The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-27


ner- Qaughter) I want to know if
any OF them went out in the way he
describes. Gaughter) I feel now that
what We want to get at is the fact about
the book, SO we will know where we are
proceeding. (Applause)
Coins Anegorical Features
Mr.. Harvey-The School is aIlegor-
zeal; it marshals the opinions of the two
sides of this controversy, so that one
in imagination can see the conflict of
opinions and the contest as it proceeds.
1t puts in the mouths of the gold stan
dard advocates their well-known views
fairly stated with which the country
had been flooded up to the time the
School was written. The strength of
the book was intended to be in the fair
ness of stating these views. The fact
| that little boy in knee pants was the
instructor of the men was supposed to
be sufficient to fix the story as allegor-
zeal.
One reading Aesop's fables does not
care whether the animals talked or not.
Neither does he attach any Importance
as to whether the little boy talked or
not. It is the subject and the truths
uttered that give to it in each instance
its Importance. Robinson Crusoe and
his island never existed; Bunyan's
Pilgrims Progress is imaginary, and
the Legree plantation in Uncle Toms
Cabin was not an actual fact, but these
stories are, nevertheless, entertaining
and teach great lessons. From the
time the parallels in the Bible were
written, this style of literature has been
! recognized Our school literature is
largely imaginary, and when the ques-
| ton is put: John has five apples and
! gives two of them to his brother Henry,
how many apples has he left?" the
problem is imaginary, and put so pur-
| posely as an object lesson to teach the
principle of subtraction. Our greatest
poems and the sweetest music, that
mould the heart in affection and love,
animate the soul and move the minds
of men to daring deeds of patriotism,
are imagery, pure and simple. Imag-
ination is the unIettered language of
the soul, leading US on to a higher
state that we know exists, while yet
the slaves of base motives and selfish
ends.
If it is charged that actual characters
| are used in the book, while similar
books use fictitious characters, the an
swer is that the welI-known utterances
and opinions of these men are used,
and the further answer, that Shakes
peare used actual characters.
Horr Not Satisfied
Mr.. Horr-I desire to say that to me
the excuse is a very lame one.
But now I come to the motto of the
book which is this: 81 thank Thee,
oh Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
because Thou hast hid these things
from the wise and prudent, and hast
revealed them unto babes"
I would like my friend to tell me why
he used that motto. Does he desire to
intimate that the kind of finance which
he teaches is something that babes will
understand, but that people who know
anything will never be able to COM
! prehend? Naughter) Is that his idea
Mr.. Harvey-Mr. Horn misinterprets
the meaning of that verse. The word
babes is intended to mean the pure
of mind and unselfsh. It is in that
sense that it is used in the Bible, and
means that those pure of mind and I'M
selfish can see clearly those things
which the impure of mind and selfish
cannot see or understand. The cause
repr esent is pure and unselfsh.
At the Christian era the metallic
money of the Roman empire amounted
to 81, 800 5000 By the end of the if
teenth century it had shrunk to less
than $500, 900 900. During this period {
most extraordinary and baleful change
took place in the condition of the world
Population dwindIed and commerce
arts, wealth, and freedom all dioap-
peared. The people we're reduced by
poverty and misery to the most de-
graded conditions of serfdom and slav-
cry. The disintegration of society was
almost complete. The conditions OF
life were so hard that individual self
ishness was the only thing consistent
with the instinct of self-preservation
All public spirits, all generous emo
tions, all the noble aspirations of man
shriveled and disappeared as the vol
ume of money shrunk and as prices
fell
Mr.. Horr-Gentlemen, I desire tt
state that my friend has spent his time
answering something that never men
toned or said anything about. l mere
ly called his attention to the use of the
passage of Scripture which he has nov
fully explained by saying that the pas
sage does not mean what it says; tina
the word which is translated babes
really means honest, disinterested per
sons.
What Is Money?
Mr.. Harvey-Mr. Horn and agreed
that somewhere near the beginning O
the discussion we would define what i
money. and then launch into the frs
chapter of the book. So far as hi
statement deals with the relation 0
primary and credit money mentioned il
the fy-leaf of the book, for the pres
: | ent ignore it and will wait till I reacl