The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1893-10-27
THE GOSPEL OF WORK



cred Before nody of Young Men In
Paris-Ths Relation Between Science
and Happiness Explained.
Emile Zola, the famous novelist, pre-
sided at dinner given by the Students
association of Paris In the course Of
the evening he spoke as follows;
Did science ever promise happinessl
] do not think so. Science promised the
truth. and it is questionable if happiness
can be made out of facts To be con-
tent with them even for day one must
possess stoicism. an absolute unselfish-
ness, serenity of intelligence possible
only to the highest minds Therefore a
despairing cry goes up from suffering
humanity. How. it asks, can we live
without delusions and Illusions? If there
Is not somewhere world where justice
reigns, where the wicked are punished
and the good rewarded, how endure the
denominations of human existence2 Ma
ture is unjust and cruel Science ends
in the monstrous law of the survival of
the strongest Reasoning thus, recoiling
from realities as yet i'll explained, they
seek dream. put confidence in the out
Of sight and hope to satisfy in the be-
yond their yearning for fraternity and
justice.
This despairing appeal for happiness,
rising on every side, moves me infinitely.
Already music has responded to it, lit
erature is trying to satisfy the new thirst,
and art is changing to show its sympa-
thy. It is the reaction against natural
ism, which is, they say. dead and buried.
At any rate the movement is undeniable.
1t is felt in all the manifestations Of
mind, and unless it is taken into ac-
count, studied and explained the out.
look for the morrow is hopeless.
/, being an old and rugged positivist,
zee in all this only d halt in the march
,shead. Indeed it is not even tiIal, ror
our libraries, laboratories, amphithear
ters and schools are not deserted. What
treasures me most is the fact that the
social ground is unchanged. For q new
art to flourish, for a new belief to give
humanity a new direction, there mus
be d new soil for them 70 germinate ant
grow in. Ours is still the denaocrati,
son Wnence tne cSnsusy rvse raitn
are not resnsclsaeeas ana onay mytnol
next century will affirm this one. What
will concede is that in literature WE
brought the horizon too near, and per
sonaiiy ! leglee navnis enueasoreo tS
hnne II, af1 - proves seii..es, i,
1ne new men, uy oiOs le-eAsenuins @ .n'
nOllzon, haye les asineu possession = ene
.llAnowu snu 'liS iuy ys.eliUus, y, anu elleS
nave uone .l wen. ns1Ween .ne .r.lslls ' ac
guarsu enrougn sciencs, wncn lre s, NOT = te
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qusrsu somollow rom 'ne uiiAno W.
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ap'e' sle.e q q lall'' VI uoip' anu inquiry'
nis ialiu oelonss aS ..iucn - neera.uls
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neers' uoins Tue worA u precursors ana
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y ueny lac's llesay 9, .serlneu. a az FL, !,
elscs advances 4, .sns iueai retreats. anu !
seems 70 mS .nas ~ 'nis STOW cvnques.'
hougn W. have eno inviallcioiy =, cer.i-
saue y neve. - Anowlns an' gives me i's
only Ieason' i's oniy Joy.
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etn, ana the.e only
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am aware snat no counsel coulo Q.
more oanai. II every scnooi az tne ehe
o1 sTery Term y y gwen 70 every Doy
ana every poy nears u WIN inolHeronce
nus iet me. VINO nave never Been any
sning except worker, oel you Ntne re-
ward nave gained from tne long sol
whose enors mas niieu my me. In
Worad was narsn 70 me az nrs.: ! nav
known poverty ana despair. Aater m.
exlstence was Dattie, ana even now tn
ngns goes on anu my WorK Is questioned
contradicted. Insuised through IT ai
my support mas been incessant WORK
regular. daliy, LOT an end never forgot
tens HOW often nave seated myself q
my taDle' tortured ny some great PAIN
pnyacai Of moraii ana eacn time' afte
tne nrss minutes OF agony my task na
plOyeu . soaace' uas gwen me sSrengH
20 continue tne struggle ana await Tn
morrow.
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