The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-06

proceed 10 form combinations among
themselves. 1t is significant that the
right combination is the one that most
appeals to the aesthetic sense of the
mathematician and there is probably a
fundamental relation between the cor
rectness of theorem and itss mathe-
NAUTICAL beauty"
There is considerable mental science
taught in the Bible, and if those who
claim to believe it to be the word Of
God would only apply the instruction
it teaches of how to properly employ
their minds, their professions would
carry greater weight with people in gen
eraI. The Apostle Paul in End Cor
-ll:3. speaks Of minds becoming cor
rupted from simplicity, and he advises
them to Think of OCCUPY their minds
with things that are true, honest. just
pure, lovely and Of good report,
against such there is no law" And
the Apostle James charges that all the
ills of human life are due to wrong
thinking, of adultery, fornication,
uncleanness. lasciviousness, idolatry,
witchcraft, hatred, variance emulations.
[rivalry]. wrath. strife, seditions, her
estes, envyings, murders, drunkenness,
revelings and such like" Acts Of that
kind originate with the thinking about
them.
The character, attitude and conduct,
we see. depends on the kind Of thinking
that people do, and it is of the utmost
Importance whether the thought-habits
are constructive or destructive. De-
structive thought-habits cannot be stop
ped by psychological terrorism, or by
mental anodynes and opiates. Genuine
education and scientific mental disci-
pline alone can accomplish the task.
Theological speculations and theor-
les have had centuries of ample oppor-
tunity to prove their efficiency and
they have failed. Ignorance of the
truth is the point where all evils Of life
and all cheats, frauds and imposition
have their inception. Ignorance is ne
yer protection from harm. Ignor,
ance never can insure innocence.
We owe our present civilization to
men and women who dared to make de-
partures from accustomed ways OF
thinking and acting, who sought out
new continents and new ornaments o.
mind.
Huxley says: Science is nothing bu
trained and organized common sense.
Haeckel says: "All purely scientific
Investigations consist firstly of expert
ence; secondly, experiment. Theorie
that are not grounded upon the fact
of experience have no right to be call
ed scientific.
Prof. Huxley says: Education is tn
instruction of the intellect in the law
of nature, under which name ! incIud
not merely things and their forces. bu
men and their ways, and the fashionin(
of the affections and the will into al
earnest and loving desire to live in har
mony with those laws"
There natural laws are the only valiC
authority as far as human experience
has been able to discern satisfactor!
rules of action. The proper exercis'
of such authority imperatively require
knowledge of the requirements an
the principles governing human nature
In an organization lire the Llano Col
ony, where the aim is scientific man
agement, there can be no place 70
; anyone who declines to respond to tn
fair deal and who refuses to compl
| with the concrete requirements of int
grail cooperation.
Authority here signifies ability t
perform the duties assigned. Ability
investigate, initiate and inaugurate az
tivities necessary to the support of tn
: membership. The principle is the al
thority and not the person who acts q
S the agent for its operation. When
is thoroughly understood that all pre-
posed action is the outgrowth of DELHI
crate forethought and authorized b
accurate knowledge. cheerful compl
: ance will be readily yielded,
Inductive reasoning occupied the a
7 tention of the Colony mental scienc
class on Sunday. April %. 1t was d,
fined as process of the objective min
by which number Of separate pher
e omena are compared with each oths
until the common factor is discerne
$ which gives rise to them all. Compar
son is one of the most valuable facu
ties of the human mind and by prop
e exercise it will clear up any profile
: with which it persistently occupies
Is self.
n If to-day is lived in the best poss
i bic way, we will be able to confrol
" every coming day better qualified
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