The Republican journal., 1916-09-21
~, social Problems.

ulrg 10 pause and con-
IT, thus and what can
b.. iarate the condition of
.e increased destructive
-r warfare makes it the
The efficiency of men in
tsiroy life has been in
IS ia their ability in the
d rmerly man could not
90 others farther than
boz heard, but by his dis
res laws he has enabled
g through earth, sea or
ryals creative genius. In
uarbarous day of human
tlei disputes like so many
they are using all the
civilized life in accord
ancient low ideals.
has been made in the arts
search. But it has not
thought worth while to
IA. study of human society.
se6s food and ornament.
ar has bent his energies
attainment of the same
ass Of mankind have not
zeal much above that of
fg would not be contend
vi battle.
n, construct machines for
mary manual labor, for
numerical purposes. by
.afure of matter and the
But as they approach
man society, they dis
.atdre of social elements.
t the mastery of this
.ulect Is Slow and dlttlcuIt
pying the most intluen-
society differ SO radical
tolerably we'll agreed as
& atoms and molecules in
Ia. but when we come to
ire viii tell you that man
lody in action, that an
dis an impossibility, be-
q could not possibly af-
aoiy. They will tell you
all mind is nothing but
am of bodily activities.
uI, taught by a very few
MES like Cornell, has been
rapidly for the past
But, happily for the
yet been accepted by
the thinking world, as
ss us believe. The ma
have even one repre-
American Association
mt of Science held in
no. the holidays of last
then Prof. Baird of
. was right when he
liberalism was on the
ryu1dy is familiar with
.. mind which has been
- beginning of the Chris
Us simply an incompre-
like cohesion, adhesion,
aud it is not made
.siDie by denying its eX-
ubuting mental action to
hemical forces. Having
nature of the social ele-
cessary to construct laws
ton of society; for the
lilly, community and State
is is carried forward ac-
made laws. In the Ian
a met tM an alone of all
combats nature"
n has not much improved
,gical fundamentals of the
impaired the author of ma
fire and men to the flying
progress can be made in
till mind is accorded a
Universe among other
lg as even a few of our
stiles are teaching that
but the body and its ex-
Ictivities we have not a
1ation on which to found
2 society. The develop
y is analogous to the de-
a planet from primeval
earth seems to have
ler degree of perfection
'clety, but greater com
the elements of earth at
ed than are found today
2 field of battle.
'oks upon our luxuriant
ening in the sunlight can
.ry atom which their eyes
zee existed as a melted
even as a gas at an ear
e and water fought as
European warriors. A
n of this ancient conflict
by throwing a pail of ice
red hot stove. The heat
out a tritle compared with
sun or the former heat of
took up its abode in the
the dry land as a dwell
lan. Ages passed in the
ltlOn of volcanic stone to
lie soil. And other ages
development of animal
with and development are
4sses in which the fittest
) were doubtless unavoid-
ly stages of civilization.
at they are essential to
,ress would be to defeat
The present European war
N by powerful intellects
onvlncing masses of peo-
not only right but essen
health and we'll being.
nent of modern intelli-
n more rapid than any
which have taken place in
tory. The farther back
the more slowly the evo-
moved forward. AS an
are the production of a