon,iuct
s.ad w-onx beiixfs res1lt inipriously:
That. therefore. We have every In
fucen1eut - Sock truth and avoid
error without eos1sIenluirg those who
favp prt the truth 7 bslfve dorht =
she tnzirisGng 81 wisdom. that without
ss1nist = usara 10y r Invest ia tsez with
out invest fxation he never iearns any
.fsnr. &n.i wit i've and de "a isnor-
snee. that doubt leeds IN inquiry. In
rniry - ka0w Is~trv. wssfuss. con
flfrnee. ard happiness beiieve that
We have = right - expect unity IN
tAsrrs ealv that can ~ Demonstrated
<ssat n shsn4s adnftfIag 81 donht
wAevs shou'f - free diversity. ard IN
al thsn~- charity n~l.sve h that
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