The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-02-07

world. is called by name less agrseabls. per
maps, but more easily understood aud inter
key Joan SIN tn. plagiarsi, is therefore very
lrreverent swindier. Let ms call IL pWpf'
sriHdiiag-for pulpit swlndling it's
Professor Wilkinson then goes on to ex-
plain more fully what constitutes pulpit
plagiarism, and he says. IN reference to n
case of a sermon of DR.. Parker, that had
been stolen:
suppose DR.. Parker's sermon had been
changed and ADAPTED by the minister using a.;
would that have undOne the plagiarism? Ger
fanny not; nc least provided the sermon stil
remained so much the same as IL was az first
that' on careful comparison with its original
FORM u would be recognizable as plainly DT
farSers. slight changes. having in them no
purpose OF necessary adaptation TO second and
unerent use, would be justly liable to the sus-
pe.On OF having been made to cover the perpe-
traton OF fraud. The fitting on to this sermon
OF a different text, the tTanspositiOn OF some OF
the parts of the sermon the omission OF a part
or Two. the Introduction OF an additional part or
two, the replacement of q particular part with
something else, something OF the borrowers
own-no one Of these changes would. at the
Dest. go farther than 10 eNtenuate the offense:
anu at the worst such change might be held
10 aggravate the otfenSe b. an effort on the
minister's part TO veil II
We should advise any minister having 10 in
mind TO make public use, ether wholly or
partly OF the production OF another man. to in
dicatc plainly in words to what extent he was
thus Indebted; and then, IL the minister would
hear II, We should say: Refrain altogether from
making this use which strict honesty requires
that you thus guard. Your credit with the
public for intellectual independence-nay, your
Intellectual independence Itself and cOnse-
quently your intellectual fruitfulness and
growth, are vitaly involved. BE producer, not
a borrower.
Regarding what Mr.. Rollins would term
The royal seizure of thought Mr.. Wiki
inson SAYS:
IAN thought is free plumber in the world of
mind. as rec as water, as free as air. Help
yourselves without restraint But. mark you,
you cannot effectively help yourse yes 10
thought without thinking that thought your
selves -NoiC no man has thought another
M = thought tChcn nc has sflnpiu read trans.
crtbcd. memOrtzed crcn. that other mans or-
presStsn of his thought"
Regarding coincidence" Mr.. wilkinson
says; THE diversity OF mind and mind is such
that two m could not strike out independently
and originally, for instance, two plans OF dis
course mutually identical No more is it
possible for two men to take exactly the same
view of one and the same truth.
The Honietic Rerieic is read by many
Der. 1898. are some remarks bv the editor
on the subject of plagiarism. He says:
The unacknowedged appropriation OF a ser
mon or part OF a sermon Is no less theft than is
the appropriation Of money or jewels or prop
foolish as il is criminal Detection is sure 10
come sooner or later; and with detection will
come the death OF influence. suspicion will at
tch 10 even the most honest OF efforts thence
forward This /, the case with the pastor of
one OF the largest churches OF one of the larg-
Est cities OF our land To-day. Convicted once
means suspected permanently.