Arizona daily citizen., 1901-11-15
The AFFIRMATIVE INTELLECT.

A St Paul newspaper claims credit
for the Affirmative Intellect the Rev.
Charles Fergusons new book The fol
lowing is from the st. Paul. Mimi
Dispatch. of Nov. 2:
The Dispatch has an idea that 1t
may take some credit for the produc-
ton of this great book. for the book
is great About year ago. when few
people had ever heard the name of
Charles Ferguson. The Dispatch re-
viewed his first book on THE Religion
of Democracy" and suggested to him
In that review, that he would do n
good turn to his philosophical com
peers II he gave them a book on The
Democracy of Religion" But possibly.
the Dispatch was only prophet In the
forthcoming OF the present work. It
hardly seems possible that Il could
have been written. or thought out, at
least. In SO short space of time.
Nevertheless. what the public have
got now Is. ''The Democracy of Relig-
ion." though Mr.. Ferugson prefers to
designate 1t by the more abstruse cap
ton: THE Affirmative Intellect"
Some of the leading papers of the
country reviewing The Religion OF
Democracy" In unmeasured terms of
compliment spoke of its style as "sug-
gesting the better elements OF Emer-
son, Ruskln and Hugo; OF its pro-
fundity as probing deeply, like
Carlyle and of its general effect M
putting striking thoughts into strlk-
ing language" All the good things said
~ hn hg.A ,lat
truth be said OF THE Affirmative In
tellect;" and this addition may be
made. that the author. In this work,
with widening mental vision. seems
to have acquired a firmer grip OF his
subject than he had in the former case.
by his two works. Mr.. Ferugson has
undoubtedly placed himself in the
category of the philosophers OF the
age. whose writings will be read by
generations yet unborn.
In long and careful review the
Telegraph OF Portland. Maine. SAYS:
This Is book that should be read ana
reread by everybody II Ia n book OF
great instructlon-fnl of health. life,
spirit II Is the genius Of radicalism--
a radicallsm that really goes to the
root OF things. 1t Is not destructive
but simply lays bare the fundamental
principles of life. The author is AL
ready well-known by his former book
me religion OF Democracy" which
came like fresh breeze of interpre-
tation into this modern life of ours
The Affirmative Intellect" Is another
blast from the same fresh hills OF
thought. No one since Emerson. un-
less 1t Is Walt Whitman, has 40 en-
couraged faith in ones self The
BOOK Is striking in that Ii goes back
OF our usual and ordinary habits of
thought to the actual facts OF ex-
perience. There is no theology In the
Dook as regards speculative and ab-
stract thought. Humanity. faith. heart
are the great words and rarely have
words received such lucid. radical. in
spring Interpretation. The style 10 n
wonderful expression OF the thought
cicar, concise, sentence after sentence
striking with hammcr-like blows on
the point OF discussion. No book that
we nave seen for many day so rc
veals the glory of the Affirmative spirit
as this
And tho Philadelphia Telegram
says; Everyone who can read and
mink should make IL duty to get the
book; the reading OF 1t Is az pleasant
as II Is profitable. Its clearness is re-
Ireshing and 1t is a splendid tonic es-
pecially for those that are sometimes
IN despair OF ever seeing the golden
time when rights shall be right and
when the human hog will be creature
of history