Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-21

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demons; and n u were not FOR tho dis.
content Of Harvey. a Lister. a Koch,
Frankel. an Ehrlloh, or - Fleknef,
Il would still ba treated by blOod,ict'
ting. What was Il that led tbs Eng-
lish puritans. Cromwell. HolliA.
Ham pden. 10 revolt against tho insid.
ious claims OF the f3tuar,s but discOn.
tent7 What was II that led Go tho
French revolution but tho discomfort
OF tho people az tho tyranny and OPP
preston OF tho French monarchs7
what was It that called this great ro-
public into oxistencs7 Was It not tho
discomfort OF tho American colonists7
Ana was II not also tho same spirit OF
discomfort that stirred tho patriots OF
i77e which also nred the patriots OF
isi2 and iS6i and 1897 What else.
then, IL the Nowthousht doctrine OF
perennial contcntment but an idol
placed ~ obsIruet the path Of prog.
tess7
Equally truo is II that Ethical CIts
| tufo Il sn idulatrOus cult by tho side
| Of truo religion. For. when Ethical
| Culture dcgradcH ethics and righteous
ness 20 a nero means wh0roas Il must
be- considered as an end, when n
| makes Of mans moral nature, q scp-
| Hrttc, distinct, and isolated faculty IN.
! stead OF making II an inscparablc ana
I Integral part OF mans being AMI OK.
] lstcnce, " ~ worFhlping "a strange god
! beside the altar OF him who command.
| ed us ito be- whole with God" II is
! FOR this reason that what IL good IA
! ethical culture ia not new, and what
4 is new ig not good. or whom FREQ
/ thought assumes an air of superiority
! ana intCllcctullisy because % It's dog.
mstly denial OF all that IL founded ia
| iaiih, liz II not following strange
| Hou When 1t tells us that u MAKES
! no difference what ono believes. or
| rather that IL makes no difference
! What one dlsbclicvcs 80 Ions as ono
/ disbrli"vcv. ls ~ not IKE tlir idolatrr
! jerobUam at Old scoking to lead us
/ oftray from the Worship OF thu true
| God o. tho Worship OF false gods For.
| Il certainly does make difference ass
! 60 what ono believes or dlsbcloycs AsI
oho believes So does ono i've our
! whole civilization has been built up
| on what man believes 60 be- right und
| Just and true We should not today
have one single Institution 10 elevate
| aid upliU mankind 80 u wctc not for
mans positive. definite ana dcnutlvo
| beliefs
And how. indeed. can wS term
| Skrpticism anything else but idolatry
When tho skoptc wants ne to make
! science alone tho rule aud guide uf
the universe and tells Us 90 break with
the past and Co deny our duties and
obligations To- our God and our fni;h.
Il IL Turing us on 10 an idolatfous wOr-
| ship of mere human achievement. The
! skeptic forgcis Or does not know that
man Is not al head. that man has also
q heart aad conscience. and thst
tho cravings Of his heart and con-
science must DE satisfied. lest they 0C
barren and dcsulatc. The sk,ptic for.
gets too or does not know tint many
parts OF science cannot DO demon.
stratcd anymore than some parts OF
religion. There are lncXpliCable myE-
tvri.s ln religion, the yHcptie tells us.
! Hut what of u" Science o. shroudcl
/ IN m,stcrivs just Hs complete ana ali-
/ pvr,ading WuD do sou suppose "a
/ Vas that said Their" is e certain
| fore" loo the organism that rofuFv5
the yuk" 90 ordinary physical urdi-
nary physical laws, U thcolpEIJu' so
! indeed. II Wss the great scicatist
/ Tyndall Who du vUu suppose u was
tuat said. we grant at once That thr
inncfinust character of nature lis Just
/ us little understood by us as 10 was
/ 10y AnaSlmandcr ana linpcd0vlcs
| twenty -four hundred yca.s ago by
Spiuzu1l and Newton two hundred
/ wears ago. aud 10y Kant aud Goethe
one hundred YEARS ago. q was mo-
ono elise but the modern apostle ot
science. Ernest liac,krl Indeed
] what else can the truthful and con-
scicutious scientist do but admit the
/ limitations ct SCIENCE 81 There is
anything with which science should Dee
familiar. 1t Be- life. Yet can science
tell us what liv ls, what 49, origin.
IS hat tts destiny ~ there b. anything
WITH which science should De- ianiiinr
u is gravity Yet, can d over hope
20 explain Whist gravity So ir there
~ anything win which science should
hr familiar ID is motion. Yet can %
give us ans Information about the
origin cot mulluu' ~ there Be- anything
with Vhiyh science shuuld Do, mmil
lar b. be electricity Vet can 10 giNc
us amy true ,noVicdgc of the nature
uf this phenomenon D. may tell Us
that IL propols cars and drives motors
lmt tbcs" are merely the manifesto.
tious uf electricity. and not electricity
itself n wee -alr ppru the Glue as
pausr hy which zee are surrounded,
science tells us, II Re space. but what
IL space L. % something, "a real en-
/ tity, or Is ~ nothing We cannot de-
zine % as an entity, tor wc know moth.
/ ing ot It's nature Yet wa cannot Say
/ 1t is nothing, for the Planets move ia
Iit what. then, can We say OF itr All