South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-21
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huctuates violently and necessarily. The whole
earth is alive with electrical vibrations in
which he takes part The atmosphere brushes
him with a pressure Of from sixteen TO twenty
tons, according to barometric conditions. He
receives the energy of the suns rays in vary
ing intervals at a mean rate Of about forty
foot pounds per second, and is subjected to
periodic bombardment OF the suns PARTICLES,
which pass through his body as if it were tissue
paper. The air is rent with sounds which beat
on his eardrums land he is shaken by the un-
ceasing tremors Of the earth's crust He is
exposed to great temperature changes, to rain
and wind.
What wonder then that In such a terrible tur.
moil, in which cast iron existence would seem
impossible this delicate human engine should
act in an exceptional manner? If all automata
were in every respect alike they would react
IN exactly the same way, but this is not
the case. There is concordance in response
to tho : disturbances only which are most
frequently repeated, not to all. 1t is quite easy
to provide two electrical systems which, when
subjected to the same influence, will behave
in just the opposite way.
So also two human beings, and what Is
true of individuals also holds good for their
large aggregations. We all sleep periodically.
This is not an indispensable physiological
necessity any more than stOppage at inter
walls is a requirement for an engine. 1t is
merely a condition gradually imposed upon
by the diurnal revolution OF the globe, and
this is Of the many evidences of the
truth Oh the meC0aQlSllC IueOTy. we nOIo a
rhythm or ebb and tide, in ideas and opin-
ions, in financial anu political movements in
every department of our intellectual activity.
How Wars Are Started.
1t only shows that in all this a physical sys
TEN of mass inertia is involved which affords
a further striking proof. If we accept the
theory as a fundamental truth and, further
more extend the limits of our sense per-
ceptions beyond those within which we be.
come conscious of the external Impressions
then all the states in human life, however
unusual, can be plausby explained. few
examples may be given in illustration.
The eye responds only to light vibrations
through a certain rather narrow range, but
the limits not sharply defined. 1t is
also affected by vibrations beyond only in
lesser degree A person may thus become
aware of the presence Of another in darkness,
or through intervening obstacles, and people
laboring under illusions ascribe this to tele-
patty. Such transmission Of thought is abb
surdly impossible.
The trained observer notes without diff
Guilty that these phenomena are due to sug-
gestion or coincidence The same may be
said of oral Impressions, to which musical
and initiative people are especially susceptible.
A person possessing these qualities will often
respond to mechanical shocks or vibrations
which are inaudfble
To mention another instance Of momentary
interest reference may be made to dancing,
which comprises certain harmonious muscu-
lar cOntractiOns and cOntortions of the body in
response to rhythm. How they come to be
in vogue just now can be satisfactorily eX-
planned by supposing the existence of some
new periodic disturbances in the environ
ment, which are transmitted through the air
or the ground and may be of mechanical cleo
trical or other character
Exactly so it is with wars, revolutions and
similar exceptional states OF society
Though it may seem so, a can never
be caused by arbitrary acts Of man.
II is invariably the more or less direct re-
suit of cosmic disturbance in which the sun
is chiefly concerned
In many international conflicts Of historical
record which were precipitated by famine
pestilence terrestrial catastrophies the
direct dependence of the sun is unmistakable
But in most cases the underlying primary
causes are numerous and hard to trace.
In the present war it would be particularly
difficult to show that the apparently wilful
acts of a few individuals were not causative
Be it so. The mechanistic theory being
founded on truth demonstrated in everyday
experience, absolutely precludes the POSSIBLE