The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-03

the caye-dwelier. the savage and the bar
bariaH TO the plane OF the preseaf- TO the
future progress OF the race assured by
this law. no limit appears. Mas w1gdn
81 bitehcj To a star.
The first written law OF nature, or Of
God. is the Ia ~ OF labor. The FIRST COM
rnanduent IL not. II aou shalt have ND
other gods before Me" Twenty-Five hun
bred years before Moses and hss ssniets
of sione. according 10 the chronology Of
the Bible, IL was said, In the sweat OF
thy face shalt thou eat bread. III thou
return unto the ground; Tor dust thou art
and unto dust shalt thou RETURN"
The mos, important fact. 20 him who
would know the reason OF things. Is The
Law OF advance The most pressing AID
imperative duty imposed upon all men
everywhere is the law OF labor. il is Of
this fact and this duty that | shall speak.
Man. in the mass. has slowly r,sea n the
mental and moral scale. Individuals, IA
tions. may perish. have perished. Eat "a
time retrogressl0n may hold sway and .
seeming loss occur. but Ike the successive
waves upon the seaShore. the tide rises.
Though some may appear TO rec de, sue
csedlng waves rise higher and yet higher.
The tide in the affairs Of men has riSen
and will rise Ia the future. The brad
ocean of future lie upon this planet wsi
float men easily and securely over the
JiERsU fDEhS WINCH HOW Oar Eut,F IuNJNGs
and chill with paraiyzihg fear their asii-
satlous. The future. my young friends, Is
yours'
In every nation history and tradi ~ run
back 10 the days OF the lowest Savagery.
And IL ne go still farther than history
tradition can carry US. the story OF the
rocks repeats the same tale with added
force. Prehistoric man was an animal;
the fTagmentary remains of the cave
n n .tisey
are tod, depths Of savagery which can
be only a!nly compreasDded by us. So,
take II all in all. the scholarship OF our
tine seems agreed In this: Humankind,
the race, the average man, has siowiy ad-
yanCed mentally and morally. Blu; prog
ress. while In the long run sure, has no;
bssn uunterrupted~time appearing a
matter OF no moment. When We take
Into Consideration the facts and surround
iags, that man has risen at all is won
der: that ne has steadily and Continu-
ousiy risen, seemingly as the result OF a
purpose. Is anntzing. that he has risen in
Opposition 10 hts natural Instincts to the
evident drift of his surroundings and the
stu greater handraaces of his own ignor-
ance. weakness and che groveling and de-
hasing character of h 8 animal inheritance
Is IL fact astonishing iii it's Importance be.
cause of the light thus cast upon his fu-
tnre.
1Sack of mans advance we have then. 4
force superior 10 his own viii. For 1t IL
evident 10 the most casua! observer that IL
was not In hts mind that results first took
form. The mariners compass first came
into usa a. an aid 10 robbery outrage and
inurder mere iara.y in fact. Ganpswier.
stumbled upon M I'll st. az chemical cur
ia~sty in the alcheinists search for the
universal lux which should turn all To
gold. later took It's place as a simple and
economical aid In the matter of murder.
Nobody then saw what was to come frnr,
It's tise. Least OF a3i did its users intend
mans advance. II WAS used to stay that
advance; TO Kill. The printing press re-
saitei from the efforts of certain German.
artisans To- copy books and get gain Some
what faster than certain other copyists
The inventor who Is not moved by hope Of
gam Is CARED forward by the peculiar
constitution of his mind. by the power
which made him what he IL. Ask him: he
vail tell you thar certain problems force
themselves upon his attention. Do what
ha viii he cannot escape them. He d.d not
create his mind any more than he id his
body or his life.
Advance has constantly beon made AMI
Yet so far can see the masses of
men have done what they could 10 prevents
&c. Given tho opportunity they chose
Barabbas and condemned the Christ, as
they always have done whoneve;' a like
opportunity presented Itself The fittest
morally has never survived. The strong
est hattanous held The field. And men
have always Endorsed this brutal verdict.
Shakespeare names Caesar as 'thN great ;
est man OF all this world largely per-
haps. tecause he ma have been the sreat-
est muft!s rcr. having assisted. II tx said. an
destroying three million 81 human lives
accompanied in many instances. with re-
voting outrage 81 the most tientlsn DE-
seription. But such men have been chief
Is honored ana patterned after = TheSc
have survived, while the good the
true and the faithful have been
aeStptofuiiy usci and pu. 10 shame
And This has always been tho
case II The truth they taught has been
an IN
the natural ftroriiy % man, For moth ng
have men 20 great ami abiding hate and
opposition "a for a new truth leading 90
the greatest freedom ot men from whcSss
toni ana tears they profit Against advance
~ this ktnt t}te controllers and managers
~ men have always fought ana VIII night
And even taos. "a hc benefited 10 not ard
viii not ala M greater miracle ever
vsassed before the eyes az man than th9.
under ti{,sn circumstances continuous
moral advance sAOlIid take plare In all
The ,lcgngS az men in 4 large ami general
WAY aud tn all ths' so-,sallesi IA ws ~ nature
hnfEsyT, morality alst dcs'eTts'y. rs ana "a
stsrd tfsse thinEs. haNe no place and ~
existence whatever. The survival 81 the
nttv<t ~ wtthstaFsi rude. haDi anil nor al %
" revolttnE conditions has hSeB the rals
Tho plant that crowded otasr plants cas-
If cxt2,eHca has lived ard received is
,ss,,irtshnls}t largely frCm the decay ~
former rivals The animal that sss9Ers~i
tlte moet az tse fuAt's " acquired lssHts
fhus a.pris ug 0thcg afs sis % ITS Face g.
tur greatest "xfrnt. geneFassy - Ire -
trnt ~ ~ ability has t,~'pfuv the faTeest
Sin, strongest s,nt the prastuitor ot the "a
;tff, hcrsi Itarit~r ana more hrui al gracs
cf u,cu hsN.. tn lIAo manner OCCUPIED The
ays,tas.d We can sfr that tHis has been
fae wav % tSc woril ard the habit OF tlsa a.
Sc 3 large Af1 Tv-al sAY Without cxrrIl-
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