Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1894-06-14
ValedictOry Vindication.

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discriminate between sarcasm and
ridicule, between downright ma
licious libel, vulgarity, abuse, and
that which is truthful, in spite of
military education at Sandhurst,
the great English emporium of EN-
bryo "feld marshals."
On May 3Ist, in the S. +. corner
of domestic epilogue, he publishes
an a-lonymous, vciled, personal at
tack On one. Of his own prepaid sub
sc-ibers and refused space for re-
ply OH the ground that the election
is ovei and the righteous cause pre-
valent.
That is Solonistic feat quite
eclipsing any of the Waldport Irish
mans efforts.
It would be interesting to learn
whether that is innate depravity or
educational alteration; also what
ratio Of degradation was necessary
to ensure victory for the righteous
cause, as opposed to that which he
eeroniously assumes the unright-
eous.
Contemplating natural depravity,
It does seem remarkable that indi-
viduals designed by their parents or
Guardians for some particular voca-
ton, "the semination of the gos-
pei" for instance, and educated
with that end in view commonly
develop all aptitude for some path
i'll life diametrically oppose to that
of the evangelist; just as the re-
formed convict-gambler-d er-debauchee
attains perfection as re-
ligious revivalist.
The ethics of morality, duty and
conviction, contract or expand as
each individuals physical coustruc-
tion aided by the gymnastics of ed
ucational culture permits him to
reason upon, in youth receiving or
rejecting good and evil impressions
according to the mental capacity
developed during the period Of re-
cep.ion Of actual experience. The
matured result only, is the just
guage by which mems deeds may
be measured, and the man who abb
stracts unlimitedly from the multi
tude that which is necessary for the
preservation of mankind, although |
recognized form be adhered to is
equally as culpable, just as danger
Gus, in a greater degree more de-
structive to his species, than the
cannibal Of Papua who prefers mis-
sionary to sailor on account of fla
your.
Both man and cannibal may learn
better, have learned better; the
world does progress, and individ.
uals will educate themselves to rec
ognize the memorable law of ne
cessity, which, says the Greeks,
"compels the gods" and is now
struggling for the preservation Of
the race in bulk, not by Darwins
evolution theory of the survival of
the fittest, but DR.. Brinton's theory
of the production Of the race by the
same laws which produces "sports"
in plants and "men of genius" or
"prodigies" and ordinary mortals
in the same human family (See
Forum, Dec. 1889 Necessity
which declares the life the earth
brings forth, itself shall sustain,
and which the art and science of
man has today made more than
possible for the multitude, and with
out doubt the day dawns when the
multitude will avail itself and live.
The old superstition that the viii
Of heaven is revealed in the i'm
mediate results Of trial by combat,
or the fancy that right is always on
the side ofmight, are long exploded,
Suvaroff triumphed and Koscinsko
fell. Nero welded the. Roman
sceptre and Paul was beheaded.
Herod was crowned and Christ was
erucilied. Even now we have an
Instance Of truth on the scaffold
and wrong on the throne, but truth
is mighty and will prevail.
FIDUs AcHArEs DuRANrE VITA.
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