Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-19

this as insanity. lie very properly re-
marks that u would BE- Tar more
humane to XIII on the weakllnga BY
some painless method than 10 stand idly
by and let them de through neglect
lie docs not admit, though a believer In
the plrwlnlan theory, that u would be
desirable to murder the weaker ones for
the bsnon, Of the stronger. We are iiv-
Ing. he says. under ar4inclal conditions
~ such a character that n Tor one week
the members Of the profession SHOULD
suspend their fight agaius, disease. tho
result 90 the race would be disastrous.
lie argues;
Living as we DO, herdoi together IN
CiUcawh r. Cvefy one il liable O. breath
contaminated air. the dlsstpn mat lf-
soCts the poor welkilug who lives IN the
tenement Districts. ~ unchecked or un-
cared for.wll become 90 malignant mat
"a will spread 20 the dwellings 90 ths
rich and VIII attack those VINO are llv-
INK amid surroundings which are sup
posed safeguards against Infectious dla.
cases. An example " this occurred
a few years ago ln ihc Haifcmic ri in-
lucuzl. which, starting in liuHliA anon
famine-siriCkcn peasants. Killed sir0rs
men On the best paris 20 New YORK
city, whore ivory condition exist ]
which could protect Thorn and make
their surrounding healthy. This disease
spread with such rapldiiy and iit Yifi-
tntlons were s3 universal that the man.
fl0ns % The rich appeared no more frce
from ne visittions than the huvcH VI
the poor This was cfae in which She
doing away with physicians would have
been a worldwide disaster"
But this is not ALL Tho human frame
IL 20 dcllciioly and marvclously con-
a,rucioi tha; % would b. prcsnmpiuous
IN any one TO predict OF tho birth %
even the most puny o. Infants what l,s
Probabilities In years 10 come may be.
on this point the wrltor says.
The battle Of ne among
civilized men takes different
form from ihe battle OF NE
among animals. 0r 7lvagcr, or plants.
ur nuworU CivlE.d man must work
and.ahlvo ali, without violating any ~
TIE laws which culture. Intelligence
and Increasing refinement have bulls
around society We are reaching hlgh-
or and higher from hu intellectual point
OF View, and % ir most important that
our dovcl1nmcrt should be in the dlrgc.
ilon u lofty intellectual attainmont.
Nothing u comm1ntr than 10 see a no.
bic ana brilliant Intellect onshflncd In
a ruuy weakly body. What a loss to
mankind 10 would BE- 10 the posatsslr of
This intellect had been loft 20 die VI
neglect In accordance with the ruthless
teachings Of the new cuHi Let US sup.
pose that the proposition M these fana-
tics has been IN operation from the
iimo u Acaop the dwarf 90 mo timo Of
John Randolph " Ruanohkc. What
would the world not have ioFi through
the death u the dcfofmed poet Pope.
the dyfpcptc carlyle. the ffagIla Sol.
ron. the hero ~ Trafalgar, whose great
tabernacle. and a host Of others that
space and time would prevent me
from cnumoratlng7
A. Mr. Edson says. The teachings Of
this new cult may seem insane. ana
yc;. can Il be denied that they appear
20 be The logical outcome o. phiioso-
ply that sees Ia man no more than an
animal " a higher orderf when the
famous American ngnoH;ic announced
that suicide Is no fIn. 70 was felt that
st last inn1cllty had been true 10 o.
sslf Offering 20 auftorlng and sorrow
the only consolation wIihln tho rang,
OF ~ vision, AMI IN the same way th'
cult Of destruction mus, be admitted
20 be logically true % the principles
/ u accepts as fundamental. aomc such
"lnsnnl,y" az this i needed In order tS
demouaira,o the difference between IN,
gospel OF some science" ana the Cos.
pol Of salvation.