Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-03
AN ISfIDEDs "REAsONING."


a recent numbgf OF tho New York
World contains an interview byArthur
Brisbane Of Col. u. q. lnger.oll, Ia
which so much that " characteristic Of
the great iniiel appears that u Jlsll-
iiee the expenditure Of few words O.
review. He Is as plausible aud shifting
as ever, giving deductions based upon
nothing but most perverse and fan.
taalic will, anu 10 those who arc nutud.
dicied TO profound reasonlns snI pre-
fer superficial conclusions, the Inter.
view would DOUBTLESS be looked upon
a. a caskot Of polomlcal gems. He
announces that mans chief concern d.
with himself, which the interviewer
pronouncea Buddhistic, but II IL not;
IL II a truism AMI the most rational
statement In the entlre article, though
the inadvertency Of It Is - apparent
that the force II would Otherwise have
Is spent beforehand.
OF the immortality OF tho soul
Gngersoll speaks with slight upcer.
tainty, doubtless due 10 the Unborn and
universal longing for life hereafter.
He has NO serious belief or Interest
la it, II the interviewer Inter.
preis what he said accurately.
"Once," lao said, ~ had no existence.
Now atn. In q short time | shall
exist no longer When that time
comes, twill DO just az exttaoriinary
TO reflect that 1 once did exist a. 1t
would be to believe 10 the possibility Of
my eXlsting again" Which Is more
intellectual yenion Of the negro
preachers statement during cam
meeting services: ~ dose gemmen
what IL in de front seats would fet
down, dem as Is In dc back seats would
sut down too, cause dey wouldn't
have to stand up 10 see over dem Us
amt staniIn'up." It belongs ia that
class Of statements known a. naiv,tc
ana as such Is altogether beneath the
iconolAsps plane OF controversy. hu
innocent fact Is sometimes more dam.
aging than u ponIefous ialsehooI, be-
cause Of the lack Of argumentauve
skill which It ipparls, aud this is even
such case.
The colonel socks q dispose Of the
matter at one stroke ia tho following.
81 do not occupy my MUD with use.
less discussion or speculation M to
origin or destiny. Between these
two horizons there II plenty
Of work tor mans Intellect" Exactly
sl Aud within tho boundaries of
the uuilel States ore all the materials
needed to keep the miud OF man onor.
ggt.cally cmIlnyug--uervuu-ly active
from she cpllGto tue grave. II IL
De- ol.y MATERIAL TO work uu that nre
desired, why leave "A hll tunt furnish.
ca an abundance merely to go g.
another or 90 others that could only
prove an enlargement OF the territory
devoted 10 mental tXoiches2 Hy
remaining wiIuiu prucnb,u Amils,
that which IL learned VIII DO m fs
thoroughly learned Boo al probability;
whereas by going further We only bul-
den ourselves unnecessarily aud make
IL more likely that the worG Will no.
DO no complete, That 10 about the
logic OF tho situation practically up.
ll,ed. pln't seek 10 30 beyond the
while bon Eou, ior II uorsr't pny Y o.
viii not lhen,of goursc,Eu " tua. Jucfr
"a Great Britain trDuIng with
grand cities, magn,hcuu. vp,rFpnsos,
wonderful reaaur,c5 au historic race
equal to any 10 all our own hold il
point Of learning, civilization, al.
yauo-mvnt anu culture, ami greatly