The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1912-03-02
PHASES OF THE PROBLEM.
Raes Pride Without Arrogance Is Help
fuI, Says Horace J. RslIin.

full, Says Horace J. hellin.
Troy, DIN concluding q philosophie
and critical discussion Of natures an
swer to mans race problem Mr.. Hor-
ace ]. RoIlin. humanitarian, author.
Scholar and long time friend Of the coli
ored race, says:
Obviously the general advancement
Of the Caucasian Is not due to racial
integrity, but the contrary. The belief
that he is a composite has within the
past few years decidedly manifested
itself. Mr.. Burbank says In a personal
letter that this is true Of all the lead
ing types today. while Professor Franz
Boas holds, according to press reports
that the 90 called white race embodies
not only the ancient Aongol, but the
primitive Negroid. Several able an
thropologists at the recent first univer-
AL races congress, London, expressed
radical, sweeping conclusions, which
ten years ago would have been de-
nounced as dangerously wrong. Con-
corning the universally Of capacity
under reasonable conditions the writer
perceived and taught it a score OF
years ago.
In all this-and 1t Is only those OF
psychic paucity who have TO be re-
minded-there is nothing which Is d.
rectly humbling. The kind Of pride OF
race which includes no arrogance or
injustice is still humanity useful, as
the truth of compensatory blending Is
humanity encouraging. That family Is
foolish as we'll as wicked which know
ingiy obStrurtS the Developments OF
another family of any type. Alliance
BY consangIIinity is impending.
With the recognition of universal re-
ouirement the SeuSc 81 honor tWaiyinG
the present IH-.il aud ten. .orary NOR
bidity already Acn.iC.-. - becomes
more and n.a.. norIn;. b., ;iruie. AMI 50
this uha-r uI tie ,uuGrrt o. life II
bound e. 10" ~ au lei beyond the limit
Of existing $50 i:fii"n. Inr in truth 1t
is an impuriaEr feature 81 the present
universal Iraor m"~em..'.
ApropcS 81 natures varied centripe-
tai and centrifugal action, Of helpful
alternating divergence and CONVEX
gence, il is an interesting speculative
question whether or not after the pres
ent general movement is approximate
ly completed extensive divergence will
again take place. Cosmopolitan condi-
tons and the assistance OF science In
both expediting and holding the desir-
able seem to forbid this yet we may
imagine it brought about by a series
Of so called accidents involving extern
sive retrOgreSsiOn or failure In secur-
ing the passing good, which may have
to be offered again.
The whole subject is not only in
teresting and important, but tran
scendent and infinite. What bound
less field for investigators Of various
talent! Here are countless values
ready TO be indicated. Normal fe-
cundity, enlarging individuality. ris-
ing ideallty-in brief, all the aspects
and interests Of ascending humanity
are facing this heaven touched hori-
Zon.
For the nonacademic or independent
seeker there IS unOccupied room up
stairs University scholarship is ex-
pected to produce a reasonable quota
Of textbooks and also bureaus Of eth
nology Cby recording the overflow OF
their favorite subject, so to say). The
Carnegie Institute Of Research should
illuminate many an obscure part Of the
way. Let US be ready when nature
invites US for a rare journey.
A quotation from the writer's book
Just mentioned affords the conclusion:
MAN has been helped forward-al-
ways and in most IL not all places
by a movement in general nature
which is more radical and more uni
versaIly promising than any which
springs from the political, social or re-
ligious systems Of the world. These
are not necessarily regulative. Some
times they have to be modified or even
overthrown because Of their crudity
and injustice. but the natural, spon-
taneous movement referred to is per-
petual and regulative. Ii is always and
everywhere encouraging and even
pushing the growth of reason"