Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-11-24
CHAPTER I


CHAPTER I
In presenting this work to the public. |
am mindful of the fact that [ am treating
great subjects in unusual manner |
realize that they are subjects of vital con-
sequence to the nation. and concern the
entire human race. They must. however,
if we attain the highest degree of effort in
the active affairs Of the world and secure
the best results for mankind. be treated.
not necessarily in the usual manner but,
in order to formulate correct rules Of action,
with comprehensive view and a right
understanding
1t is because | believe mankind, through
a misconception Of it's own situation, has
been, and still is, pursuing wrong lines Of
action to accomplish the greatest good,
and secure the best results for the entire
body that I have undertaken the great
work involved in these delineatons.
Mankind as far back in the ages as any
of us can penetrate actually started it's
career and has been, and still is, CONTINUE
ally kept upon wrong lines of activity and
efforts.
The reason man started upon such lines
was because he failed through ignorance
or otherwise, to grasp the true and great
purpose Of the active efforts Of human life.
The individual man stands in the great
complex affairs Of peoples and nations as a
single atom in a mass of atoms that consti-
tute the whole world of human beings upon
the earth. Herein man failed to grasp the
true end desired, and the great purpose in
volved in the conduct Of active affairs
worldwide in extent that developed upon
him as a fellow being to direct in the in
terest, not Of the individual, but for the
whole human race
The great provisions nature has made
and adapted for the use of it's creature man
could never have been intended for appro
priation a right by few for their in
dividual special designs and purposes They
must in reason have been intended to serve
the individual only in the sense, and ONLY
to the extent Of his personal and natural
requirements as a social being in a state of
civilized society,"
But in no sense can I admit of an in
tended purpose Of an individual right to
appropriate the subject matter of such ac-
tvity, and the resources Of the earth for
his own use and benefit at the expense of
others apart from the greater body of hui
manity. The great purpose and the true
design, as [ comprehend them, are intended
in the created provisions Of nature to serve
the whole body, the entire mass, that is
each and all the people without distinction
This as | comprehend the subject matter
must be the ultimate end and purpose in the
evolution of man s efforts.
The fact that some men are endowed
with greater intellectual and physical ca
paclty than others does not imply that it
was the intended purpose that this greater
capacity should be used in manner sub
verslve OF the rights and privileges belong
ing to each one and all the others for per
sonal ends. 1t seems to me that this fact
confirms the position here taken; and that
there is a higher nobler and a grander
purpose involved, which will eventually be
attained. That some men are so endowed
leads me to conclude that this greater ca
pacity was intended as an equipment for
the righteous task of serving the people and