Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-25
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previous inquiries. we will close the
series with consideration OF Man
and Destiny II possible we will
bring 10 bear upon the ultimate quesH
tion o. existence whatever thoughts
from our former baccaIaureate studies
have been found worthy OF perma-
nent place in the argument The con-
cluslons Of today may not be altogeth-
or consistent with those Of previous
years. ! trust they are not. | hope
that | see some relations clearer to.
day than | ever did before | hope
i am able 10 rectify some former err
rors In reasoning | hope may ind
mistakes To rectify. For assurediy
they arc there and my prayer is that
may ever be open to conviction Of
error. ! have set up no petition to
be free from the human liability to
make mistakes. / believe in being
human. But believe in seeking ever
the clearer vision in rising over % the
broader view. Then | cannot AFFORD
to be entirely consistent with the
opinions held in less mature years
under more limited experience. Five
years Of study Of the great problems
of educational philosophy. OF contact
with hundreds of new minds, OF the
responsibilities and anxieties OF uffi-
cial life. should not leave one where
he stood at the beginning. Dogmat-
ism and bigotry stand where they
have stood through the ages. They
are the stagnant pools along the great
highways Of human intelligence. l
trust that we may ever move with
the great running streams replen-
ished ever by the clear, living fount
aims of new thought. Deliver us, O
Lord, from the immovable opinion
and from the foregone conclusion. I
believe with Swedenborg that 1T is
no proof OF q mans understanding to
be able to confirm whatever he
pleases, but to be able to discern that
wha. Is true is true and what is false
Is false is the work and character OF
intelligence. Let me not live be-
yond the day when love to face the
sunlight OF new truths-when I love
the cleaning OF the evening better
than the rising dawn!
No man approaches the problem Of
life with the expectation OF solving
It, for II Is inclusive OF every possible
subject Of human Thought. We can
only hope 10 illuminate II The all.
compelling desire TO know keeps our
faces toward the morning--keeps US
blending with the daylight, We as
pire 10 know all, but before we know
all we must know in part The brain.
almost reels as we contemplate the
daily discoveries of science. AS Wa
attempt to follow the mathematician,.
the cremist, the physicist. the biolo-
gist. The sociologist. the psychologist,
we fine the ground made sacred by
t.o traditions of the ages crumbling
away We stand at the very portals
of life itself. We almost see the pro-.
cesses oi lneffable Wisdom We arc
constrained 10 draw back In awe and
cxclaim, mo set! Not yeti" We are
looking into tue laboratory of Al
mighty God anu We do not need tho
words Of Holy Writ to tell us that to
know God is Life Everlasting.
The Great Mystery is Life. Not
birth nor death hnorresufrection. These
are incidents. Life is the eternal
drama, II is f0reshadowed In the en-
chantment OF love- We may never
know way soul responds to soul:
why na,ures approach one anolner.
surrender 10 the sweet aff1nities OF
their being aiiA merge into q common
nature. a common life. From the
very heart OF hul.anity nows An un-
describAble stream. poetic and en-
chanting and pure. Du no less actual
and powerful, sweeping the soul that
can discern its own destiny on into
the deeper and wider ch.i.leIs IT in
telligence and activity that tue .ove-
less life may never know. MrecK.ng
the weak and the unfit as has Desu na-
lures way throughout the cons in
vigorating and inspiring the strong Tor
the days and ages that are to be.
Love Is the dawnipg Of Immortality.
Ii 10 preparation fdy life. 1t Is prep
aration for destiny.s Yea, It almost
Is life II almost Is destiny. With
the towering Of love the soul surren-
ders and yields up its selhshness and
whatever OF gentleness. what OF
grandeur, what Of Immortality In pos
sible 10 II IL set free. He who would
save MS life must lose It." He who
would work and live. he who would