Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-07-22

true. Hut no matter what MAY be
religion OF .hc conception or the
law ~ the government IL success
az failure d,p,nd> finally upon line
Human Equation. II man could
reach that state Of Development.
path between tAtTcmrS We could
make this earth Il Paradise. But in
our present state We seem To be the
creatures of unworthy extremes
! We rccklc>>lN shift from side to
side and rock the boat. We have
either too much religion or none.
I are either too rich or too poor. too
: drunk or too sober. Buddah SAW
I tina! the Hnchoritc who fancicd he
could please God by immolation
and a>ccticiSn and the dcbauch
that denied Him utterly were bu;
one and the same thing. Il disgrace
! 10 the name of man. This life is
but link in the chain. a mere fca
turc Of eternal existence. There is
nothing so sweet as life: there is
| nothing SO valuable as life and it
may be that .hyloZOiSm is but pro-
claiming scientific truth to say
thai nothing but life exists. From
The atom to the molcculc. from the
cell to the stem cell. from the stem
cell 10 man, from man to worlds
and from worlds TO suns and uni
verses and systems. ad infiniturn.
all is soul. all is motion. all is life
IN different phases. If men could
only think right. speak right. do
right and aspire in the right di-
rectlon what paradise we could
nave. Ii man could only walk the
t;iShtfold Path. the Aryan Path.
the Middle Path and be Il real think
ing being who really knew history
and science and religion and phil
osophy our troubles would vanish
and our happiness would be COM
plcte. The United States in it's Gov
ernmcnt, i'll its religion, in its
psychology and its philosophy, is.
and has been nearer the Aryan
fath than any other nation thai
ever existed. The man who looks
upon our country and compares il
with any other age or country, past
or present, does not know the fact.
II hardly admits of comparison.
compared TO other nations we do
no' appreciate The many blessings
ihat we enjoy. But Il country, thai
IS as rich and prosperous rs our
own Is ever in danger of rci:,psc,
| IL Is ever in danger OF the people
becoming SloihfuI in their mental
naDlts and unmindful of their DO
iilical duties and then it is that the
ianailcal and the ignorant and the
! greedy and viSciouS Siczc the rciuus
;"i power and bring the government
10 wreck and ruin. For several
wears, We have noticed dangerous,
tchdcnricS i'll this country. Our
people. unmindful of the teach
mss OF history, are making our
Federal Government all absolute
autocratic power. Against absolute
power there is no safeguard and an.
soiiltc power ccntcrcd in a CONGRESS-
ana a President is just us dangcrou,
as II ccntrrcd in a Gar. In my opin
ION The Sixteenth Amendment TO
me constitution Of the United
States. the Income Tax Amendment
IS dangerous. and the Prohibition
amendment will collapse and fail
hher billions Of dollars in taxes have
been squandercd and thousands Of
iiFcS nave been wasted. In govern
mcnt men should walk The Middle
Path. ''
We should balance the good laws
asains, the evil they do. The evil
OF the sixteenth Amendment is, in
my opinion. that il gives Congress
an unlimited taxing power and the
Eighteenth Amendment was passed
without Il due appreciation of the
laws OF human nature. The thing
to do in all things is to find the
truth, and that is something We can
never find through scIlishncss. ir-
norancc and fanaiicism. We lie a.
bout values. NO ruler that ever
arose or rcigncd or fell did as much
! good for the human race as Moham-
mad lbn Musa. the Arabic Mathc-
matician. who gave our nine digils.
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