The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-05-19
The Center Of
Things
By DR.. FRANK CRANE

I have discovered the center ., ),
universe. 1t is very wonderful ~ ~
comforting. | am the center n, a
universe. In minute this mo,,,1
this flashed on me, and the np,,,a
the ages was solved.
No more dispute as to whetho, a
earth goes round the sun, or tho ~
round the earth. or both roend tho -.
stellation of Hercules, for the wSs,.
business revolves about me. am ~
axis.
When Proctor Knott extolled NJ
luth as the spot where the hor,,a.
comes down at equal distance In avo.s
! direction, he spoke the sober. coS.
truth | write these lines on sb,n
| thousand miles at sea all around !.
water and sky; and right in the er...
geographical center of everything ~
| and my ship. Come to think Of -
this has always been the case all N,
! life.
My father and mother existed fl,
the purpose of bringing me into tbo
world; my brothers being by.produc,
! The old Third ward school house /,
Springfield, Ill, was built THAT I mlph,
attend there, and Ut has since been
torn DOWN learn to spell; indeed III.
entire educational system came into
being In order that / might 90 to tha,
school.
Emperors die in China, and kings
are upset In Portugal earthquakes
shake Sicily and panics Wall street
and all simply that the news Thereof
may be laid before me at the break
fast table.
The big and little clippers whrl
about the pole star. Antares wlnks
and Venus glows. and Halleys come.
comes aud goes-for me.
And in all this there IS no egotism
For In saying | am the center Of The
cosmos I do not at all imply that you
also are net the center of the cosmos
In fact, you are; everybody is. There
are as many centers as there are cor
scious beings The mistake we have
made all along is in surprising there
can be but one center. II YOU look
through a window pane covered with
rain drops or frost crystals al a point
OF light. you Will notice that any way
you move your head the light always
remains the center OF inHumerable COZ
centric rings formed BY the glistenins
reflections. II is even so in life, as you
move the center moves.
There are as many worlds as there
are creatures AS Zangwill says The
scent world of dogs, the eye world o.
birds, the uncanny touch world o.
bats, the earth world of worms, The
water world OF fishes and gyroscops
world of dancing mice, the flesh world
of parasites, the microscopic world o.
microbes, interest one another insS
tricably and with an Infinite inter
lacing, yet each is a symmetric sphere
OF being, a rounded whole and to 10
denizens the sole and self.suthciens
cosmos
The account OF creation as given u
the Pentateuch Is therefore psycholoe
ically and essentially correct; God did
make the sun and give man light W
day, and the moon and stars TO snins
on him by night, as far as man Is cor
cerned.
II the Bible had been written i@
angels 1t might have stated the case
differently. When the penitent at ths
L. til
never find peace until he believes th9
the son of God came TO save him per
sonally, he is told the plain TRUTH |"
meaning of which Is that he Is TO move
in from the suburbs into the center
creation.
For 1t Is only when soul feels Nv
stars rise and fall about him orde'p,
angels and devils Juggling at him. aas
all creation recognizing his geocenus
supremacy, that he gets poise as
ceases to be eccentric. Eccentric mean,
having the point about which Sns'
revolves at one side OF the center,
There are so many dlscontenteo' y
happy people In the world. simpH
cause there are so many eccenu's' ~
sided, bumpy. fat-wheeled. irreta@
souls. Move I'M Move In oee.r
your due place in the spotlight Of Y"
tinyl Worms do 1t. why not your a.
Philosophers have ridieuieo -
homocentric theory. Goethe t0'hs
from 1t In disgust Pope wrote 'A''-
cally:
While man exclaims. See All tn''s
for my use!'
See man for minel' replies tne 20
pered goose" Il
But the instinct OF humah'a
wiser than the wisdom OF the e."
Homer breathed truth when ne W. =,
scented the gods fighting iof
against Troy. The Old Testamss.
right when 1t shows Jehovah acs ~
interested In the chosen people. -
people is a chosen people. ana mo- a's
no God but our own peculiar ''
Elohim :, ,us
And Jesus was most right anu a..
of all when he had us app'Vr,.A IA