Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-09
a the fatal error Of both the ego

is the fatal error of both the cyclists
and the cyclists. 1t is the doctrine Of
criminals who arc seeking for a justi-5
ication for their crimes: s
II was this Idea that dominated
Thaw in his killing of White, and that
has inflicted upon the entire country
the burden of listening to his talk
and OF scanning his unspeakable con-
duct In the opinion of a noted iurist.3
.tThaw Is "a pnrseproud upstart, taught
to recognize no law but the law OF his
own perverse Will And so long as he
has money for counsel he will, i think,
gain a new test OF his sanity through
the i1abeas corpus writ VIZ 8
I This abiding self, to which the
paper refers so conclusively as the ar.
bitter of@conduct Is too often 9 mis-
taken, misguided, or even Degenerate
and perverted self, to be of much re e
value as 'its own unerring and ever ever
lasting Judge. D
The self is not independent. It is
often biased and warped, and 10 al
ways swayed or influenced by Its as
sociations and memories OF past ex-s
$ner.icuces, while 1t Is more or less bound
by Its acquired habits and tendencies
1T As not a free person, especially ,
when lit has acquired peryerse habits.
If st were truly free, which means
simply free from wrong doing--free,
iii d word, from sin In amy form then
Its judgments would be infallible. Then.
,tctf "a
self could exalt its own judgn
above those made by weak and 4erring 4
men. Tut no s appeal to self and Its
Judgments can stand the test of tr,,th
unless made by some one who ca q, M III
successfully say, Which Of you con-
victeth mo of sin?" IA IL l
The tendency to exalt the sell, ''f
tho Individual Judgment, above that Of
organized authority Is especially cur GU s..
rent at this time; and several SO ]
called schools Of thought are engaged
In promulgating the gospel Of the suf-$
sflciency Of self. But the @scl f'' Is not a.
SsutIicient judge in anything much less IS
IN affairs of the highest moment to-
the human soul. In proof of this, We
cite the case OF the artist. who IS
Justly considered the most original,
the least of an imitat tor, and the near
est to u creator, to he found among lt'
any oftthe vacations of mankind. Does
even the artist find @self'a sufficient
criterion? 33
ii We cannot. declares the artist La
Fargo, even see objects without the use /
Of memory Nor could we judge OF
the relations OF the things without
memories OF practice In observing 5 re
8lations. Even for such a thing as
knowing that one thing is further
than another we have had to make
many trials Of the eye. Moth
ing Is more ironical therefore, than TO-
suppose the artist can be absolutely
free minded in the, way he prod uces
things. We may be sure that
every one carries out of doors some
memories of the studio. and an enor-s
nous mass OF acquired material partly
not his 5oWn." TIKI VI, Il.
And 50 it Is In every walk of life.
We can be ourselves; vet we must act
& In view of certain principles, that We
have learned, mostly from others.
We are dependent not self-suft1cient.
I Our very self consists mainly of
b motives and intentions formed St be-
cause OF our belief in others and be-
cause we accept the authority of
teachers. These teachers may be
knowledge of principles, a knowledge !
of mon, or a knowledge Of God; and 4
without these forms of knowledge tcall
them authority, II you wild We can do
nothing at all
That there is divinity in self we by
no means question; 1t is a cardinal
doctrine of the people whom we repre-
sent. But that the sinful self can ser
at defiance eternal authority and be
"a law unto itself is one of the most
remarkable deluslons of modern times.
b contradicted alike by the teachings
Of philosophy and the common expert
ence of men,