The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1908-10-14
To HONOR
MEMORY Of
ANARCHIST
German Students Celebrate in Hon
or Of Nietzsche, the
IcOnOclast.
Hearst News Service.

! beIlln, OCTOBER l4.-ln universities
throughout Germany today. the stu
| dents are preparing for the celebra-
ton, now become an annual event. of
the anniversary of the birth of Metz
sche, the worlds greatest iconoclast.
individualist and anarchist. During
the last few years the fame of Metz
sche has spread until now practically
! all of the "intellectuals" among the
professors and students of German
institutions Of learning take part in
the annual exercises in his memory.
A special observance of considerable
magnitude. which will be attended
by many men of letters, will be held
tomorrow at Rocker, a small village
near Lutzen in the Prussian province
of Saxony. where the great philoso-
pher was born on October IS. 1914.
The appearance of new biography
of Nietzsche marks this years ami
versary of his birth, and affords a
deeper insight into the life and intel
lectual processes Of the supreme indi-
vidualist who startled the world with
his theories, only to die miserably as
a mailman.
Nietzsche was the son of preacher
and was of polish descent-a fact of
which he was inordinately proud.
Germany is a great nation" he once
declared, "only because the people
have so much Polish blood in their
veins"
A physically weak boy. Nietzsche |
early displayed an intellectual supe- |
riority that set him apart from his |
fellows, and made Of him a serious
morbid child who spent his time in
reading strange books and thinking
strange thoughts.
From the very beginning he was a
doubter. Zone day." wrote his sister
when he was yet very young, he
said to me: You mustn't expect me
to believe those silly stories about
storks bringing babies. Man is a
and a mammal must get
his own children for himself"
After a short period as professor of
classical phillogy at the University
Of Basic, from which he was COM
PEELED to retire by i'll health, he be-
gan writing the fierce attacks on con-
yentional ideas that caused the whole
world to shudder. The Superman of
George Bernard Shaw is but a weak
imitation of the terrible Superman of
Nietzsche.
And to what end does the Metz
5chean theory of the Superman lead
Is? To more and not less than that
all men are not created equal and
hat they could not maintain their
equality, if they were. 1t is only the
weak who are oyerburdened with this
belief. The fatherhood of God and
he brotherhood of man has no place
n his philosophy. ut is only the
and inefficient mob" ex- q
Ilains the analyst, that seeks to re-
luce all humanity to one dead level,
or it. is only the mob that would
rain by such levelling." For Metz
che, the Hebrew God did not exist,
md he believes that the great major
ty Of intelligent men agree with him.
lie fatty denies the Christian dogma
# charity and good works. Char
ty,' he says, lis a man-made idea.
With which the gods have nothing to
%. It's sole effect is to maintain the
seless at the expense of the strong.
n the man. the helped can never
ope to discharge in full their debt
o the helpers. The result upon the
ace is thus PROGRESSION. ~ To |
ut it simply, the supermans thesis
'ill be this; that he has been put
lto the world without his consent,
hat he must live in the world. that A
~ D'N9 iCbAAlll6 W lllI OlllGI DeOllt
lere, and that he knows nothing a
'hatever of existence beyond the NJ
rave. Therefore, it will be his ef- C
'rt to attain the highest possible h
easure of satisfaction for the holy t
and genuinely healthy a,
lstinct within him; the yearning to =
veto attain power-to meet and
'ercome the influences which would
eaken or destroy him" Zarathus-
"a, and this is Nietzsche's own admo- ri
ltion through the English of the 81
cautions us; Keep your. b,
lives up. My Brethren, learn to ty
eep yourselves up! The sea is in
ormy and many seek to keen afioat G,