The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-06-10

the case, IS it possible for them to un-
derstand each other too well to their
mutual disadvantage? In handling 9TH
er elements and phenomena in nature
it has been discovered that the better
we understand them the better results
We can obtain III using them. Electric
ity was Of no service to manknd! until
its qualities were apprehended and the
methods Of its employment grasped.
Human insight in the characteristics
and modus operandi Of natural phe.
nomena enables him to make use Of the
creative processes of infinity.
The real meaning Of science is de-
finite knowledge of a certain subject
arranged in its sequentiaI connected
ness and co-ordinated relations. Co
operation TO be successful should and
must be carried on according to the
most reliable and dependable data
knowledge--methods- skill that hum
an insight, ingenuity and persistence
has gained, formulated and demon
strated. And it is on this account that
Llano colonists study all sciences, all
knowledge that even in the remotest
degree has bearing upon the enter
prise they are engaged in. Every sci
entific rule of action now applied In
human activities has been discerned
and discovered by careful, patient, ac-
curate observation of Individual facts,
with all the instruments and resource
devised to acquire definite know
ledge. This is the method-the narrow
path of attainment-that has placed
every progressive man and woman on
the highroad Of achievement and pIen-
ty.
Even at the present time entirely
too many people believe that certain
dictums are God-given, and must be
followed imprici'lY, because of that
claim advarced for them, irrespective
of whethar they ere in accordance with
a square decl or not. And they fall in
one pitfsll after another by following
such precedents enjoined upon them.
And yet Jesus of Nazareth declared
that every man who came in the world
had light consciousness, intellect)
to guide him eight up), enable him
to pick his way thru life without harm
to himself and to secure all the good
and beneficial things along the route.
There is no evidence" says an ex-
change, that the creative power ever
communicated with mankind by any
other medium than mans own mental
ity; and reason and reflection, analy-
Sis and comparison are as honorable
and yirtuous factors Of mentality as
faith and belief" And, we think, care
full observation, accurate reasoning and
experimental demonstration. are thou
sandfoId more valuable than belief,
which in most cases is mere credullty
and makes people the slaves Of super
stition, precedent and conventlonallty.
Cooperation, based on definite
knowledge, motived by the ideal Of CIV
ing the best possible service to fellow
co-operators provides a rule of action
that eliminates all friction and misun-
Outstanding. Everyone wants an adj
equate supply for all his necessities and
this requirement can be best arranged
for only by an amicable understanding
with his neighbors and sympathizers,
that all economic or business relations
shall be carried on and maintained on
the basis of equitable reciprocity.
In the introduction to his Thesaurus
of English Words and Phrases" P. M.
Roget said: "Metaphysicians agree
that scarcely any Of our intellectual
operations could be carried on to any
considerable extent, without the agency
Of words. Z : : 1t is Of the utmost con.
sequence that. strict accuracy should
regulate our use of language. 2
False logic, disguised under specious
phraseology, too often gains the assent
Of the unthinking multitude. dissemln-
ating far and wide the seeds of preju-
dice and error. Truisms pass current,
and wear the semblance of profound
wisdom, when dressed up in the tin
sci earb of antithetical phrases, or set
off by an imposing pomp Of paradox.
b. -, f,,.aI ;araon If involved and
mystical sentences the imagination is
easily inveigled into a transcendental
region of clouds. and the understanding
beguiIed into the belief that it is ac-
curing knowledge and approaching
truth"
The great philosopher F. Max Null !,
Ter said: Wherefore, as men owe all
their true ratiocination TO the right IN,
Outstanding Of speech land natural
phenomenal, so also they owe then
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