The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-22

Cardinal Gibbons aversion i0 toHe'
ir0pefgy IL very we'll known il 9aa
reluctantly. ln glew of lhe vide pab
Hclfy given 70 Nr E1isOn's opinions
On the soul on God and other mat
terri touching religion that ne cost
sented 10 comment Upon the utter
auces " the great inventor
40 said
Mr EdiEons real view seems 30
8e hat q mans intelligence lg 1u4
posed of the combined Intelligence
Of hig brain cells Tie expresses this
practically. later in bis Interview,
and this saves him from ONE " nc
consequences ~ hig former loose ~
YfessI0na But how does Mf Edison
know that = mans intelligence is
made 40 Ol The combined iU'ol.t'
gence ~ hig brain cells iie claims
70 have reached bis conclusions
through the study Of hard fact we
elsn be. In scientific fashion, bad
given bis facts 10 the world before
His conclusion The fact safe these
al least until Mr Edison produces
new facts a8 yet unknown 10 The
scientific world no one knows any
thing about the existence 0f an .u-
telligent cell No proof, not fDe
slightest has ever been advanced 20
show intelligence 10 a cell. 50 far
an science knows, there Is 30 more
proof Of the existence ~ intelligence
H. a brain cell than there Ia in fne
cells Of a potato, o. In the molecules
of matter that make up thlg paper
We 10 knOw there f. connection
between the brain aud the uiud. bat
the mind thinks through aid of fAe
brain az % sees through AID ~ tie
nerves Of the aye. but that does not
grove the brain thinks any more al
1t proves the nerves ~ ne eye see
SO more even than n would prove
that the Birlngs Oh violin enjoy
their own music lf We 60 uof know
that cells have intelligence. hOw can
sc know that aBy combination Of
cells wlll produce .Hteliigeuceg Yet
Mr. Edison believes lt Assumption
again. the meFest assumption
MIR Edison uses comparison 10
make hls idea credible 40 the people
He says. A mans Intelligence is the
aggregate Intelligence OF tine inuum-
erable cells that form him inst a8
the Intelligence OF q community ls
the aggregate intelligence of the men
and women who inhabIl d. $50 civ
he permits himself here 10 De 10
victim of a figure Of speech. We use
symbolic language when ne speak Of
the aggregate Intelligence Of com
munlfy The community shows 3tH
Intelligence ouiy through individuals
IT rs made up 81 individuals " dii-
fercnt degrees OF Intelligence Of df-
fereni aud often contradictory IDEAS,
principles and sentiments Mr Edi-
son coHd hardly choose "a Jess hdp.
p} comparison what Toes he think
happens wbcn au idea enters the
mind 10 ail ihe liftie brain -ell8
begin 10 debate ii2 Are some OF the
liiile brain cells auda IONS insnrp-
enis. ana others lmmOvable stand
paiters2 Has each Intelligent little
brain cell an opinion OF ms Own? Hos
does al this intellectual activity 90
on absolutely unknown 10 uB2 How
do The brain cells manage finally i0|
reach an harmonious conclusion. so
Unanimous tHat political love
feast seems Ike war go comparison
No II the brain cells have intellI-
aence. no scientist has ever dIaeOg.
cred The ftet We know nothing
tben. about intelligent cells but wc
10 know that a man has AN inlelli-
gent mind or soul We DO not diWIn.
gulsh between m,ud and soul in the.
+ way NJ Edison does. in his unphil.
csophcai terninoloRg the mind IS
inc soul In Ita intellectual operations
The mind Is one and knows ITSELF 10
be one Memory proves this re-.
member The CiWl war The little
brain cells that had these early ex.
perlences have passed away physio-