Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1917-12-01
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER II
Reading of Books Unsolved Questions
Great Problems Involved.

find man in pursuing his lines OF action
in the active affairs Of the world, seeks
knowledge from many sources OF publlca-
ton And that there are various ways and
different methods of reading such publ
cations adopted by the individual members
of the great body Of people called the pub
lie. Many persons read books for the pur-
pose of sustaining their own, to them, set
tied views and take only such matter that
can, standing by itself alone be used by
them to confirm their own acquired prin-
ciples and doctrines. They are the one idea,
the prejudced people, It is almost an USE
less undertaking to present to them new
and different propositions Of thought and
practice. The old principles established
in the economic relations of peoples and ma
tions adopted in an earlier age for the pur-
pose Of sustaining royalty and the favored
classes, and the old methods Of conducting
the actiev affairs Of the world in such sup
pert however unsatisfactory to the greater
mass Of the people, are still good enough
for such readers of books
Then there are many others who read
books to criticise for personal ends. These
condemn everything that does not coincide
with their views, and sustain them IN their
theories and general practice. These read
ers misconstrue and Apply every passage,
version be in any manner adapted for the
support of their own contentious, but leave
out Of the consideration the substance that
such passages clauses and phrases support
and sustain in the connection in which they
are made and intended to apply. They are
the perverters of other men s thoughts and
expressions They are the ones who read
INTO other men s remarks and sayings things
not found and that exist only in the i'm
aginaton of the perverter.
Nevertheless, some few read books for the
knowledge contained in them. Such read
ers disregard their own personal opinions,
carefully consider the subject matter and
weigh thoughtfully and without preju-
dice every important topic with it's state
ments of facts and it's sustaining discus
scns and reasonable deductions. Such read
ers are the real progressive people, for they
invariably gather and store up for future
use and development something new to
them out of every worthy publication Some
new light is let into their vision. They
gather knowledge from every source. Their
conception of things is in this manner en-
larged and their efforts to grasp and COM
prehend the greater affair of life's pursuits
very considerably broadened. They reach
out after greater truths and exercise them
in practical life to greater advantage and
their Investigations and thereby attain
higher planes of active service in the world
and accomplish greater results for mankind.
They are the true leaders, the salt of the
earth.
It is urged then in reading these articles
upon each one and all to lay aside at least
for the time being all previously formed
views of the subject treated and give with
out prejudice a careful and candid reading
Of the entire work as it appears in this
paper from week to week. And if con-
vinced, that the views in them expressed
represent to any considerable degree the
true ideas of desirable as we'll as a prac-
teal method of conducting the affairs of
liberty loving people, and that such methods
are actually conducive to the improvement
Of mans welfare and to the introduction
and the establishment Of more equitable
condition in the worlds active affairs then