The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-23
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La~s 0Sveraing Developments


ercsses OF the Cheney normal schoo; to-
day Gov. Rogers said ia pat:
Education 10 rot Of Itself an end Nc.
u - only inca 81 to an end. The heaven
oorn desire to know caa never come 10
Ifseaf tafti that r. reached TINS instinct
I've desire WIN carry 10 forward And =
- wen that II y 20. But what 10 the end
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serves. oar higher ard better selves Fer
snua. and IN this manner only. can Ne
frame our Thoughts OF the Initiate.
that progress can only be secured by .
change 1fxt effected IN the mind e man,
that man must Arst advance morally and
mentally before aEy Improvement can be
THIS - the view which has been quite
generally held, and II even row advocated
cy large numbers OF most worthy people.
substantially the position held BY this
class Of minds 10 this: In order ;hss the
lite OF men NAV lie p.s=ed upon Q more
elevated plane. that conditions and sur
material progress may Be secured. they
must nrst rise mentally and morally.
Secondly. there are those who tell ua
that II can b shown BY the history Of
convtncing proofs that the progress OF the
race has on y teen secured. nationally and
In = larKe and general say. by change
sss sesssa u sns or
people. and. therefore. that the nrst step
In mans future advance must necessarily
establish Ter him Improved physical sur
roundinss.
Before any great change can take place
in the mental life Of . people there must
he not only the FORMULATION Of new truth
on the part Of more enlightened few. but
In the thought Of the masses. Or in the
absence Of this q complete breah king up OF
old associations and conditions by the In
,,as un Of armsd force The iirss: the
uonary method. which proceeds slowly
OF time. The second Is the revolutionary
brought about. But even by this method
changes 20 be permanent. TO be productive
81 good and general advancement. mus;
proceed pro- upon the Inc: Indicated In the
French revolution followed By the reign
Of terror. Here IL IL clearly seen that,
although complete political change was
not being prepared for the new doctrines
OF liberty. equality and fraternity re-
turn was made almost Immediately TO the
ought to Be clear ana plain 0 10 all is e no
great and salntary change can take place
In the lie Of the French until they are
thoroughly prepared for II. And this
majority. but. in addition. there must be
a practical unaniuity OF thought en-
erac.ng the whole body Of the people
Il think any enc who win carefully sx-
anime the records OF the past must be
convinced that mental progress can be
made and mankind 90 forward morally
only By means OF the slow and gradual
sn q a%o ,s. the
Possessed OF the truth. for as has been
ahundantiy demonstrated by the history
OF the past. II the truth which the few
who are advanced teach 10 new enough
and true enough, they Will simply win tor
themselves the hatred and animosffy OF
men. They can in no way lnfiaence public
action until the masses or men are pre-
pared by previous education TO receive the
truth.
Indeed. everything shows us that men
must b gradually prepared by the slow
psoess: OF education before they are en-
abled TO prosit by or even 10 comprehend
the truth All history shows this. and
as human nature Is Ever the same the
future can only. in general way. be
philosophers. moraiisfs. phisnthropists
have all attempted TO change the current
OF events among men by bringing forth
MA, tnsy considered new truths. No
their effect In each and every case. No
truth once lodged in the mind of man has
ever been lost. bur "a. promulgators have
always been disappointed in their thought
OF producing immediate results, The new
truth has been Of service only by slowly
modifying previously received IDEAS The
n
planted the old Today. as in the past
we sind enthusiasts. men OF the most ain
cere convictions and inspired by the high
est motives. who are pursuing the course
followed BY those who have preceded
them They have fondly imagined !, POS
sfhse Ia induce the great mass eff men,
the general public. the body polite, to
adopt In full their thought. And yet all
calm observers must have gradually come
10 the conclusion that this is entirely and
absolutely impossible.
To understand men and properly to re-
gard them. We must take them a. they
are. not as we might wish them 10 be
The world in which We live Is governed
by certain laws called natural. which 80
far a. We are informed have never varied
or changed in the smsilss, particular The
factors. then. are the world as II exists
and man as he - The future will fur
ntsh no others, Allow me, then. TO set
forth what seems to me 10 be fundamental
facts.
First. then, We may say. Man he an
animal absolutely controlled by three
animal instincts These dominate hs life
somewhat controlled BY his intellectual
nature. and vet the intellect at last de-
Ponds for its force and direction upon the
animal The Erst law that controls man
s. t.se instinct of self preservation. All
that mar hath VIII ne give for hts IFS
This instinct is absolute and Imperative
Nc rusn IN hts right mind, think. has
ever escaped or ever u.n Pc its power
eostEnls all animals Threaten your CAT
ar your deg. and the animal s-ill do pre-
ciseiy 80 you would under the same cir
eurnstanr~s
The second animal instinc. controlling
man - the desire TO better his condition
All men are subject 20 this isw. Escape
from IL - absolutely impossible
Tire third natural saw or animal instinct
controlling nan s. she desire TO propagate
his Kind Under this head come isve
marriage. love % children TIRE home and
The highest and hssllesf Aspirn sissrs But
this - an animal instinct and Is equally
applicable to every form of animal life
Animals tovs thssy Young and walI Sacr'ff Gre
their lives fer them Mar can do NJ rscre.
N&ns conduct in life. BIS rso9s ard
manner % hfe. ali hts thoughts and deeds
are suhsee; TO these th--w common animal
fsst f~srtx
Education ard the progress q snllsh:.
or znsnt count fer something tss years
- by. ard this fact IS -cw established
in the minds af snhghtened and unprs ~
atcs~S men Mans progress in the world
ssr~rscs ggean toe generals spread ~ e41~
csssan ard enlightenment AMI these In
tara. are dependent wnSn previously
casssi sasnrcsea phys cal ard nsatersa! sur
sasaad5rga
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