The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-29
BRILLIANT RECEPTION is RENDERED
JUDGE WOODS AT THE COUNTRY CLUB

! matically guided IL" engine IS broken
| by mysterious force. 50 the lines
! long ago laid uown for human Thought,
over which our minds Travelled with tho
! automatic guidance Of custom, tradition
! and law. have been broken by worir
| wide social and political earthquake;
! Tn" breaking up Of the conventional
rails over which our minds nave becn
q carried with gertrude of conviction has
I hrUught d,sNiay t. tho builders and OPP
| orators Of the old roads of Thought.
! With alarm and clamUr they arc cal IlnS
| on all men To- como ana repair ana re-
! build the old lines with tho old raj Is
and timbcrS on tho foundation Of III"
! old road WAYS rs thr only safe lines OF
! mental travel. EUi fair and careful
! mcn--;hc SkcptiCS--SuSpcrt that the OLD
! supports have fallen hccaUs" they were
J not sound and tho rails have been bent
! and snapped because they wrr" weak.
/ ono Of tho most V0luhlC quantities or
| mind and morals that u nation or an IN
! divIdual can possess - IN" caparl,y
| for just and fair CRITICISM. the quality
/ that enables peoples and individuals to
allow for their parolIax md "a 80"
! themselves IN their Just proportion I"
, Other peoples and individuals. This "a
! pHCity for self criticism ronu"t"S th'H
/ sim higher Quality--thc power OF vision
, to SOC tho past IN white light and just
proportion. free from traditt"nfl crccds
! and prcJudiCes. Moro than nil. II en-
braces that highest Of AL mental quail
| ttrS--Ima Einat!on to compass the vision
J rT those standards Of justice and free
dom and generosity which the future
, VII! produce and exact.
! attainment OF this power and using
! Il So SO as 10 produce more sweetness
! ard light and culture.
! Must Break Conceits.
! progress toward this attainment ev:-
! IDENTIFY depends on breaking the crystal
! lied CunCc!ts Of nations and Individuals
| that they have attained the best. thu
! most beautiful. tho truly Just In science
art. politics. religion and law. tn" trn-
! ism is very obvious. but not oftcn for
: INFLATED IN IN" thought that for pro
! grcs$ toward lust sclf-criticiSm and its
resultant culture mankind has In A.,
ages been indebted I" n" d"Snls"d
. SkrptirS tho duubt,rS who are constant
! ~ hanmerlng al received ConCcits and
, tCtions These skept!Cs ar" always un-
: der condemnation of "a" powerful fcw
who formulate and impose prevailing
: SOcrnL pulitiCnl. economic. legal ana
/ religious opinions and convictions anil
under the sim more indignant cond"m>
| nation Of the great untAink'nG naSa
who gladly accept the mental slavery
! Of rcady-madr opinions I" "Scap" Inc
! labor Of doubt and thought
| In such times MS these radical inno-
! vatorS always urG"T%lcn to build new
: lines If thought and action over uneN>
, plorcd m"rasS"s. saying that these
/
! safety back and forth Tho sk"pu"
| d,strusts th"s" lines also and for his
] doubts IS denounced by tho innovator".
! Indeed. u" r"vuluu"nIsts regard "a"
| Interrogation of mGuirng SkcplirS
| greater obstacles to their program that
/ Ny plan Is IN N"halr oE these condemned
| skcrt!,s hocaus" they stand for that
virtue most d"sp's"d 81 m'n and yet
| most needed III this tim" and in al
/ l,,t.
The Mind Should Be Open.
| "Our minds should y" op"m tn m" in
| GIIry Of tho skcptic: whether many NJ
our common hcl!"Gs even about things
We regard as vital-iaw' ana rcilglHn'
and tust!c"--may not turn ont to nr
! more fictitious. VIII not thos" who
| come inter regard us as "" 10 thoS"
| who have CCn" before And do W" NOT
/ tho entire history Of tho human race
! Nobody ever saw IN" ntmphs "f tn
woods and tho water or the fairies. yet
| they wcr" very real IN u" ives o,
/ men md women. PrrhapS, nothing Will
| ever take the place OF tn" JOY and r"-
mnncc and poetry which came from IN"
) belief that every stream. every water
, fan every fountain. every tr"'. had itS
own spirit Of hcau'y which "ontro'l"t
II. ond Influenced NO Ives ~ human
| slipped "ur'vcr- ont aC human expert
cnr' ON tho other sid" whit burden
If misery was llft"d forever from tn,
| hearts of the world by the death ~
= witches and OWL spirits.
"rid not the iiCtionS az III" divine
right II king and priest. and the Actions
! Of the divine right Of master over MS
| slave hold IN" world for ages was
| not the firtiou of tho husbands right L"
| rn?,rml his wifr's property and person.
! until only = l'ttl" Will" ago, believed
! To- be- ON" Of IN" pillars of society. alb
! solutoly necessary 10 domestic peace
! and virtue" Do We not w!l Suff"r M
: Gc~ on ;nhcr!tanc" of di~"aS" and Vie"
! and crime from IN" fiction that justice
/ uay. L. the creditor tn" right to exact
! thr lat flrthlnE of his debtor. on pen
| atty Of notSom" Prisons
! Fictions Undermined by Skeptics.
| These flctiune slowly were under
mined by skrptics VIII" at last brought
mon oT other days to that stat" Of IN
| 'r'l"ctual humility which CnHhi"d ihrin
! l." question tn" verify - lhflr '"h'!'-
! ,hpf the humane tasks If tn" sk"rt"
will meyer cnd' Has his pl""" not al
ways boon 60 honornh'" IN III" s"rvi'"
of justice and cnliChtrnm"nt that W."
| whether some Of our r"pu'"d v"r!u"S
are not fcIjous hanging about ~ a.
| !mpodimcnts 10 social Justice
In this day tn" fair-miNded GurS-
! Standards or his class has com" I" be-
! i!cv" that the illustratiN" Actions men
tened w"rn all based on q sttll deeper
nrtinu--'hr false but accepted claim or
! the right Of ruling class-thr class
which controls land and other natural
resources and labor-tn 'mpoS" as L
| Nxod relation the conception Of stat"
| rolicv Of law. of social standards. or
| tho right and duty that adh"r"* in prom
crty. md largely in rclgionas well
| which Is promttvc Of - own H't"r"St
| UP To u very recent dat" wealth ana
! mower woro CO!nC!dcnt with education,
AVID cduro ton WAS denied (" the masses
! Tho wealthy and unw"rful only wcrH
, educated. nuh this c"mh'nat;on or
! Nralth political nrd occics'asttCal pow
{ rr. With oducnt!ou could and did 'r1noSc
! on the inartiCulat" masses Of mon thnS"
! opinions and standards OF law. morals
| religion. politics aud personal and rroD-
| "r'y rights which were necessary 10
| tholr class welfare.
Tho theory Of superior right or
| kiur and priest. and master. and nus
| hand. and rrcdlt"r. wns projected mo
! punlc conviction by N" sun"rt"r power
| Of the classce over un"du"at"d sub
! ioC,s and wIvce and debtors.
| The Power Passed
| Later control nf natural RESOURCES
! slipped FROM tho hands of kings ana
J prirSt To tho manufacturing and com