The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-27

= Miss Keller. Is. pictured here IN conver-
sation with Joseph Jefferson, OF the act
ors hand she says: -. I ~ + 5es:,~{. j
s!'.Tf you were deaf and blind, and could
hold Mr.. Jefferson's hand, you. would see
in it "a face and hear a. kind voice unlike
any other you have known .,..-
a. She says again she has "c1asped the
hands s:ofh some rich people that spin not
and toll not, and vet are not beautiful.
Beneath their soft, smooth roundness
what a chaos Of undepeloped chnracter:5''
Verify it would seem that Miss Keller
sees more with her finger tips than most
Of. us do with two eyes. reinforced with
spectacles. %:%', :.=.. ~. ,'g as:
y: The <tt.chat'':of Miss Keller on the Won
ders sof the hands is likely to set one
thinking. Isn't her case one to emphasize
the spirits real independence of the body
except as a tool? Here is<5a spirit robbed
Of the senses which bind one closest to the
Ephysical~ universe, yet working thru a
curnsier and less delicate sense with q
skill that leaves it lacking in none of the
great essentials Of life and it's highest
EioHs. How much farther could the physi
Escal ssense elimination be pushed and the
Ispi1dt still be itself? We should not like
Eio See the experiment tried, yet the ques-
Etion is interesting purely as speculation.
10. A Startling Title: 1.-THE .Fundamentsl
.yy--Men ehayea be3Rs leokingt for u
fundansent tai LnVefity's sinceS theyasbegan To
look for anything above the satisfaction
of the mere animal needs. 80 NosSoonef has
| one man declared that he had one; and of
fered4, it sto. the world, ythan a host has
risen tup to- '1ook the gift horse : iii the
| mouth and Immediately thereafter af-
4 firm that it is worthless 1t is not sur
1 prisipga therefore, that already Orlando
4 Smiths Balance the Fundamental Verify
4 has beeh met with criticism. ,%.s
| Mr. Smiths conclusion of conclusions
! scientific is that scientific experience
! and the higher Interpretation of the sys-
tenn of nature point distinctly to one, fun
damental ation-thes return 7, @
| equivalence and compensation In all inter:
actions' This is the, law Of conpensa:
1 tlon, of conservation Of energy Applying
this to the spiritual side Of man s. nature
he finds that it fits there also: thus com:
pleting a harmony of science and religion
and furnishing a scientific, basis for sthre.
great beliefs, which he names and eluci
dates briefly as follows: 4.~E
| The belief that the soul is accountable for 1T
actions lis the recognition that the law of conse
quences applies to the individual soul; that thu
| good shall fare better than the evil; that mel
| shall reap they sow. : p. -.,s ~.
| The belief that the soul survives the deatt
of the body is the recognition that accounta
b1lity does not end with the death Of the body
/ that the wrongs which are not righted herr
must be riehted elsewhere; that thei good which
| is not rewarded~here must be rewarded here
4 after; that there can be no break in the process
of accountability. AS science assumes tina
| cause and effect action and reaction, imottol
and transformation are ceaseless In the physlca
| world, so religion assumes; that cause and eft
4 feet actions and consequences ceaseless ii
the soul Of the individual. The religious doc
trine of ceaseess moral Accountability is identi
cal with the scientific doctrine OF ceaseless caus
and effect 'r-.1a ,-s>:@": s'-. . 80
- The belief in a supreme power that right
| IL ;o4 41,o nf fVvn prn
ceding beliefs The doctrines that the action
of the individuals will be balanced by their con
sequences. and that this process does not ceas
with death, include the recognition Of suprem
! power of rightness-a power that rights things:
l. That Mr. Smiths book has already bee
criticised is due to his own wish. Befor
his argument was published proofsheet
were sent to several thinkers in differer
lines. Their views have been gathere
i into an appendix, almost equal in lengt
to the part written by Mr.. Smith. Anon
the reviewers is Benjamin Kidd, authc
of "social Evolution" who emphasizes
point which stands out prominently j
the book: : -
Mr. Smiths little book is system of phi1ose
ply in brief. In reaching, at the end. the col
:, | clusion that the fundamental principle of ~
ligious belief is the feeling that the moral al
countability of the individual soul altogethe
transcends the meaning of the brief span OF tn
individuals life and of the interests within i
he is not far from of the ultimate position
( of evolutionary philosophy. He is at the san
time very close to what always has been and
: what probably always will be vital precept {
t the highest forms Of religion. " - 7'~.- '>E
In. other words MIR. Smith comes by tt
route of balance in all things to the COZ
clusion that life. after death alone give
conference to human existence. The boo
is a. suggestive one and cannot be res
without profit. -a .< r. r.. .-.tag,..t 90
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y awaken in readers an interest in Il
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/ He says in the preface. Our only aim
to arrive at scme portion of the spirit al
meaning of the architectural efforts of t
centuries and to perceive that this spil
Is the quickening impulse of all we ha
or strive for in the architecture of today
The text covers Egyptian Greek, Roma
early Christian and Byzantine. Roma
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