New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-02

Germanys efficiency does not lie in her
physical proves alone. Her knowledge OF
psychology includes the world and the vari-
Gus directions into which national habits OF
mind project nations; and, more, by holding
such foreknowledge. she gains the tremen-
dous advantage OF being able TO discount IL.
Her kultur IL, indeed, no boosted thing alone
Il is an engine OF dynamic strength Few
seem TO know the true meaning Of the word
"kultur." Literally translated, IL means
materials culled from ruthless reality, point
ing the direction into which the human race
is being hurled.
Long ago, under the guidance Of efficient
Prussia. Germany was taught the paralyzlnf
and destroying effects OF emotions She
therefore, ceased under Prussian guidance
her emotional art and literature, TO give at
tenton 10 physical achievement
While other nations, SNUG in their natural
advantages, we're wing with one another for
a supremacy in art and literature Through
the measure Of Saturnalau debauchery) Ger
many watched. with ever rowing kultur, the
heroic visions Of her neghbors go up in emo
tionsl smoke She made guns and gas while
they made emotional serum.
Among students of mental phenomena emo
tions have long since been known to hold the
greatest q all Of the destroying agents Of
heroic deeds and, without doubt, physical
achievements as we'll. Anger, JOY and pity
when carried TO the nth power (Saturnalian
debsuchcry, which seems to be the present
goal Of our politicians and literary directors
are the utter destruction Of the psychic mate
rial which otherwise would have to find its
exit in deeds
The yellow backed dime novel Of decade
sgo-which, contrary to the general belief
that It led TO a physical activity in wrong
direction, in reality led to no physical sctiy-
ity whstever-has not been suppressed; it has
been compressed into emotional novels and
cheap periodicals. When a young man or
woman OF our own particular country and
time has personal grievance against an
other individual, or even against natural
situation what does he or she do? He OF
she buys a magazine, hunts its pages for
some parallelnc situation, and into the emo
tional materials OF impossible achievement
translates himself or herself into the hero
his or her antagonist into the villain. and,
zip ne or she has burned the materials Of
personal incentive in one grand bonfire OF
emotions And, more, through the trickery
Of sustained interest. the reader ,uncon-
scousy learns to postpone his own impact
upon life for the reason that, in the ulti-
mate end of the story that is to say. on the
very last page of tit all comes right IN the
end. In short, he emotionalzes reality By
withdrawing himself from its impact and
substituting miracle FOR his contribution to
life.
recall very emotional novel which ap
peared some years ago, setting forth the
thoughts OF a patient old cabhorse. The novel
was called BLACK Beauty" II was purchased
BY thousands Of benevolent people and sent
into free circulation to lessen the suffering
Of the poor old four-footed slave. But in re
ality what happened? It practically dis
solved IN one huge bonfire of tears and pity
all the humane societies Of the country.
These consequences are all the result or
what is called the unconscious desire. Con-
sciously we may wish right to prevail, bur
so much Of reality is blocked from conscious
ness BY the cultivation of emotions that the
materials Of reality arc more often LETT to
shift for themselves, and do, by roaming
about in the unattended rooms Of the uncon-
scious mind.