The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-28

same old world, and in trying to ach-
ieye any particular thing have to set
about i in the same identical way.
There is no such thing in the world as
national or sectarian mathematics. OF.
any particular brand of denominations
tal chemistry, mechanics or forces. All
lverifiable and demonstrate knowledge
IS universal and not partial 10 any par
lticular religion All the disagreements
land antagonists between man and
Imam grow out of matters that cannot
be proven or from differences of
names. Mans consciousness and mental
characteristics and emotional traits are
alike the world over and differ in
strength and quality only in the degree
lot their utilization, exercise and cultiva-
ton. Adjectiyes hooked on to sub
stantives are great obstacles and stunb-
bling blocks to race unity. Any kind
of knowledge is true degardIess Of the.
Imam who first discovered it. Always
using the name of the discoverer in
connection with it, or appending some
qualifying UNCONVENTIONAL adjective to
It does moi add to its utility nor make
1t more acceptable to the generality Of
mankind. Then why insist that others
shall swallow the adjective or worship
the discoverer and first promulgator Of
any given ethical knowledge or prin-
ciple as a favored prophet 81 demi-
god, or be anathematizedp
There is enough accurate knowledge
in the world to meet all the require
ments of the highest type of human ex-
istence that could comparatively cas-
lily be reached if the dividing and an.
tagonizing qualifying adjectives could
| be and would be dropped from all
knowledge that requires being USED
and must be lived up to in all the ev.
eryday affairs of mankind, if happi-
ness is to result.
In all the domain Of Nature that j:
subject to observation or contributes tc
human experience or grows out o.
either or both, there is nothing which
comes not within the range Of human
reason and is not legitimate materia
for its uses. So far as the eye of OBJ
servation has beheld the universe with
out, or the consciousness of experience
has come into relationship with it with
in, there is no object, no event, no fac
no force, no law or principle that
unique or isolated, but each bears Il
y semblance to another, each is cause
by another, and all are united in a
mseparable warp and woor that const
tutes the cosmos universe and the UNI
II verse a cosmos.
II Cooperation is for the people Q
1 all nations all over the world, regarc
less of race. religious affiliation or an
/ condition of servitude. Llano Colon
Il in disseminating the gospel Of COOP
4 Grafton wants to avoid anything an
\ everything in the PRONUNCIATION Of tn
4 principle of mutual helpfulness (cc
u operation) that can affront anyone
II Respecting the factors of human cor
H sciousness it prefers to use the simpI
4 word Of psychology or mental scienc
/ without any qualifying adjective .
Il with respect to any so-called great spin
4 itual teahcer Of the orient. or occiden
Il Psychology, the science of the mine
H offers broad field Of study to whic
II the recognized methods Of scientific. in
\ yestigation in other branches Of scienc
/ are fully applicable, and should b
/ strictly observed.
II The primary fact of the existence @
/ mind is necessarily universally admiI
4 ted, because it is one of those self-eyi
\ dent basic facts. that to deny is to des
| troy the starting point of all invest
cation. To deny the existence Of min
lis paradoxial, because that whicl
| would deny is itself that which denies
H The word mind being assigned as til
n representative Of that which affirms .
denies, we are forced to affirm the ex
istence of mind or say nothing.
mind is naught it cannot deny. mas
much as to deny is to perform an acl
and whatever performs any act mus
itself exist, and that which does not ex
ist can neither assert nor deny its owl
existence. The fact Of the existenc
| of mind being established beyond ques
ton, the field to be occupied compre
hends all The facts relating to its prop
erties. cause. action, duration, relations
fuses, etc.
The most consistent view, in the pre-
sent condition of mental science, seem
Ito be that righteous conduct in our in
Intercourse with our felIoWmen and