The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-04

keynote Of the present age, and he has
much TO offer in support of his contention.
II II be true that discomfort IS universal.
we may be certain that this mental cause
viii be quite sufficient to produce a change
of some kind When all wish for change
ii will be certain to come. and | may re-
mark, it viii be likely not altogether to
please anybody when ii does cone. While
Ii is certainly impossible for US who are
concerned In the life OF today 10 accurately
measure the collective thought of our own
age, certain parts and portions. certain
tendencies OF the time may quite readily
be seen. Among these one appears most
pronounced and marked. II is now an al
most universal habit among men TO enlarge
upon and make much OF the power OF con-
certed effort. The cooperation OF suf-
ficient number of men Is supposed TO be
alone able TO produce any desired result.
The power OF the majority and its right 10
settle a question OF morals is scarcely ques-
toned. while organized society is made TO
stand In the place of right of God himself
What the majority Of men are thinking
we think; what they do we strive 10 imi-
tate. The vast power OF masses of men
working 10 desired end in industrial af-
fairs and the wonderful results thus
achieved in our material civilization have
turned our heads. We have jumped 10 an
unwarranted conclusion. We have foolishly
supposed that the laws of matter are APP
plicable to mind Thus are led To de
pend upon others for what we should do
for ourselves. Individuality Is destroyed.
Mental weakness and social tyranny follow
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to which much Of our life is now attuned.
Man" has become. in our thought. mere
noun or multitude thus obSCuring in some
degree the infinite value ana the eternal
regnancy Of the individual soul. The unit
of value and the starting point in all men
tai comprehension IS the indwellng indi-
viduai soul Of man. Men are not valued
because they do not differ the one from
the other. That is said 70 he a point Of
worth in chickens. These must be true 20
feather. They must conform. But chick
- - ~ - 3
too. for one chicken counts FOR very little
in any market. Only the non-cOnformst
was very truly great. And only the great
are worthy 10 be followed by US Even
though ii never be reached. the aim the
model. must be high. Shakespeare is valued
not because he was ike other men. but be
cause he was not. 1t IS not his likeness
but his unlkeness TO those by whom he
was surrounded tha. made him - value n
the race-or TO himself. Shakespeare 1iv>7
The individual life He locked within.
There. within the confines OF his own soul.
resided his power.
\ late writer. extensively read. has I'M
dertakeu To show as the solution OF nys-
terry. He holds that every man possesses
subjective mind. The usual, common ard
ordinary thought OF man is objective, The
unusual, the uncommon the recondite the
ghostly, belongs to the subjective mind
which lies half concealed from ;ts pos
SCISSOR holding yet within its grasp seoret
treasures. which under favorable conditions
are sometimes suddenly revealed TO tire
CONSERVATION az all beholdeYs. The sub
iectiye mind never f3rgets. Whatever has
been once spoken Of in It's hearing Is for
ever held. and may thus upon occasion be
drawn upon. Shakespeare. this author tells
us owes his power TO the fact tsat with
him the objective and subjective minds
we're In full ard complete accord: The orGi-
nary everyday sense 81 the man holding
a rerfect mastery over the subjective .rcas-
ures * his mind. All that he had ever
known. heard or seen II this, or a previ-
ous world. was at the command or this
otherwise quite ordinary player and maker
of rhymes.
For myself ! must confess that this,
given as a reason for ms vast superiority
OF one mind over another. is unsafisfac-
tory Il IS IN explanation winch does no;
exaIaiu. EuI there X another view OF this
matter which % ine appears greater,
granler ana more nearly 81 accord with
Cur apprehension - tFJta. Indeed. ( SANK
] may say that this later presentation ef
opinion is IN hre with t7> hotter thoaxht
- The age. THE tread n opinion among
cultivated man clearly fav0r.ng. IN greater
or less degree, the 1c% though. I VII
t05sGyor TO s.a.T L.
throughout the vas universe there IL
tlt one intelligence y a!cn - a greAtrv or
less gree psrUaeates al matter. IA n
and every anifesIation Of mind = ar aY-
ghoe+ from the Divine Human lnte&.t-
X uctss sra So many sparks from tE3e IL
nrl-e lirHs- The Tin1 q mar IS capaale e
he'aE brought infs cores q. iSIsle, with the
great SQUIRE ~ M kn0HsedE~. And thus
) under favorable conditions tae ii<st 81
supreme intelligence. s1t1rS. family or
strongly. in:o tire comprehension Of tsaSs
whom nature ms selected as atsT faFogIzss.
These raa word halls az gsHsess@3 % ge-
n.a=. Blinded wtth re 1gAt received in
Gre direction. however. much ob}iquity q
vision - others - often manifested cv fae
favore5 gnaS Thus genius - madness s.
nsaE allied, ard sns great cBes of EARN
often show surprising weakness 81 ore A.
:eStsSa while attracting tie acclaim Of tie