The Twin City star., 1914-03-27
From Minneapolis Journal.

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The prophets and sages of ancient
Israel were neither scientists mol
philosophers, Yet sublime religious and
moral, truths- flashed upon their minds
which neither. philosophy nor science
have been able to improve upon. Such
10 found in the very opening chapters
-ef the, Bible. the chapters containing
the old oriental legends of the creation
Adam Is the ancestor of the entire
human race, and he is made in. the
Likeness of. God. All races and groups
of humanity are alike, SO far as they
are all descended from one progenitor
vine capacities, and powers. Q -
: The. old writer of the creation story
is. familiar, with the fact Of racial di:
visions. He distinguishes. three racial
Grbups, the descendants Of Shem, Ham
aRds; Japheth respectively, and he
snumerates, their various branches, &C.
cording to the best knowledge Of his
day. He knew that certain groups OF
human beings occupied separate ter.
physical characteristics, and differed
IN speech, manner and habit from one
another. Yet. in spite Of it all, he
claimed common descent for them,
m i, essential equality beneath all
minor superficial differences, all being
equally endowed with the same divine
powers Of soul, heart and mind. Well
do the old rabbis declare, In comment
ing: on our text, that it contains q
fundamental doctrine of Israel 3 Law,
equal to that other basic precept, And
thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
sd Essential" Unity and Equality.
Man is essentially the same, no mat
Ter in what racial, NATIONAL or religious
group we may ind him Hds soul his
the sane; his capacity for progress. for
intellectual unfoldment, and moral
growth is the, same. True, there, have
Always been, and there are at the pres
snt time, advanced races and backward
races. races that stand in the forefront
Of modern, civilization, and races that
are ,still found in the stages Of bar
barism. But these differences are due
TO geographic and historic conditions
md circumstances. The location and
environment, of q human group un-;
doubtedly have their marked influence
upon it. The conditions Of the soil
era the climate, the facilities or diff,
dculties of communication: and inter
course with other groups. are all de-,
,termining factors in the life and de-
velopment Of human group. But the
progress is, possessed by all: Change
the outward conditions, and the So
called inferior. or backward, race will
step to the front, and show its innate
powers. BY it's new activities and
achievements, at least the achieve
ments Of it's best elements, Of It's most
capable and best endowed individual
members. For within each group the
differences and variations, physical,
members are considerable. But the
capabilities Of race or group should
not be- Judged by Its weakest. but BY
It's strongest members. What rapid
progress Q so-called inferior race may
make when the opportunity offers itself
is best shown by the rise and advance
Of the yellow race Of Asia, especially
the. black race in America after ffty
years Of emancipation. i
Pseudo Scientific Ideas.
There 10. q great deal Of, pseudo
scientific thought that has gained cur
1ency in modern times, which runs
counter to this fundamental religious
doctrine Of the essential unity Of the
human. race. A good. deal Of staid
scientific nonsense Is being said and
written about the peculiar mental and
and groups of human beings Their
psychological, or soul differences and
diverQenees are pointed out. We are
told that q certain race, or even branch
Of q race, Is endowed by nature with
certain gifts, or deprived by nature Of
certain other, endowments; that nature
herself has selected certain races to
rule and to lead. and certain others to
follow and to serve: that the supe-
- fixed BY natural law. Race distinc-
ti0ns are made where none really OK.
list Thus the preiudices and antag-
onisms that exist between different
human groups are scientifically ex-
planned. And the domineering, the ar
roRant, the evil-minded and the preju- |
diced. eager. to find some excuse for |
their offensive and malevolent attitude, |
have pounced upon this pseudo-scien- |
they can scientifically explain why they |
are prejudiced against. and hostile to,
their fellow men, why they oppress and
persecute them.
u the Jew Of Different Race?
I. The ,fiendish persecution of the Jew
hiring LOO years, and the present-day
social prejudice against him that still
sxists even in the most enlightened
Ind humane nations, are explained on
yuch grounds. The Jew is q Semitic.
All other white people among whom
he lives are Aryans. These two
of the white race differ in
,ertain mental and moral traits; are,
mutually antagonistic and
'epellant. These two branches are gen
rally spoken of as two distinct races.
rheir incompatibility. therefore, is
eeial, fixed by natural law. The Jews
'hrewdness, the jews. business meth, J