The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15

Alfred Russell Wallace, author of MANS
Place In the UNIVERSE was known pre-
vious to the publication of his new epoch
making book chiefly as the co-discoverer
with Darwin of the theory of natural Sc
lection.
Darwin and Wallace had met only cas-
ually. In 1912, Darwin had written
sketch Of his theory on the origin of spe-
cies. which he had read and discussed with
his friend, Sir Charles Lyell. Darwin de-
layed publishing his theory to collect more
evidence. In 1853 Mr.. Wallace was living
on one Of the Molucca islands He was
suffering from intermittent fever. In the
intervals Of attacks his thoughts turned
to the possible mode of origin of new
species. = Suddenly the whole principle of
the survival of the f1ttest dawned upon
him. Impressed deeply with the impor-
lance of his theory, he wrote his idea out
in full and sent it by next post to Mr..
Darwin. On it's receipt Darwin wrote to
Lyell. Your words have come true;
never saw a more striking coincidence. If
Mr.. Wallace had my sketch written in
! 1912, he could not have made a better
short extract ........ ..-
The basal truth Of Mr.. Piner's Builders
of the Beautiful is that departure from
divine ideals engenders discord between
the soul and body, as we'll as inharmony
between the spirit and the sources of it's
! first illustration-the efflorescence of beau
/ tiful forms of art among the Greeks-he
errs. He presents them an appropriate
type, for the Greeks, who, admittedly.
! gave literally to the ancient and modern
world the truest examples Of the beautiful
In art, made physical beauty their god and
| Knocked when Socrates and Plato talked
Of the eternal beauty of the virtues,
They were greatly deficient in moral vir-
tue. The eternal truth is as Mr.. Piner
argues, that the nearer man adjusts him
| self to divine laws Of life and of inter-
course with his ellow-beings, the nearer
ms approx1mates the laws Of perfect being.
The def1led soul makes the body conform
| to itself and its designs. Spiritual dis
| order surely mars the body.
ALI thru the book the author shows, in
a most attractive way, the necessity for
Keeping the soul and body in harmony
with the highest, the divine law of life
1--WE know not how nor when nor where, -
the author says, "but, to those who wait
! upon spiritual ministrations, the power of
grand living will come somewhere, some
how, sometime, and with it will come that
uplift of countenance that is the inevitable
product Of spiritual exaltation."
! Judge Tyler of Tennessee, in his The
| x. K. X, has written a story based on
facts occurring in his state, showing the
liability of mob to misplace it's ven
geance and the injury to the public and
the encouragement Of crime involved ir
the laws delay i'm the very slow progress
OF modern criminal trial. as genera
thing. Judge Tyler. who sat on the bench
in Tennessee for some years, saws in his
preface that the reason why good citizens
| countenance mob violence is because the,
nave lost their faith in the ability Of the
| courts to deal effectually with crime
Getting exasperated they identify them.
selves with lynchers. Speedy trial is the
solution Of the difficulty The Judge. If
his story, refers to the period of the
secret organization known as 'rhe n
hIuX klan," with its secret tribunal, anC
says 1t never was so bad as painted.
. new K. K: X. was organized at the tim.
OF his story, to take the law into its ow,
hands and try persons suspected of helm
Gus crimes, giving them deliberate hear
ing. The story Of the doings Of this or
gan1zatlon strengthens the view Of Jude,
Tyler that speedy and lawful trial is tn:
true corrective of mob violence
Professor Lewis volume of selection
, from the novels Of the later novelist
chiefly. Hall Caine, Brander Matthews
Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Ralph Conner
: j. M. Barrie, S. r. Crockett. Anthem
Hope, Cyrus Brady and others, is de
, signed for public readings, and is wei
. adapted to the purpose having the nnod
: ern flavoring and embodying action whic1
: devolves upon the reader much stndv -
dramatic emphasis.
Miss singletons Golden Rod Fairy Roo
!, gives the children a wonderfully allurin
: peep into FARMLAND and its people, TO
Mr.. Falls has helped her with his attrac
Z tive Illustrations and marginal decora tio,,e
!. goldenrods being the dominant feature
+ me stories are from English, French
v bohemian Russian, Indian. Chinese, Ital
ian, Danish, Irish and Spanish sources
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