New-York tribune., 1905-04-23
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-hout q belief IN Immortality.
Cf course no such conclusion can be
.reeast as assuredly the result of in
----v. f0T science never can promise anv
ra~-icular outcome for its investigations.
= must he satisfied with any result, Sc
..re N the conviction that any truth Il
reveals, affirmative or negative, VIII be
---etui. On the question of future life
amy verdict VIII be important, as we can
not afford TO reject the fact If II Is true.
and neither can we afford TO believe Il
4 Il Is false On any alternative we are
bound 10 investigate.
What ast0nisheS one most Is the readi-
ness ot men 10 devote immense sums Of
money 10 the study Of mans origin, and
NOT cent TO that Of his destiny Why
i can be so glorious 10 md his ancestry
II the apes. and, after admitting that evo-
luton stands 1oT progress, to sneer Al the
inquiry for future which might repre-
sent that progress IN an ideal form, passes
understanding. But men VIII spend mill
ions IN deep-sea dredging for some un-
known nsh or seaweed: for North Pole
expeditions with no outcome for science
having any proportion 10 the amount
expended Tor yacht races and the whole
world Of sports, and even our universities
VIII spend immense sums for athletics,
bur not a cent for investigations into the
problem of immortality. Not long ago
& serious metropolitan newspaper solemn
j. proposed The sum OF twenty-five mill
son dollars Tor the purpose Of digging a
Wen twelve miles deep into the earth just
20 satisfy the curiosity OF the geologist
r. regard 10 the strata Of the earth's crust
The people that do this without anv
sense Of humor meet every proposal TO
satisfy the deepest religious and moral
craving OF mankind, itself fraught with
the social destinies Of civilization, with
shouts i ridicule Is i anv wonder that
some Of us have so little respect for human
nature when its apparently most respect
able and intelligent forms are n only Tor
The uadhouse, But Il IS this class that
imposes The madness on the would-be
investigator
he time has come, however. when
those who are interested must have the
courage 10 organize and see that the
wa-k can be done without the co6pera-
ton II philistines, II they VIII not do the
work which Is 50 imperative, no matter
what The outcome. Il Is with this in
view. and also with the view Of investi-
eating the whole field Of abnormal
psychology that the American Institute
t1r Scientific Research has been incor-
ro-ated.
There Is no escape from the study OF
both suDernormal and abnormal psvchol-
ogv, and the two also must be studied
with reference TO the light which they
VIII throw upon each other. They usual
Is have been kept separate; but although
there are points IN which they are rad
ically distinct, there also are points in
which they interpenetrate, and the whole
wide field must be made TO Weld 10 scien-
tine inquiry The phenomena are com
rararivelv sporadic, and hence require
centralized effort TO deal with them sue
cesstu,lv and intelligently Only an in
stitute # a national character can meet
The responsibilities involved. lis en-
d3w-neut Is The first requisite for work,
and rhis statement Of its needs and Of the
;r-e.ligenr array of men interested ought
20 elicit some consideration Of both the