Evening star., 1925-10-02
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Many people today shy at the word
1t impossible to discover better
term. despite the teachings of evolu-
ton.
Good God" said Seneca, long ago.
with a touch Of petulance, "Why not
God?"
Several letters 1 have received re.
Gently from readers show beyond per-
adventure that many Washingtonians
feel much the same way about It:
that. instead Of straining the diction.
ary for other words, they are willing
to settle down for life with the IA
mlliar concept of God, the Creator,
as good enough for them.
r. l.. Nj, well known local at
torney, commenting upon the reviews
OF Charles Darwin's Descent of
Man and "Origin of Species" in this
column. asks for an epitomizing of
The Dogma of Evolution" by Louis
i. More. professor of physics at the
University of Cincinnati.
Among the excerpts from the book,
sent me by my correspondent, the
following was especially interesting:
Many of us do not see why the
ioea or an incomprehensible natural
law Is more rational than the idea of
God. Again, Is a universe created
out OF nothing and set going by a
creator. and Ruler, a less satisfactory
bel1er than a universe uncreated, or
sef-created. and set going by its own
natural laws?
1T almost seems as il men of
science believed that a natural law
was an entity existing before the
Phenomena which II classifies; for ex-
ample, that the law of organic evolu-
ton brought into being the first
organism which appeared on the
earth"
Miss j. S. L. sends me q letter in
which she speaks so eloquently of
God. who is our home" that l must
reprint it in full. She writes:
Permit me to introduce myself az
one OF your constant readers and to
thank you especially for your manner
of handling notable poems. The pub.
lie needs such articles to translate for
1t the power Of the poets, not only to
charm but to help in the affairs of
life.
Great poets are by rights great
teachers. Their insight, together with
their gift of expression, clothes them
with peculiar power to illumine and
force home great truths. The magic
that lies In the touch Of genius has
proved conclusive upon many a point
at issue, winGing the arrow of con-
Vtctfon to the mark.
For this reason, in times Of heated
controversy, 1t Is often we'll to turn
to one Of these great teachers I
would like. therefore. In view Of the
sudden rush of interest. for the mo-
ment. in the subject of evolution, to
recall to Your mind those matches ss
lines Of Prof. William Herbert Car
ruth, entitled Each in His Own
Tongue
In the compass Of those few lines
Prof. Carruth has portrayed in mar
velous fashion the oneness of all rec
ords that are written by the same
Divine Hand. The four pictures sill
houetted in the verses witness each to
that truth, regardless of whether the
record is now traced through the
backward gropings of science into an
unfathomed pas. or is visioned In the
compelling beauty of Nature as it lies
about US today, or whether It is dimly
discerned through the far-outreaching
of the soul toward the Beyond. or is
plainly witnessed to In sacriflcial acts
Of conservation.
''The lines bear internal evidence
soul satisfying evidence-Of the truth
they teach, and that suffices. We read
them with a sense Of conviction and
of eXultation Of spirit. Argument is
outdfstanced. They leave no room to
doubt that the imprint Of Divine au.
thorship must be equally upon all rec.
ords which bring US unfailingly to the