The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-31
IHE HONEST SEEkER.
Nlr~s OF DosmaiI.n aud philosophical
Inv r~i.EaIion.

It.Ipl Ipllru ~ IHt SIN ~ Tie ad-
ruGflbl" uua .'i"s 81 the la'" Professor VIII
iarn James o lr EN- nieral"d IN an edttoriH'
st't,la m IHI So - August - portray the
man himself L. sivl- c.r>t u omme anu
commend themselves tu students an the ~"
81 ~ rev scholastic t"hT '"nie--'nI
what BE-. dad not und"fs' and consider
l-Jdinz sud q rare pIaut' lhiS confess
ms .put ignorance Nt.-tor'r told~ TO he q
,.uJl'.un Of acquiring AroN ledge ~"
It.nfnur u" ,ourral '"uius'un ~ ideas hN =
technical vocabulary denotes not onl'
N'J. '"r moan mtnH
4 ~'Nl" >nr lHr.y devoid 80 cant -
NrruN "i great praise inflicted ing
h~l .p.a fH" scholar u"bl" mind Ia,
.uNiapos.t."n OF brilliant ani mat.
f.,iedr IA ,our characterize OF his
tnvI>u D.. uo'r''r.t' Ia" more obvious
,hara, r.r.~.r,. cot -tyls oppressed hN N"
terms trans ,l.ar.' .ua'nral and ~
LUgli-r hr plan. '"I-". AiNa'- l"ri-
al ar. mo- lr~. ,oum"r'aul~
That he dil h.~ uv n thinking ard never
feared 20 -p"ss ont htS mind Is an addi-
ttpnsI ground for believing mat vour
prophc,F wIl, hs fulfilled aud mis- wrltingS
I've ~ literature The place his invest
gatiou~ are lh",, 20 retain n philoSophiC
thouFhr. o. u - 20 he estimated nv ms
Nr.-tIIn. vEin metaphysical problems A.
bv vta' 4s has t,roT pli-n"d tor The cause
~ Ie,uIa'.re t'Hth nr t' the Intellectual
,alibIs L- displayed IN philo-"pt cal 70
s"ar,l That 20" was - honest IA the
S~aryl - 90. Ie-sndlv 20 MS credit. for IN
tslle,i.,d honesty - greatly to he pri1ed
tn' 4nl-s. the human race - hopele--ly
doomed 70 search increasingly without
ever finding truth the philosophical rnNe~-
ugator NAV not lsgrtimAtrly boast 81 ever
4, a "A
truth
n dogwa' -m means the oonrdsnt a.
>srtIon devoid Of any lurkinR dread OF be-
ne wrong Nhirh - bu' the outward mani
fsstatiou Of thai state ~ mind called Csrti-
'vd' the further YOU are removed from
dogmr'ism the furth her YOU are from truth
n hv dogms'ism - mean maRisterial
assertion m a bad sense the ace ia liner
en- The phri-. spirit 81 The pedaRogue
10 he III. rcdtahle must mean the motive
pr'u'f0l- aS'ua'ins The pedantic pedaEogue
II the professor may not somef ines employ
he sturdy ut'eran'e ~ the sehoolmasteT u
IAN ont Ha hp,aus- no u never entirely
surc % ~ ground n the problems old
80 humsu intelligence With Witch he -
wrestling ere ",,lI-ive,v those slmittedIy
lnsui..rl" u' does far homage 20 truth
by mode-riv sI'ifying his solutions 10
Won gram he q. lsn'c. IN what way UoeS
freedom from - ronN~ntiouali'iss rebound
20 he giory ~ HIM who Processes that
-'i"n,ss or should tho professor worS
-'ugl" handed aud Ho' a. a collaboration
is own nd dual views have bur com.
paTa'iN"lv h',l' value n AZ far form ~ they
come from IA" md iiIal their worth u 10
he measured bv 't-Ir CONC dsnCe Nth OF
APPROXIMATION 20 known truth agreement
with other ssarrh"ts in he same rali 81
m~'aphvsi,- no 'rls investigator ,an AFFORD
20 Sigh
No builder 81 a pufio-oyhr. sv-'em an
build without msterials and he who = ever
and "a tll things hg' seeker for truth
'anno: Glay he ~" ~ metaphysical ar,h o.
To- sv-'e0r1'rr structure - ssDrr-
aimed rrr'us. nuil' upon ~ n,.ple~ eN DEM
10 the lghr 81 every human intellect. not
30 hr dP,r,ad o. h.ll''lsd Cor % serves 10
SCI forth gtupht'aily the logical relations
and lHf"rdspsndanoe 81 whatever irIth-
Ne know and 10 shed light upon the obscure
metaphysical Jungle you 'ommomora'"
enabling rs io ind our way through he
lsbvrtn'h - human opinion. and human
errors
WI voY advis he SUDDEN ~ "uuIa .
Herbert Spencer he builder. or 'o in,rib-
'h" spirit ~ = mere seeker l,Es Gold - IN
Smith or Professor James AN
tuIgTEE August q