The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-08

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Hugo Nuns erberg's3 The Eternal Life
is an interesting document, both as a
statementAofa scientific view assto the
final destiny, Of men and as a piece of
logic pare and simple. B. AS either. Sit has
really little to offer to- support faith in
survival Of bodily death by the human
personality and a refusal to believe that
death dissolves those ties which more
than anything else make life worth liv-.
ing.
Professor Munsterberg believes. that
we belong to a world in which there is
no past and no future, but an eternal
Now; that our. Being is forever part of
the Absolute: that we. are immortal in
essence, but not in individuality; that we
shall live forever just in SO far as we
have realized in our lives absolute val
ues thru our devotion to. truth and
| beauty to morality and religion Time
and space, therefore, he believes. are
merely forms of our knowledge. Stripped
Of these, the individual becomes only a
bundle of will-attitudes, related to other
will attitudes, and to an absolute will
of which it is part. ~ -
That is very interesting but not wholly
new, and it does not satisfy the self,
| about which Professor, Munsterberg
himself says "no science in the universe
! can say anything, = that is, about the self
/ that wills and decides upon the things
| submitted to it. We do not quite see
why the will-attitudes with their indi-.
| vidualfty, should not persist after they
! have put off the dull impeachment of
| time" : -. Y u
| Houghton,, NIiffin & Co., Boston.
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OUR "GREEDY" AND "TRICkY'' AU-
THoRS.-For a book of its size, the lit
tie volume, ga Publishers Confession"
has made a good deal of talk. But, after
all, it is not a confession, says "The
ELounger," in the, June Critic. The pub
fisher who: wrote these papers, which
were first contributed to-. the Boston
Transcript, confesses nothing; he simply
gives one publishers point OF view. And
at that the book is interesting, but it
1 would be much more lively if he really
confessed Publishers know a 9lot that
they cant tell; not SO much about them
selves and their own business. as about
. authors. The public would stand aghast
) if it knew how tricky are some OF the
authors whom they hold in the highest
esteem. Whether this thickness comes
from ignorance, or whether 1T arises
merely from the greed for gain, Is a
question. In some cases it, may be ignor-
lance; in others, however,s1t is the greed
Eiest sort Of greed and do not hesitate
to- say that if a publisher played the
, tricks upon an author that some au-
thors play upon publishers there would
be public scandal.
FIGHTERS FROM T. AN OREGON
i RANCH. THE letters which are pub
), lished under that title were written by
"Katharine.' Katharine was too modest
the letters are thoroly enjoyable reading
:. and she should not have concealed hel
personality behind half name. The
= subject matter of the letters Is not the
II wonders of Oregon, but the experiences
s of new farmers upon a. new farm o.
ranch, as they call it in Oregon. The let
tiers are full of the human spirit and o!
a the outdoor air. that make strong anc
ii optimistic people Fine halftone views
! of some Oregon landscapes lend empha-
J sis to the outdoor Illusion, and conse.
t quently to the enjoyment of the book.
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