The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07


has followed the light.
The study OF man has become the
great problem OF both acience and
philosophy Beginning with the queer
cid monkey-6aced men or the wilder
nesg, the. anthropoloeist spreads be-
fore US a series Of pictures that tell a
pathetic story.
Step by step he has advanced from
the slavery az ignorance and super
stition until by his fmperious will he
has wrested from nature her most
Jealousy guarded secrets.
The beginning of civilization has
sometimes been hxed at the date
when man hrzt set apart lot Of
land, fenced 1t in and applied the
force cls a domestIcated animal in
filling the soil.
So long as there was no science the
world reveied in fancy. i1nagina ton
and superstition. SO long as there
was no astronomy the sun. moon and
planets could be regarded as Gods or
angels, ana the glittering stars upon
the queenIy dome of night were the
golden trophies CT the loves and
wars of the Pantheon.
Time went on and the disorder be-
gan to arrange Itself.
BY degrees caprice, volition and all
the symptoms OF arbitrary action dis
appeared out of the universe and al
most every phenomenon in earth or
heaven was found attributable to
some law.
Nature is the same. For her no
new forces are generated; no ne"
icapaclties are discovered.
| No atom of matter Is ever lost.
though constantly assuming different
forms.
A drop of water that is today
tossed in wild comm otion on the
waves of the deep may tomorrow
glitter in a dew drop or fall as a
tear.
we find science every moment
moulding events ind compelling ma
! ture into new paths. which otherwise
she would not have taken.
The crowning glory of science is
that 1t is getting humanity out of
bondage, giving courage to investi-
CATION and bringing the world into
harmony with ideas CT justice and
| mercy. science Is creating new
prosperity. a nav internationalIsm. a
new world. and giving it as COM
mon legacy to mankind.
AS civilization advances science
will be applied more and more to the
solution OF the problem OF ciylliza-
ton.
The new discoveries must be sane
ly utilized and man must be made
happier and nobler as a result of
his new environment. IF science has
at command those things that can be
used to make the span of human life
more enjoyable and beautiful there
must be a way found to make the
necessary adjustment. Scientific
knowledge in all lines should be
made available as a working. system
for the race.
| Modern science is seeking to I'M
raIveD the ends of those dnsensible
threads that give impulse to the
thou lights, decision to the viii and dG-
rection to the passions of the men
who have Influenced civiliza ton
who have been the atoms employed
to move the moral world.
| History, instead of being a tedious
record of the rise and fall of nations,
or of victories and defeats, must be
regarded as an archive of facts to be
used in the furtherance cE the sci
ence CT government.
1 believe there is a science of go
ciety as well as OF the universe and
when understood It Will be found to
be as exact in its principles.
deny any philosophy that limits
| the powers of man.
I'VE are creating the unibe lievably
glorious human race that is to come.
Man as we behold him today Is
growth by law: he is made or i'm
made by himself: in the armory of
thought he forges the weapons by
which he rises or falls. The vision
he glortfies in his mind. the ideal
which is enshrinned in his heart will
blossom into deeds and his deeds viii
bear fruitage of character and des-
tiny.
The coming man will live scienti-
hcally- He will understand that the
River OF Plenty" CT opulence and
of health flows past his door. 1t will
be his own fault II he elects to starve
on the shores OF the stream which
carries an infinite supply.
He will know how to put himself |
In harmony with natures forces be-
cause he will know that there are no |
accidents in nature. He win loro7y
that tho vine of the morning glory
twinea itself around the porch
in obedience to the same law
that marks the course OF the con-
stellauons. Som ethins will tell him
that around the foot of every bird
that flies is the thread OF destiny