The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02

about the earth, and the belief that
the earth was fiat, and many other
wrong impressions made so by think
ing SO, but as mans intellect devel-
oped and expanded and human
thought came closer and closer to the
Infinite, old theories gave way to the
new as revealed by closer knowledge
OF the universal thought. A graphic
description of Millions paradise
Lost" was given in which the poet
had the world suspended from pend
ant chain of gold, and beneath it was
the chaos and clash of nature and the
transformation into the abyss of hell
or lower regions. Then from this
thought of destruction and desolation
did the world awaken to the fact that
God was all and in all, and the psalm
ist was but clarifying the Creator
when he said IF I take the wings of
the morning and dwell in the utter
most parts Of the sea even then shall
thy hand lead me and thy right hand
shall hold me. -
Art was the expression of mans Joy
in his handiwork. Mans nature was
controlled by three forces, the intel
lectual, emotional and actual, and all
three influenced him in whatever he
did. There could be no separation of
the intellect and the practical powers
of man, without inertia and death.
But the intellect dominated all the
actions of man, or there could be no
human progress. It was the intellect
influencing the practical side of mans
nature that was building the great
transcontinenta roads and steamship
lines, and the harmonious working of
these forces was the expression of the
JOY of mans heart and the desires of
his nature to have mind master of
matter. The formation of the great
Standard Oil trust, was the result of
the keen intellect of man working out
a great trade consolidation. The pa
per trust was the result of a Massa-
chusetts' mans idea of the centraliza-
ton Of the paper trade of the entire
country under one gigantic corpora
ton. The question of the effects of
these trusts upon the consumers did
not influence the promoters in the
least. There could be no question SO
far as equity went that the man who
made the paper and the consumers
who used the paper that was con-
trolled by the trust should derive
some benefits from that condition of
trade that lessened the cost of produc-
ton and made big profits for the
stockholders.
A corporation was constituencies
and possessed no sonl, because it was
not human being and was not con-
trolled by those influences that con-
troll a human heart.
Many illustrations were given by
the speaker to show the wonderful
power OF the intellect. It was Pogo
mini. the great violinist, who went
into the solitudes of nature and caught
the wierd whispers of the winds in the
pines of the mountains, and the won
derful strains of natures music which
he made his violin to mimic and
swayed great audiences with the voice
OF nature speaking from the heart of
the violin. One sound was a noise
and three strain. John Burroughs.
poet, philosopher, and naturalist,
lived with nature which he studied.
He planted his fruit trees where they
would thrive best, his Strawberries
where they would bear the best, and
his potatoes on ground best adapted
to them. He heard the music of the
birds and studied their habits. and
was able to tell the world about them.
He found in the BIRDS nests those
principles and laws of architecture
that he could not get in any school.
Burroughs never received his knowl-
edge in any college, and the education
he received by placing his intellect
and heart in tune with nature could
never have been given him in any
school of learning.
Handel's musical intellect immor-
talized him, for the Joy Of his heart
was put into his masterpieces. Pad
erewski entranced his audiences by
making the metallic strings of the
piano sound forth grand harmo-
MES. AS his hands passed over the
key board, crossing and recrossing
with marvellous swiftness and match
less accuracy, they poured out the
Joy OF his soul in one grand climax
of his musical intellect and genius. so
that the audience would rise to it's feet
and cry for more
Everything was the expression of a
thought. With the heart and the intel
lect back of all human efforts the