Evening star., 1925-05-12
PLEADSFOR union
IN PEACE EFFORTS
Miss Knight-Bruce Tells
Council Evolution Points to
Need of Progress.

The quinGnennial session of the IN
ternational Council of Women here
has been rent by chickering's, insin-
uations and trouble of all sorts.
IN the midst of it all comes this
speech by Miss KnightBruce. one of
the English delegates. delivered at the
open session last night:
MAY ! say quite simply what the
great woman's movement OF today
means to me? Let me start by say
: ing, l feel it to be entirely compile
mentary to the work OF men--neither
inferior nor Superior-nor do L teel
there is a clear.cut distinction and
that both do not often cover the same
ground but that, as frequently in the
past. some new force has arisen just
at the moment of direst need TO
strengthen existing forces and yet TO
add a new zest and power. The
drama OF human history has reached
a crisis toward which life has been
struggling for aeons of time. The
picture has been painted for US by
the pens of such men as Darwin,
Huxley, Russell, Lemain-the pic
ture of evolution-first a gaseous
mass with no life. which changes, al,
ters, moves, preparing for that life
which begins in such humble. mean
telligence, with no color or beauty.
The Speck of life growS-at first gath
erinC vast quantities of cells, moving
to size as it's goal-uncouth, unWieldy
then refining, becoming more COM
plicated-man of the lowest form
emergeS-if man he can be called.
The first milestone is reached when
man sacrifices the extra speed given
by his two front feet for handS-he
dc ioh nd hu
gains a mind and enters the gigantic
cosmic struggle of life giving mind
against the forces of death in matter.
Psychology has forced biology and
physiology out of their old position
where mind was considered neg
ligible thing-now II is shown to be
the seat of life and power. 1t is
realized as a force ceaselessly working
on matter towards life and away from
death. h.'-HuXley.
"The cry is for an ever. greater
control of mind over matter-it is
struggle between the vitality of mind
against the death inherent in the
material world.
This is to me the meaning of the
world--it is life and ever more abun-
dant life in its highest. nobleSt forms.
1t is a tremendous, lifting. striving,
struggling process throughout-eacn
nlRn6T power dEOlllAliiS 10 SlNc lilV
real meaning to the lower. Today
mind has given to man vast powers.
greater than ever before-he can de-
stroy space, annihilate divisions and
hold almost death itself at bay.
Thus has man achieved for us by
thought, research, toll unceasing, and
for it we women render thanks.
But we see these powers used often
as animals use them-dominated, not
by passions, desires fiercer than any
animals. We are not content to fight
with tooth and claw-we are not con-
tent to store food for a Winters use
we slaughter in millions and in the
past have enslaved our thousands to
emaSS wealth.
Into this struggle has ever entered,
and must increasingly enter, the re-
demptiye power of love. Mind must
be itself enslaved to the love OF hu-
manity, which alone can order the
unruly wills and affections of sinful
man. The head without the heart is
as likely to lead us to hell as to
heaven-to devastation as to fullness
of life-and here lies woman's su-
preme task.
= do not wish to imply that men sup
ply the head and women the heart
each is necessary to any real contri-
DuIlOn-DuI Indt men nave tenUeu TO
give as their great and invaluable con-
tribution mind. If we are to bring the
balance true we must bring in a
fresh and overwhelming power of re-
demptive love that will take the vast
power of redenptive love that
will take the vast powers of
men today and by patient
thinking, untiring facing of problems,
make them serve humanity, not de-
stroy or enslave it in any particular.
We need vision to think in centuries
for ultimate ends, we need moral
courage, we need great dreams, we
need clear, hard thinking to overcome
obstacles as they arise: I'VE need to
cry aloud in the wilderness, and,
though men hear not. the wilderness
hears, and one day it will be trans
formed into a resounding forest in
which 100000 tongues will sing an
eternal hosanna to the Lord of life
and death" And may God deny US
rest, but give us glory.