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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
HOODED SEALS REACH PARK.

The five little hooded goals which were
brought back from the Arctic regions by
Harry Whitney, who spent three months
seeking seals. and were presented To the
New York Geological Park. had a great
time when placed In their pool yesterday.
Mr.. Whitney had sent wireless message
earlier in the weeh that the seals would be
presented. and everything was made ready
for their appearance. They are next door
To Fritz, tn" walrus, an arctic neighbor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
SHIPPING NEWS
Port of New York, Thursday, May 10,
1912
NRRT\ ED

steamer Oceanic oRr'. Southampton and
Ch"rbours May and Queenstown o. to the
ond cabin and 400 storage passengers. mails
and mdse Arrived At the Bar ~ 90 m
steamer Armenia tBr'. Sagus May and
Nuovitas no. to the Munson - Line with
sugar Arrived At the Bar AZ 40 M.
steamer Mora oBr). Iuelvs April 20 IN
BowrIng & 90. with pyrites. Arrived at the
steamer caracas Ia Gusyrs MAY 4, Puerto
Cabelo :. Curacao . and San Juan II. 10 Bliss
Dallett & CO. with Or passengers. mails ard
indse Arrived ~ the Bar AZ % m
steamer Comauche, Jacksonville May II and
Charleston "a TO tho clyde "a 60. with passen
gers and mdse. Anchored of scotland Light
steamer Mineols CBr,. Puenos Ayres April
% Port Spain, Trinidad May T. and Hos,on
- 10 Barber 4 GO. with mdso. Arrived at the
steamer Corca GtaU. Genoa April II. Leg
10 simpson Spence 4 Young, with mdse. Ar
rived at tho Bar at a m.
steamer Oruba CBrl, Bermuda May Is 10
Sanderson & Son. with 81 passengers. mails
aud ndse Arrived at the Bar al 10 a m.
steamer Annetta CBr). Sauna May II, 10 the
Atlantic Fruit 60, with fruit Arrived at the
. steamer Campsnelo Or Rotterdam via
Halifax to the Uranium S. 60, with passengers
and mdse Anchored OF Highlands at p m
steamer Pennsylvania GER. Hamburg TO m.
mdse. Passed Fire Island al go m
steamer Saratoga Havana May lS, 20 the
Vow york and cuba Mail S. Co, with passen-
gers and mdse Reported of Atlantic city at
~. . 49,, ~,
steamer Chesapeake, Baltimore. to rho New
York and Baltimore Transportation co. WIN
,,dsa Passed IN Quarantine at sos m
steamer Creole. New Orleans Nav u, 10 me
Southern Pacific 60. with passengers and mdse
Passed in Quarantine a. 7:3O a III.
steamer Naracss tBr), Perth Annoy 10 the
Trinidad Shipping and Trading co. with indse
Passed IN Quarantine al 7:l0 m.
steamer Arnold Amsinck GER, Perth Annoy
u the Hamburg American Line, With mdse
Passed IN Quarantine at $50 m.
steamer Mackay- Besnett tcable,. HalltaN'
working on Sandy Hook AZ I 40 NJ .
steamer Campanello tBr Rotterdam NAV :
and Haitian IA TO the Uranium SIS CO. WIN
az cabin and $50 steerase passengers ana mhse.
Arrived at the Bar at noon.
steamer Romsdal tNor>. Port Antonio 70
Gsorr. Henissen. with mdse. Passed In sandy
Hook at 6:25 p m - ,
steamer Saratoga. Havana May 13. to the
New York and Cuba Mail ss Co with 1oe cabin
Arrived at the Bar AZ $40 m
rlrni IS and Messina IA. TO Simpson. Spence
& young with mdse. Anchored In quarantine
at 1875 IN.
Steamers C. T. Tietgen DAM, Copenhagen:
AIIcn,auuia Ger Inagua; Kentuckian, Puerto
Nexico: Ancon. Crlstobal; Guantanamo tuoan,'
santiago; Curityba Cuban. Ntpe: aurora (Nor'
Norfolk; Chippewa. Brunswick; Princess Anne
Norfolk and Newport News: Cedric (Br), Liver
nool. Iyernia CRr). Naples Jefferson. Norfolk
and Newport News: city Of Savannah. Savan-
nah. Fl Norte Galveston: Amerika Ger, liam
burg; La Savoie uFr). ilayre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17

showers In northern portion to-day. followed 10y
fair weather: SATURDAY fair. warmer moderate
TO brisk west and northwest winds.
For Eastern Pennsylvania. showers To nay
followed by fair weather in southern portion,
Saturday fair. warmer. moderate west ana
northwest winds
For Eastern New York. showers 10 day, with
brisk west and northwest winds. SATURDAY fair
and warmer.
For Southern New England. showers to-day.
with brisk to moderately high southwest e. west
winds: saturday fair.
For Northern New England. showers Ia day;
brisk to moderately high northeast and cast
winds. Saturday probably fair. except showers
In Central and Eastern Maine.
For Western New York. showers TO day; sat
urdey fair and warmer: moderate TO brisk winds.
becoming west and northwest.
For Western Pennsylvania showers 10 day {:
Saturday fair and warmer. moderate west and
northwest winds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17

Let's help you out of rut.
You've been catering to a
tailor perhaps. paying exorbi-
tant prices and kicking every
now and then because the fit
isn't right, yet YOU hesitate to
make a change.
Don't make a change.
Make an experiment.
Try on one of our suits and
see the fit before you order.
Won't say another word.
That goes for big men too!
Especially Extra Big Men
who no more than small men
like the extra bother of re.
peated fittings.
Not to speak Of the saving
H. bills.
SALE OF SCARFS-st
the 18th and Warren st. stores
only.
1900 four-in-hands.
Plain colored silks, self
figured.
$l.OO regularly.
35c. to-day.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY,
Three Broadway Stores .<i4
Warren St. 18th St. Saith ST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
The following petitions in bankruptc
were filed yesterday:

The following petitions In bankruptcy
were filed yesterday:
DANIEL SHIT and DAVID PRORSTEIN
individually and as members OF the firm
of Smit brothers x probgiein, importers
Of diamonds, Nos. II and ll6 Nassau street.
involuntary Creditors: Adolph Herr $50
900. John j. Tracy. 500. and Bernard Wui-
ner. 500. Joseph Goldsmith and Louis
Stern receivers. Liabilities. 500 go; assets,
$4,000.
HARLEM IMPORT COMPANY. INC
wholesale dealer in herrings, No 1916 First
avenue: involuntary. Creditors William
Haaker Company. s372; Newman a
Schniers. s25, and the VI. J. G. H. j. Meyer
Company, Sli5. Liabilities, $1,000: assets,
$500
LEWIS w. HARRIS and LEROY L.
.COBURN, composing the firm OF Harris &
Coburn. merchants. at East Chatham. ~
V. involuntary. Creditors: The Walter
McEwan Company: $50; the Smith &. Her
rick Company $40; Samuel G. Wooster.
si3I and Mckinley d Co. SIS
WILLIAM II. WALKER. contractor. No
G st. Luke's Place: voluntary Liabilities,
81 347 assets, $l3.
LOUIS ~ BERTY 1also known as Becky
ALEX AMBER, No. 2i2 Madison street; In
voluntary. Liabilities. 2,27: no assets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17

7 that from 1901 to 1910 the death rate from
tuberculosis in the United States declined
from 1869 for each one hundred thousand
persons living to 1903, decrease OF lS'
per cent, while the general death rate, IN
Guiding all causes of death. declined only
one half as fast
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
THE WEATHER REPORT.

Official Record and Forecast. Washington,
NAV IL The high pressure area over the Az
lantic ocean has Increased somewhat. retarding
the movement Of the interior low areas. and As
a consequence showers continue as far westward
AS the Mississippi River over the western half
Of the country fair weather still prevails. with
rising tempera ture. as rule. over the eastern
half Of the country temperatures continue low
especially I'm tie Ohio and the Mississippi val
Icys. where they are from 10 to 20 degrees below
the seasonal average.
There will be showers Friday In the lower
lake region. New England and the northern por-
ton Of the middle Atlantic states. followed Oy
fair weather Saturday, except IN Nprtheas'eI"
New England over the remainder OF the conh
try the weather will be generally fair FRIDAY
and Saturday. except I'm the Northwest "heie
local showers are probable. M,
be brisk to moderate high northeast and cast
over the northern and brisk TO high ana shifthg
over the southern portion. becoming western ,
middle Atlantic coast brisk southwest to west;
eoui tlantic coast. moderate west and n"rth
Ne asst Gulf coast moderate northwest ana
no..t. d. coming variable Saturday; west Gun
coat moderate southeast and south; IN me
lower lakes. brisk west and northwest over Ellie
and brisk and shifting over Ontario becoming
northwest. upper lakes. moderate to brisk north.
becoming variable Saturday
Steamers departing Friday for European ports
will have brisk to moderate high southwest and
west winds. with showers. to the Grand Banks
Forecast for Special Locaiities-For the Dis
tIict Of Columbia and Maryland, generally fair
10 day Saturday fair. ,arucr: moderate west
and northwest winds.
For Virginia. fair to day. preceded by showers
in the southeastern portion; SATURDAY fair,
warmer moderate west and northwest winds.
For Delaware. generally fair to day; Saturday
fair and warmer moderate TO brisk west ana
northwest winds.
For New Jersey, generally fair in southern.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
MONDAY. MAY 20
TRANSPACIFIC MAILS.

destination and steamer. IN Y p NJ
Juran. Corea. China. Philippines via -
Victora)-Empress 81 India To-day o'oo
japan Corea. China via Seattle 9 On
Hercules ................., 90 lo-odS' "'''
hSws yasa San May 90. $50
Ih.,,Sd a.nsSralia@AoTangi May "a. 80
ttaa'a1 C,ia So Irancisco,SSier May 81, 6 80
UaWaU lis san F-rancisco) -I.urline May -. 30
'" PsnonaI" Tacoma Msru May "A. $50
HIT yani. S1- "' Transport .4 May 81 $40
Fin Islands. Samoa. New Zealand.
Australia Via Nancouver)- Makura.Ju June - $50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
TAKES ACID BEFORE LEAP
Sister of Rockefeller's Former
Secretary a Suicide.

Paterson. y j. MAY 1e-Nrs Charlotte
Wooley. Of Bloomfield. y. j. sister of
George p. Rogers. Of New York, who Was
private secretary 10 John y. Rockefeller
committed suicide this morning al the Pas
sale Falls by taking carholc acid and fall
ing forward into the rushing waters. She
had previously made az if to jump from the
cliff on which the soldiers monument is
built
Mrs Wooley is said to have lost $3.50
recently i'm a speculative venture and this
is said to have caused her act.
Bloomfield. y J., May l6.-Mrs. Char
lotte f. Wooley. who killed herself al Pat
erson to-day. was thirty-eight years old.
She lived with her father and her dauch-
ter Emily at No 16l Montgomery street,
This place Her brother, George K. Rogers.
a one-time secretary to John u. Rookie
Teller had been living with her since the
COLLAPSE OF a pool which he formed 4 short
time ago Her husband Edwin has been
dead for nine wears. She lost al the ready
money she had. it IS said IN her brother &
pool.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
s1oooo,ooo CAPITAL FOR BANK.

Boston. May 16.-The directors Of the Ma
tional Shawmut Bank to-day called spe-
cial meeting of the stockholders for June
l8. to vote on the question of an Increase
OF the capital stock from s3s00,000 to So
600 600 Only three banks in the United
States have capitals in excess of SlO,UO,"U
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
LAUGH Turns on Witness.

with whom do you exchange TINS IN
Hern srion?" asked Mr.. Lindabury.
"Onlv with our actual competitors was
The answer that provoked considerable
laughter among the attorneys for the Steel
Corporation.
MFR. Dean then explained that the eK-
,,,ence of this association had been called
TO the attention of the government ana
that the Department Of Justice had dele
gated a special attorney to investigate the
meetings and to make a report on them. IN
cjdentally he mentioned that Henry r. Col
ION. one Of the governments attorneys in
the Steel Trust case, had been present at
one Of the meetings
Mr.. Cotton said later that he had at
tended a meeting some time ago, when he
was gathering evidence against the Steel
CORPORATION as a vioator of the Sherman
law. He hoped. he said. that the meeting
might supply him with hints as to sources
for gathering information for his pur-
poses.
Whether the meetings OF the bridge as
socjation were legal or not Mr.. Cotton
would not say The report about that was
still 10 oe made by the official intrusted
with the investigation. he explained
The hearing was adjourned until Tues
day morning. OH request Of counsel for
both sides, who found themselves crowded
with the study of tho testimony of the
nine active days of the suit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
1911 I11o

Highest temperature yesterday. 81 degrees;
lowest. 90; average. Sc; average for correspond
Ing date last year. Is: average for correspond
ing date last thirty-three years. 80.
Local forecast Showers to-day; brisk west
and nor'".Fs~ winds; Saturday fair and warmer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
TUBERCULOSIS DEATH RATE LESS

According to statistics issued yesterday
by the National Association for the Study
and Prevention OF Tuberculosis, the con-
sumption rate has fallen twice as fast as
the general death rate. The figures show
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
Official observations Of United States weather
bureaus. taken at p. m. yesterday. follow:
Humidity

a. 1901 p. m...... 95ls p. m...... "a
Local Official Rrcord.-The following official
record from the Weather Bureau shows the
changes in the temperature for the last twenty
four hours. In compa rison with the correspond
ing date OF last year:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
WIRELESS REPORTS.

The Mauretania, reported as 334 miles east 81
dock this forenoon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

Sunrise. 4:42; sunset. 7:ll moon sets, 500
moons age, l.
HIGH WATER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17
BISHOP CALLS IN POLICE
Unable to Keep Order in African
M. E. Church Conference.

Kansas city. May IL. After two hours
,oaselese effort on the part Of Bishop j. ,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17

Perrin. May l5-schildturm GER Ne"
Agiers for Calcutta ,con New York iof
sasrss May 4swn SSsssaFss a c.e..
81 a and Colombo for Boston and Sla Aiser. for
Saidanha OBJ, Calcutta, ETC. VIA
Session and New York. ~, New YORK
bos'o Va i6EBecon Light CBrl, Hy"rk for
i''Na Tor Rouen; Hesperus tGep' Ne"
,.. -sopbie II. Dutch. Nsss ,, NJ"
Lizard a,i Sag and sydney. c b. for L'"''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17

Bristol. Tenn, May l'.-pr' lh"iId' :
CIyce. Of Austin. Tex, president "t Au"lh
College. Was to-day elected Moderator OF
the fifty-second General Assembly "i Inc
Southern Presbyterian Church
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-17

Gibraltar, May lb-Alice Aust, New York va
~ Michaels for Algiers and Trieste.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08
A Valuable Possession
By EDWARD LUCIEN LARKIN.

"AkE bar OF hard steel. mag
netize it. and the adjacent
space will be in very pc
culiar state and this space is called
magnetic field of force; for short,
magnetic field. And the energy is
supposed to exist in lines, or flow
in lines from the north pole of the
magnet backward through the
neutral line, the equator. to the
south pole, and thus complete the
circuit. The flow of energy Is sup
posed to be very rapid.
To magnetic the bar, it must be
touched by another magnet-or BY
lodest0ne, the magnet made by ma
ture
We imagine that gold and dia-
monds are valuable. but a mag
netic field Is at present the most
valuable possession of man. Thus
three great standard fundamentals
heat. light and power-can be.
and-are, necessarily taken out OF 1t.
And several billion dollars re now
invested in one little apparently
trivial act. namely. that of NOV
ing masses of metal in this most
wonderful field. No moving metal
must touch another, the motion is
in space without contact the NOV
ing molecules of metal must cut or
pass through the invisible lines Of
force.
Lay straight bar magnet on a
table with end projecting over.
Take a wire, hold 1t at right an
giles 70 the end of the bar, you have
two pieces Of metal apparently
useless. Move the wire, and one
of the most extraordinary events
within the entire range of human
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08
Misfortune and Sorrow
Faced More Bravely.

It,was the compliment the world
expected her to pay the departing
daughter
Whatever the occa sion. there is
growing disposition to meet IT
with a smile Disaster. sickness,
sorrow. disappointment, and death
itself. arc all met more bravely
than few generations ago
We have become wiser, and that
means that We have become more
cheerful
DO we stoop?" II is not 10 find
thorn, but a posy
Do We stand and stare It IL
not 70 see signs Of storm. but to
note the blue that il LETT In the sky.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08

experience will occur-electricitv
will appear in the wire The lines
OF magnetism being cut BY the
atoms OF the metal generate cleo
trlcity.
Move the wire up and down fast
er, 1t will begin to develop warmth
faster still, 1t will become red hot.
white hot and melt.
Instead of allowing the wire to be
DESTROYED, connect the ends BIZ
means of another wire; then new
event appears flow of electricity
is set up within. Move the wire W
and the electricity will flow in one
direction; move down, the flow will
stop during q minute instant 81
time and a once flow in the oppo-
site direction. The name of the ap-
paratus is ,nagne-o
LOOK closely into this matter rs
have straight bar of Steel whose
atoms are saturated or endowed
with magnetism, totally unknown
to US. A short piece of thick wire,
whose ends are connected by third
wire to complete a path or circuit
for electricity; motion, and a series
OF rapid changes in direction 81
motion.
An additional name may now pc
added-"alternating current mag
neto.' On the face of this matter.
the word alternating is super1uous
because all magnetos set up or gen
crate alternating currents. or mo
mentary impulses succeeding each
other To secure direct currents
all flowing in the same direction,
external devices called commute
tors must be added.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08
The Secret
Of Strength.

The hero, Doctor Stockmann. the
man who has been SO ready to tell
the people of his town wherein they
are wrong. when defeated in his
purposes, boycotted, and even be-
sieged in his home, comes at last
to the declaration that he made to
his wife. Il have discovered that
am the strongest man on the earth
the man who stands most alone"
Trust myself" says Emerson,
every heart vibrates to that iron
String" So then, that is the Sc
cret of the foundation of strength.
The great men Of the ages who
have stood most alone are the men
of whom we are now the most
proud. Luther stands for the geat
institution of Professionalism. Fox
for Quakerism, Wesley for Method
ism, and Lincoln for the great ma
ton which he saved.
In the case of Lincoln, in par
tcular, it is impossible to account
for his greatness unless we remem-
Der that he did stand alone. After
he had reached the age of 40 he
had absolutely nothing in his life
that had been successful, but he
stood; so that when ne was called
to the highest office that the peo-
pie could give he was ready to take
it and make that power which was
given to him the power that should
save the nation.
Courage and Faith are the foun-
dations of the victory. The hedge
hog sees a movement an inch from
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08
Ali Hail the Army Mule

Attempts by sordld nnovaors to down the most
sacred institutions has failed temporarily The avar
cous hands of commerce have been who love
the oldtlme idols of the Republic sleep in peace
Colonel Getty who has been making the COMPARE
tive value of the automobile compared with good old
army mule has reported in favor of ongsuerng four
footed friend An exhaustive experiment has made by the
provisional regiment which Colonel Getty commands and his
hndng that would be unwe and unsafe-unsafe mind YOU
merely meaning that the fabric Of the Union would in
danger-to substitute benzine buggies for mules
Glory be Let hope that that faithful oncsuferinc and
picturesque element Of army life will with us forever
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08
The Man Who
Stands Alone.

Lord Acton. when asked what tn.
greatest single event of the century
w$s. answered that it was the sink
ing Of the trial steamer of Fulton in
the Seine, for its perfection under
the government Of Napoleon would
have changed the history Of the
world. And the hedgehog peopl.
in New York stood on the deck and
declared lit will never go, but IT
did go, and Fulton's stand alone
was gloriously justified.
In the church. the charge is mad.
that evangelicalism is dead. 1t i.
not even dying. 1t can never die
for it is founded on the living faith
The world is waiting for new
incarnation, a religion that shall b.
as good for the polling place a.
for the prayer meeting; as good
for swapping horses as for saving
prayers; good for the primaries
as for the presbytery. The gospel
of today is gospel Of service. We
may be thankful for the promise Of
mansions on high, but what We
need is more decent homes on earth
and more decent people in them.
Religion is not thing Of the stars:
it is thing of the streets.
In the drama referred to the hero
declares that in democracy the
majority rule; that the majority Of
the people are fools; therefore. the
democracy is ruled by fools.
How far can we go in this.
Where is the fallacy?
In this: The majority does NOT
rule; it never did and never will.
The minority rules; ideas govern.
1t is your strong men who stand
alone whose strength is in brain
and heart These sit on the thrones
of the ages, and sway the matori-
ties to their will.
1t Is your Wesleys, your Luthers,
your Cromwells and your Lincons
who make and mold the mighty
forces with which empires have had
to deal
Then, the majority is not 50
given to foolishness after all. In
the long run you can trust the in
nate sanity of human nature. De
mos is not a child Of Chaos, 1t is
child of God and the outgrovth Of
the Christian spirit. Democracy i.
the expression Of the highest of the
teaching of Christ.
What is the manifest destiny OF
the American people in the growth
Of this democracy? America has
years of glory behind her: she is
young and daring What is her mis-
sion?
1t is this: To build up life on
truer juster foundations that the
Old World ever laid; to evolve a
nobler manhood and womanhood
This Is the destiny of America
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08
The Strongest Man on
Earth
Like Socrates Luther. Wesley, Lincoln and
Other Great Men in History, 1t Is He Who
Has the Courage to Stand Alone
By DR.. G. F. Aked.

the end of his nose and cries that
the world is coming to an end
There are these hedgehogs in .v
erv line of life.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08

II find earth not gay but rosy
Heaven not grim but fair OF hue.
DO | stoop? | pluck a posy.
DO | stand and stare? ANS blue"
Browning
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-08
r row often it goes unexplained
II why it was that Athens kill
ed Socrates.

VOW often it goes unexplained
n why it was that Athens kill
ed Socrates.
1t really is no wonder why they
killed him; that fiat nosed, awk-
ward, barefooted inquisitor, forever
poking his fiat nose into other peo-
pies affairs. showing them that the
wisdom they claimed to have was
but foolishness
Yet Socrates is indis pensable
to every community-a man who
will force you to understand your
self, to examine your own thought,
and see that your wisdom is fool
ishness. We think that we are
thinking. but even a Socrates is
needed to show us where we stand.
We have today Socrates with
us. The dramatist Henrik Ibsen
is a direct descendant of Socrates,
and has inherited his right to make
us think of the foundations of our
knowledge.
Ibsen never claimed to be more than
an interrogation point; he has no
philosophy or views of his own to
systematic. His work is to make
you think of the truth or falsity of
your own thoughts. And OF all his
plays, the one Of which he him
self is the hero is the most strong,
simple and direct, the drama AN
Enemy of the People"