Warren sheaf., 1897-06-17
DEYELOPEMENT OF SCIENCE AND
as THOUGHT. z2

THOU UdI1T.
Continued from 4th page.
their intelligence is the same to day
as it was a thousand years ago. ) They
have no knowledge Of the past they
aspire to no nobler state the proge-
MES Of to-day live and die as their
forefathers Of old, How different is
the state Of civilized mani His is a
nobler lot. His purpose is to educate
his fellow men, to spread light among
the ignorant and depraved. The
vanguards Of his learning are already
penetrating darkest Africa and the re-
mote regions of India are lifting the
ignorant and supersticious millions of
heathens up to higher scale of in
tellectual Yelopement.
In the days of Columbus and Cop
ernicus curious belief existed among
people that scholars must not go
ahead of their times in their research
because they might disturb the .equi-
librium of conscience of their fellow
mon. The rack, the block, and the
stake were the cure-all in such cases.
Such delusions have existed for CEN
turtles. We no longer find them
among the enlightened nations. They
are now only found in regions Of the
world whose people who have not yet
come in contact with modern civiliza-
ton, civilized man has yet an expan-
sive field of labor before him. It will
take centuries before the productions
of his mind will have become diffused
among all people. But no matter
what obstacles present themselves, the
non progressive races of mankind
bend before the advancing power of
civilization. The. onmipotency of
truth must conquer over all.
Among important scienti6cal dis
coveries that have had a dominating
influence upon the minds 1of men, I
may mention Columbus discovery in
the fifteenth century that the earth
was round. In the sixteenth century
we have the discovery Of Copernicus
that the earth wasnot the center round
which all the heavenly bodies re-
volved. Thereby he demonstrated
the falsity Of the old Ptolemaic theory
which had predominated over the
minds Of men for thousands of years.
We dared not publish his great work
for fear Of shocking general belief.
Besides these there are other discover
les of great Importance in astronomy,
geology and other sciences. In natu-
raj history we have Darwins 'Strug:
gle for existence and the survival. of
the ittest." And now taking back
ward look at history we will find that
the greatest men of all ages were
philosophers or scientists. Their
theories pred dominate over the minds
Of men. About them all learning
concentrates. By them we are
taught. 'sPhilosophy y" says Francis
Bacon, s'makes men deep" The
rolling years of time will yet make
men wiser. We are living in an age
in which learning is open to all. I'm
mense resources are placed before us
from which we may obtain an edu-
cation and culture.
We are living in an age in which
learning IS mans highest ambition.
It is an age Of intellectual unrest.
Freedom Of thought is it's main char
acteristic. But the field of science
and philosophy still presents a vast
unexplored area. The nineteenth
century will pass into history as the
grandest in intellectual I progress,
only to be followed by another still
grander and still more enlightened.
Men are beginning to understand
that knowledge S power.
Arthur M. JOHNSON.
". B. Johnson, Newark, O., snys:
One Minute Cough Cure snyed my
only child from dying by cronp. = It
has saved thousands Of others suffer-
ing from Group, pneum monia, bronchi-
tia and other serious throat and