The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-12

him will have no African membership,
how much better will Texas have been
for his living' Not a bit, for while
he has made people think, It has NO,
been TO think humanely, OF turn
them 10 paths Of peace and loving Kind
ness, which should be the mission Of
every scribe. Either Brann or Bonner
could have been a. great In more pacific
walks. could have done much more Tor
their fellow man, 50 that il seems TO
the philosopher that both failed in the
very object they sought to obtain.
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There are others than Brann and Bon
ncr. OF an entirely different clnss -
Ebert Hubbard, the "Philistine, - who
occupies a place ali by himself in Amer
lean letters, defying convention and
precedent, markedly iconoclastic. and
yet attended all OF the time by , sun.
ny spirit u reverent tenderness that
disnrms his critics. A more consum
mate scholar than Hubbard has never
occupied the tripod o. advanced
thought; be is one Of the greatest cdu
Gators Of modern times; his "littlc
Journeys" are the most delightful short
cuts TO history that have eve been writ.
ten. while from time to time his see
ton OF the Pierian spring bubbles over
with n sparkling cascade Of noble sym
phony In prose. While you are lost IN
admiration nj the subtle admiration ~
the man. his wonderful imagery, BIZ.
gift Of quip and quirk, there comes sud
denly a lose Of cold water that makes
YOU gasp and splitter. In the last
number Of the "'philistinc. A" for exam
pie. MIR. Hubbard talks about the RE
ligiOus Trust and arraigns the church
~ the greatest II modern shams, the
whole article leaving q bad taste that
will require barrels Of the best cham
payne 20 wash ou'. Ills contention Is
that the church Is a body mcdicaut. 20
trust in all that the name implies. a
parasite upon the social body tina, should
be taxed II not quarantincd. aud which
has little benefit 90 the Common Grrs"i
Al Of which may be true in IN" main
hut is the world any better FOR it. bee
ing saidi All OF us who knock around
in the world very much or very long,
learn u great deal about the hypocrisy
ati ~vaingloty Of the church as il i 10
out bodily if We couldi am counted
more or less Of heather in my unor
~thodoxy, but ! an not ready TO 20 that
far. II seems 10 me hat Bill Sicurtt =.
views in this direction are about the
proper goods. lie said. granting that
all Of the preachers are hypocri'rs and
most ~ the church members. vet II
they are a help Ia a small fraction of
others and help the rest Of u, 20 the
best principles II living, they are worth
while. That sounds like sense {" mo-.
and ! eau hardly see where the brnft
20 humanity comes in Mr.. Hubbard
position. Il certainly won I help rhangc
Kings. The only accredited c,augcls
are the preachers, and the wiscst man
on earth would have q sweet OLD time
convincing the average orthodox hypo
crit" that he is IA enemy 20 society.
That being the case, wherein is the
rouoclasm worth whilei Wouldn't il
good sense 90 accept this and all
ether institutions with the broad charity
hat recognizes good in the main. and
hat refuses 10 consider the many liar
Poo the exclusion Il the few truel After
100, what is there in IL that will inspire
Justly any great amount of wOrry'
here are too many Gusses IN the world
anyhow. We need more Of the Happy
ID ooligan spirit. more Of the higher .elf
hood 'ha' vii, Ile up in%tro-pcc' rather
han stimulate retrospect and prospect
. deny That there il "a cussei thing
wrong with 'ac American Social system
lat cannot be removed by an npplica
...n 20 'hc Golden Rule, and contend
'a' everyday .io shows u, md hat v,
r'of's - loving kindness rather
100 'ouo.Ia.'- The people Themselves
hs trusted 'p throw down the idols
'n pull aside ~" veil from the face Of
,r shat is the use of the
r. mon Gerler wasting any time with
such prohl"m-' II wont help him 70
luare ~ a. The end Of the month, or il
won { add 10 hi, wears or the serenity
q spirit that ray hairs ought 20 ear
- with them a. % side bet.