Evening journal., 1911-08-05
SOME THOUGHTS
ON GEORGE BROWN
By John S. Hamilton.

The writer has been amused during
the past week at tn prominence given
in the press of this vicinity to one.
George Brown. a self styled "Philo-
sophicsl Anarchist" term which the
writer thinks is illogical when the
very best is said for it. II Mr. George
Brown is a notoriety seeker, and he
certainly displays many of the symp-
toms, what has occurred during the
past few days must surely be crafty
ing TO him.
Two things in Mr.. Browns platform
as published, struck the writer as
worthy of consideration, not because
they teach anything new, but because
they place in prominence type Of men
who, while not common, is vet well
worth thinking about because of the
profit that may come from careful
analysis of what they say
One of the cardinal tenets in Mr.
Browns creed appears to be love This
is well, as the word appeals to man
kind. II has been said The whole
world loves lover" and it could with
equal truth be said that THE whole
world loves love-" It will therefore be
seen at glance that Mr.. Brown is no
mean creed builder, and If he vera
more conventional in his ideas. he
would doubtless be able to write a
platform which could carry state.
Unfortunately for Mr. Brown, the
writer thinks he will find some diff
Guilty in getting any large number of
persons to agree upon what love is,
and here he is likely to lose his way.
God is love" as a definition leaves
nothing to be desired. In spite Of this
however, II must be admitted that
there is a great confusion of tongues
when you start out to discover what
1 the people of every day life really be-
| lieve love is For instance il will be
found that some believe that il is a
| tender passion bearing all things. an
! during all things. forgiving all things.
Then there are those who think that
the unchanging immutable law of the
universe ever going forward. working
out the eternal purpose without pity
and without forgiveness-that is love.
Then the writer knows men who ars
we'll worth listening to. who argue that
what many men call love is a kind of
/ insanity that made them guilty Of ths
most absurd things and has had them
! kicking themselves sver since they
came to their senses. How does Mr.
Brown make his action at Ard IN
square with any Of these ideas of love.
not to speak of the millions of other
/ conceptions floating around, and how
does he expect to build tower when
there is so much confusion as to the
meaning of the cardinal principle of
! his creed?
The most striking thing about Mr..
| Brown, however. is his audacity It
! has taken mankind countless ages Of
hardship and tragedy to arrive at its
I present stage in the journey. Millions
| of experiments We're made and aban-
donad because Of tn cir inefficiency.
Those that have persisted can be ac-
cepted as the best possible product Of
the genius and efficiency Of the race.
Marriage, call IL sacrament, call IL
an institution, OF call il what you
viii, has persisted from the begin
ming" II has remained and in the
writer's opinion has contributed more
TO what we call civilization than all
other influences taken together For
Mr. Brown to 20 to war or 10 endeav0r
to make It appear that he is going q
war with the institution Of marriage
reveals what an absurd person George
Brown is. and while what he says on
this or any subject may serve TO re-
lieve the tedium of a summer day
there is much more In baseball or even
moving pictures at that