Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-11-24
SUICIDE: IS'T WORTH WHILE I?
Fear is the Only Motive That Urges Self
Destruction.
II Is Argued That Suicide Is Useless Because the
Victim Still Lives On and is
Conscious Still.


While ?" by Charles b. Newcomb,
which has attracted much atten
ton. In brief the author SAYS:
"Tbere il marked increase in
the tendency to suicide, developed
oftenest among men, who furnish
two thirds of the subjects and are
generally men Of intelligence and
in responsible positions.
"There is but che motive that
can drive n man 10 suicide: It il
fear. This Incentive manif s. S
itself in different forms, genrr,liy
a fear of the consequences of .
mans own acts--in-s of r"uuta
ton, property. health, or hsppi-
ness. 1t Is al ac, Of supr. me-
seitishness in any case. Suicide
is evasion. 1t ia MT c.s-a y to
offer insanity as an excuse. If it
were We must admit that iusnuit,
itself is but the r.sul- of eg ,tism.
1t proceeds from morbid condi.
ton of mind, danger to witch
we are ali subjart when onr
thoughts dwell 100 persietently
upon our elvss, when we ok in
Instead OF oui-tuc dsug"r of iu
verted thought.
This c,n only sri-p frum II
miscrnception If lif-. The RENE
dy lies IN fresh rtaiemr mt W.
have lived too much IT, the mar,r.
land and among the fogs. w
have lngere' 90 lons in III
ceue eri s of dead faiths
Eve. y individual is complet .
judicial system, an autonomy.
within himself. He is hi, own
l4wmak-r, prosecutor, JUDGE aud
jury. We are our owu ia lts.
We Apply our "wn thumh CO. S.
We stretch ourselves upon the rack
and handle the Levers. It's ro' tate
nor Providence nor circum-r,ncr,
from which We suffer Ih-, j.
no depot but self. Every act of
a mans life is soouer or Int6r
passed upon by lis own cou
science.
"rhe supreme folly Of the -ui
eide is in tue dclus;on that by
breaking the sla'e he can soive
his problem or escape i H.
may for II time attempt he roie
of truant from life's school, but,
like the school hoy, he only De
lays his task and compiicat.s i,
Sometime, somewhese (aud douhi
less sooner and nearer tn u he
thinks) these problems OF to-day
must be work. d out.
Life il often called voyage
Yet On a 7oya-e one would
scarcely hiug himself overheard
becans" of fog, d y
"W- often spssk of lie n
hard ia-kma-t-r aud ~ s,mrth ng
we shonld be glad 20 nave don"
with. We call II aD illusion nnd
II dream. But we are beg nuing
to learn (and every di>rnv ry f
science emphasizes the fact) that
desth ia the onl, 'iliu, lou.' and
that life iu ever varying form goes
on forever. We can't pu, j.
away from us. N, mau csn be-
really bucned, drowned, frozen or
buried. lie may change hls gar
meut, but h. mus, live on
Through all experiences h.. comes
unscatbed, untouched, and con
scious still.
Life itself inflirts 20 pair OIL
us.Al' suffering comes from within.
1T proceeds from the inharmonious
conditions of our own souls.
Love is the key note of life. It,
harmonies are sublime. 1t is a
magnet of irresistible power,
which draws to us all things de
sirable.
"Destiny there surely il, but it
is consequence Of an inuer cause.
1t is not the arbitrary government
of another intelligence,
IF we were to dwell long upon
the fact that we live in our mortal
bodies under a constant atmos
pberic pressure of fifteen pounds
to. the square inch we should feel
crushed and suffocated. Why do
we not suffer- Because the re-
sisting power of the at
mosphere within is always
equal to the pressure
from without. We are permea,ed
and upheld by the same force that
surrounds and overhangs US. So