Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-07-07

,GEFIELD, S. G., TIIIJa
for there never will be a time when
it will be possible or wise to dis
pense with either. On; the contrary,
as one increases there will beam
increased demand for the other,
and vice versa. IS IS
], Now how shall this happy
Utopia be -ealized2 / answer by
the transforming energy of the
omnipotence Of thought: We
speak of the power of steam, Of
electricity, or Of gravitation andso
on; but their power would never. q.
have been rendered subseryient: Ito.
our convenience and use but forfhs
4 power Of thought. We speak eff
the changes wrought by revolutions
reformations, and ainyentions bnt
back of every invention, back ef
every reformation, back sof every
revolution may be traced the:
strugglings Of some intense
!. thought. All that has been! done
the result of thought and how;
ever mortal the thinker
immortal is thought. However
soon forgotten the thinker may be
the world will preserve histhought:
You can kill a thinker, but you
can never kill a thought. Lives
have been lost and lives will yet
be lost in putting iuto active flas
operation the conclusions 81
. thought, but if the thought thea
healthy, vigorous, and true reality,
4 it will live on and bless the world
of unborn millions long afterths
thinker has crumbled to mother
earth. &
| = the potencies Of thought
.s;e 3o>5 10! ggtiaaec amidst the
1lashinga ;,f class, ti.> fr.,s s,7',sof
i,,afes:: I'd t'.e aoait'ieEs u
.hcc5s. Thss this goal W.. ~
u.2y aud more nesgis anproae::'e'i
] 81 tinle passes is aG'aeneed NJ .he
fact that tllo woris! is J,i;ss AZ,
|. Do you doubt chat the ~1ss.s:: $3.50 =
thinking? Look at the consohi.;
dation of capital into syndicatesi
trusts, aud monopolies; and thsn
Hook at the combination Of labor
into unions, brotherhood and
alliances-all telling in thunder
i tones that the world has woke up
Hand begun ss think Fare
thSnfia and asSis rigs|
! is intent on The : protection ofhis
! interests, and each has rights
! which ought to be, and in the
end will be respected.
Il
Now in this thinking that there
should be extremes in opposite di-
rections is both natural and
historical. There seems to be a
kind of pendulosity in thought
which causes it to swing to opposite
directions in about equal dis
tances; and SO keep to pace with the
march of universal advancement
This is best. The religious
enthusiasm at the time Of the
reformation which lead a credulouf
people to believe that Luther had
seen the devil and run him from
the room with his inkstand, seems
!. to be silly superstition in this
day, but without such enthusiasm
then, I doubt whether Luther in
all his impetuous earnestness
could have succeeded in breaking
the fetters which enslaved the
people body and soul to an impiout
and tyrannlcal priesthood. Sc
we need not expect to find people
going just far enough and nc
further in the conflicts of the
times. Capital will and does &c
too far in its exactions; labor also
will and does 60 too far in itf
demands. The pendulum swings
both ways. Would any one call
: me cowardly because I take this
J position; and charge me with
fearing to offend either side.by
taking this intermediate positions
Well, you wait, and if I am
not right, then I am no prophet,
that's all.
The remedy for all this turmoil
) and confusion is clear, bold, and
intense thinking. We need more
thought, more thinking, and more
thinkers. And that means more
schools. more teachers, and more
education. We want more educa.