San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-12-01

hog than you as he is bigger
man, you may have to turn out
snd give all of the road, or find
yourself in the ditch, a fool for
your pains.
1t may seem on the surface OF
things that the hog who forced you
to give more than your half OF
the road has nothing to interfere
with his power of Individual mo-
ton, but his time will, also, come.
He will meet some man his physi-
ca lsuperior, some day, and proper
tionally bigger hog, and then he,
too will give his half, or more
than half of the road, or go into
the ditch for his foolishness. This
is only by way of illustration. 1t
only emphasizes the general truth.
1t only serves to set forth that If
in the simple thing Of walking
down the street a man has no alb.
solute freedom Of motion, much
more in the greater and more COM
plicated things of life has he less
of that liberty.
This truth is as much an obstruc-
ton in the path Of thought as In
the path of physical locomotion.
No man is at liberty to think as he
pleases. He may thing that he is,
lust like the man on the street, but
about the time that he gets his
thinker running smoothly on the
path of its progress he will bring
up standing against the thought
of the antagonist, who is marching
the other way. 1t may be ques-
tion of lesser or greater hog who
turns out, but il both are wise and
understand the law of the highway
over which they travel, each will
turn to the right and give half Of
the road.
This law holds good in every
thing. There never was born de-
tective in the church militant, nor
an inquistor at her council tables
nor a dictator in the affairs OF gov
eminent, nor an empiric in science,
nor dogmatist in anything, who
ever voluntarily turned to the
right and gave half OF the road.
And not one of these, but has
wrought havoc in the church, or
revolution in government, or bred
error into the soul and substance
of philosophy, or ground the iron
heel of intolerance into the face Of
honest inquiry and open investiga-
ton.
The reason why the despotisms
of the world have made so little
progress in the past is because they
have declared the divine right Of
kings to rule and deliver the law
to the people. Revolution is built
upon the divine right Of the people
to rule and to overthrow the exist
ing despotisms. When these two
antagonisms meet and there is no
yielding on either side then dire
disaster comes, like fear oman un-
armed man, and blood runs in riv-
ers and human, flesh is cheaper
than that Of beasts in the sham
bles. Such was the coflict between
the kingly assertion OF divine
right and the popular assertion Of
the peoples divinity, as shown in
the horrors of the bloody French
revolution.
The reason why the church hat
made so little progress in. the ages
elapsed since it took form, Is be
cause 1t asserts the right OF the &c
clasia to the whole road and de.
mands of science, art, literature
language, monuments, history
, natural phenomena, reason ant
all the rest, that they turnout anC
give the whole road. 1t is onl.
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reason and politely turns aside t.
give its half OF the road to tn
: opposing reason, or philosophy
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