The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-23

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tributions Of the last century. A
great variety Of views concerning all
human relations have developed, I'M
til the need Of analysis and clean
understanding are more marked than
ever. The attempts which have been
made from time to time to sketch
the outlines of great problems have
often been affected by considering only
a part Of the whole or by neglect to
see everything connected with the
problem. so as to develop discourage
ment and finally to create sect or spe-
cial advocates who insist upon their
view Of the matter. All Of this leads
to confusion and great difficulty in de-
termining the difference between what
Is fundamental and basic and that
which is merely additional.
World Concepts Numerous
The great world concepts are not
numerous. They can be counted al
most on the fingers Of one hand. The
doctrine Of evolution. much misunder-
stood. presented the. great thought Of
the development from the simple to
the complex Of the struggle for life
and natural selection in the process
Of creating man. The theories Of mat
ter, as seen In the specific instances
Of the atomic theory of the persist
ence Of matter in chemistry, the con-
servation Of energy and Of ~ionizatiop
In physics, together with the chemical
theory Of life, are attempts to ex-
plain the great phenomena, and yet
cannot be, after all, interpretations of
original causes.
Men nevertheless find themselves
barking back to the origin Of the
world and the riddle of the universe
and the attitude they take is express
ed usually in what are called dualism
and monism. The first is the notion
of matter and spirit, the two being
separate though mutually effected.
The second is the theory that matter
and spirit are one. the latter being q
manifestation Of the other. The &C
ceptance Of either one Of these views
and their various notifications makes
a vast difference in what men think.
"In the beginning God,' says the
writer in Genesis, and throughout our
whole history as a people, as a race
we have accepted the idea Of a divine
authority and of the responsibility OF
man to himself and his fellows. In
society itself there are many protests
against the failure Of men to live
up to this responsibility. There are
many failures to secure social justice
so that numerous p%rotestants have de-
veloped, urging some specific phase
as the solution Of the problem.
Carlyle sent forth invective after
%invective against the established order
Of things and demanded the turning
Of every nan to personal righteous
ness. Ibsen built houses Of cards,
hurrying his characters on to destruc-
ton, with the imprint Of the worth
%lessness Of it all, while Nietzsche call
ed for the abandonment of philan-
thropy and the altruistic view and
the setting up Of the superman who
held his place through power and
strength. AS opposed to these protes-
tants is Tolstoi who, with the definite
idea Of doing something in the way OF
holding the soul and spirit of man to
their higher ideals, has asked for the
abandonment Of society and the re-
turn to nature.
I'm the political field too have been
many who have protested against the
established order. They have varied
from the anarchist and nihilist on the
other hand to the socialist on the
other, with the state regulations be.
tween them.
Education Has Not ESCAPED
"The field of education too has not
escaped. Opposed to the traditional
methods handed down through the
course Of time, the idea of throwing
all overheard and starting anew has
ibeen presented many times.