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Agnosticism and Theism

By RABBI ISAAC A. MILLNER

One of the chief shortcomings foci-
dent to human language is the made-
gusty and subjective nature of its
The adoption of the "harmony
t ( jera ms and locutions in matters con-
resolution" at the Philadelphia con-
• d r i 1.
. u al nd
ro ocrric
s g st r o o ni o n wo
g th rit d f ' • I
In a
ference has been commented u on b
matters human beings do not have to
the entire press and almost on
differ; in fact, they cannot differ; for
mously with approval and satisfac _
there is always the tangible world to
tion, with the only exception of the
show the correctness of the one or the
u
r
other. But as soon as they conic to
New York Communist Freheit, which
equation—that is,
sees in the dropping of the term "col- speak on the human
t t c he t invis oiblei world engrossing the at-
onization" from the text of the reso-
I e, d o n o ia o n h k i %I as ig
a o wo n.rof og c, v i Giozd
lution and in the inclusion of the pro-
h a r o t ar l i t y t,
' the ten-
show
j ra
etc.—human beings sho
Palestine clause a capitulation of the
dency of differing from each other.
conference and of the J. D. C. to
F or they stand here on subjective, and
Zionis
arningss had been sounded bY
the y lend their terms, with which they
operate in their quarrels and contro-
son al conduct, sex and morals. How much more when of
the of
confernewspapers
on t h e eve
man
the
vacates, subjective coloring by not
ence against a possible
the y affect the individual in his most intimate life and
The concerted opposition of the Zionists was antici- ref ationships! The ice - bound purist does not relish the irreconcilable attitude on the part of agreeing first on their exact connote-
with
ion, ar h using them in :11; worse,
inn
pated by all who cared to recognize its existence. We ide a that he is greedy, prurient, egocentric. Ile cannot either the J. D. C. leaders or the tful o eriry
t t ir io a o way.
c'st ases
y. . ° they
e' e usenro sel
a
good
ninny
Zionists
or
both.
It
was
justly
felt
do not agree, however, that the opposition, even if it go the notion that sex covers his or her life as a complex
guistic
coins
at
all
but
Merely
slugs:
that such an attitude might unneces•
had persisted, would have seriously affected the move- net work, even though he or she is not at all conscious Jerry split the forces of American The only difference between the slugs
we use for telephoning and those we
the
fact.
of
Jewry and paralyze the sorely needed
ment for "land settlement." The capable, earnest and
use in certain mental processes is that
But above and beyond all this, the propounder of relief activities here,
•
P
generous Jews who have a social consciousness assem:
Such fears were voiced only by the
day redeemed for true coin some of
suc h heterodox, immoral notions is a Jew. If all the Day,
which
devoted
an
editorial
to
the
bled to discuss the question of solving the problem of rea sons which may be marshalled against the theories problem confronting the Jewish rep- our linguistic specie is used spuri-
all the time. And while coun-
Russian Jewry and even though the protagonist of ex- an d technique of psycho-analysis are invalid, then the resentatives assembled in Phila- ously
terfeiting is a major offense in civi-
The opponents of the Itus-
delphia.
lined
society,
there is no law yet de-
t
charge
of
Jewishness
must
convince
those
who
are
clusive Palestinian colonization withdrew from the con- las
Sian colonization plan have nothing
and seemingly never will be,
werence they would have acted exactly as they did. It on the fence. Freud has had much to contend with. better to propose. If sonic of them video,
against the verbal counterfeiting we
have certain proposals of their
is much better that the committee was able to affect an Fi rst, the too ardent disciple who would prove much do
own, such proposals cannot be acted are perpetrating on each other daily
agreement which satisfied all parties, at least to the mo re than the modest, scientific Freud himself dared upon at the present moment. And in eivilizsal mankind. hence our
and squabbles, our feuds and
extent that there will be no official opposition to the to claim for his theories. Then the psychiatrist who the need of the Russian Jews is in- troubles
altercations. For with our slugs and
describable. We can either adminis-
spurious coin we are merely register-
fo and the theory inadequate becpuse it departed too ter
land settlement and relief activities.
prompt and sound constructive re-
ing our petty vaporings and no rea-
lief in the form of colonization, or
The attitude of//Louis Marshall was decided upon fa r from his accepted theory and practice. The brood
sons.
elis-
else
we doom them to extinction. We
charlatans
and
fakirs
had
done
him
an
infinite
long before the c iiference, for in an interview upon of
Cr the enormous mass of proof for
hope that the sounder and finer judg-
and
recently
he
advocated
a
measure
that
would
the aforesaid let us choose this time
his arrival from E rope he stated explicitly and unam- se rvice
ment will win in Philadelphia and
only
the two words forming the topic
will succeed in avoiding a break at
biguously that th Russian plan came first, whether ap- re lieve society of that disease.
this article: agnosticism and athe-
This anti-Semitic opposition is very serious, for it this time, when unity is so needed." of
proved or disap roved by those who had Palestine in
ism. People who call themselves in-
A similar view is taken by the edi-
based upon an ancient prejudice which is not amen-
telligent and educated use these terms
mind as the only place for colonization. If the noisy
tor of the New Warheit, who analyzes
frequently with all the subjectivity of
le
to
reason.
But
yet
with
the
aid
of
the
Behaviorist
ab
the
differences. between the Agra-
scenes were 4aged in order to compel the incorpora-
a little boy without stopping to ask
leaders and the Zionists and
themselves if there is any coinage for
tion of the paragraph on Palestine then indeed was it st udies and the investigations of the endocrine glands joint
concludes: "How much more funds
e
theories
of
Freud
must
receive
their
proper
place
such terms.
th
a waste of breath and speech, for at no time did the
and sympathy would the Zionists
"Clarence Darrow is an atheist" is
spite
all
that
malice
can
conceive
and
bigotry
evoke.
gain by aiding the Russian coloniza-
movers of the Russian plan have in mind any slighting de
heard or seen in the press
Freud may be assured that his place as a pioneer tion! And how much more support frequently
of
the country in these days of con-
of Palestinian efforts.
be added to the cause of Rus-
the liberation of the human spirit is secure, despite would
troversy between fundamentalist and
in
sian
colonisation,
if
the
work
would
The outstanding feature of the conference was the
liberalist. We want to hold no brief
these vicious and mendacious attacks.
take in the Zionists instead of being
$1,000,000 contribution of Julius Rosenwald and the al I
for Clarence Darrow, of whose atti-
directed against them!"
tude towards practical religions we
importance did not consist so much in the largeness
A writer of the Daily Jewish Cou-
greatly disapprove. But we merely
Chicago cites the Zionist, Leon
Tier of Chicago
of the gift as the spirit and understanding behind it.
vv ant to i show how wrong and ridicu-
who, after analyzing the
Zolotk
'
sous i it s to label a man of D
When Julius Rosenwald is persuaded that a movement
situation from various angles arrives
superlative character with thisarr°w B
has merit he 'displays a generosity that is really un-
conclusion that the"Zionists
Stupidity begets folly and folly, in turn, begets a at the adopt
gl en et -
and most absurd term of huina unlia
t d the present cause of the
are not mere ostentatious
usual. His but
philanthropies
gestures,
are rather sound, analytical acts based whole brood of ridiculous offspring who grimace and must as their own and that "if the g uage•
Who is an atheist? The one who
s
ts s esire to retain Marshall and
their
fingers
to
their
noses
in
an
attempt
to
attract
Zionis
put
his like in the agency, they must not says there is no God? But who says
upon a careful study of the work to be done and the
attention of the world which would otherwise ig-
there is no God? The Bible, the great-
the
fight'
th
$15
000
000
drive
"
objects to be attained. His large gifts to negro educe -
estsourcs of old human wisdom, an-
nore them.
The Day expressed its particular
sTo noyi s n ottll.tef o orltlo ti o nrg e
th4 hq ou;o0
tion is a fine example of useful, social giving. The im -

synonymous and therefore inter-
changeable. Are they right? Lett
us see: The word in question comes
from Greek-Latin and means through
the private "a" the opposite of know
m g. The standpoint of the agnostic
was already common in a certain
school of the ancient Greek philoso-
phers; but the term agnostic was
only
used and popularized onl in u o -n
°
lish
age by Iluxley, the deepest English
thinker of the last century. Already
t t original t Greek-Latin meaning of
term ot, low w t h o s) utthl o l uttyh's tnu g s ep c o rfoo i in,
should
rm
nature. But even if
itsosuin e offensive
we inquire with Iluxley himself
cannot but find that it is .Js'ile iv :-

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opinion of every intelligentt person
who is free from humbug and hypos-
risy. In plain words, by the term
Huxley merely ex•
agnoisticism
absolute conviction
d tha
ressed
our re I• ig ous o ects as the ee pis
objects of human knowledge
Let
it be well understood that Iluxley AO
y
no means wanted to deny by this
term our religious objects. In fact,
he gave more credit to believers than
non-believers, and even considered
the government of the universe by a
"divine syndicate" of spiritual es-
sences, with God as the primus motor,
as quite logical. Still the possibility
of direct knowledge of all these reli-
gious verities he denied.
In fact, his predecessor E. Kant,
though not using the term agnosti-
cism, presented elaborately its con-
tent in his two masterworks, the
"Kritik der reinen Venunft," and
"Kritik der praktischen Vernunft."
In the former he proved that by pure
human reason you could both affirm
and deny the objects of religion (as
the immortality of the human soul
and the existence of a personal God,
etc.(, while in the latter he affirmed
them as absolute postulates of the
human heart. And this exactly was
also the viewpoint of Iluxley. And
well, thus in our mind is also the
opinion of the average normal per-
son, be he else saint or sinner, mystic
or materialist. This expresses also
the attitude of Judaism. We may
be meticulous observers of the Law
and yet share aforesaid lluxley's
view. For Judaism prescribes only
laws and duties based sometimes on
historical facts but never on mota-
physical truth. To say that we know
aught about the future world would
be not merely folly but sheer impu-
dence. For, to use a Shakespearean
term, no traveler has yet returned
from that bourn to tell us the tale.
All we can do in these matters is
believing; but belief is not knowl-
edge. The same applies to other reli-
gious verities—even to the verity of
all verities, God himself. Job did
s oa tty „: I B " know" that my redeemer lie
g e ifs, oof
After all sorts of mad performances from the pull- i lu at t i l o st n Ictw iohnici vip th act i fi l. l e d"thhaernmr teo so p -
r knowledge
k e o n to
provement of the nation is dependent upon the im-
other
of beards to the burning of dance halls the anti- position in granting its two objet- is no God." The wise man by the altogether such
provement of the least educated, most discriminated ing
words,
it
is
not
knowledge
in t the r
never
omfosbteiongsowridse
°
fwould
ffahcito
m
veari ,o
, protesting
proper sense of the word at all. For
t;,t o a te hm or elit o so.
against and most impoverished group. The negro, un- Semites of Austria and Germany found that they had t o ik oo ntso;st to he dtro mio nru atliononoe tt t
erher sceonose our
in ther)ropw
The fool, the ignoramus,
fortunately, is the greatest sufferer anti consequently not succeeded in bringing anything but scorn and less- lance of Palestine as the only la ingi)o r r. does
the sse . orgd is mediate ,
often make it. Did Darrow ever
his status must be improved. This should be the work tile criticism upon themselves for these infantile adven-
Jewish colonization, and the economi -
or
Unthink-
knowledge
of
God
is
immediate.
For
en ot? do
r a o te w mm
a m h e
t ‘c itg t ilts!
than a logical
iptrobric,mooreAsah the
mnoyoy is pn 00 0t .
of the state but due to many reasons the negro has been tures. But they must bask in the sun of attention and to c p a r l op oo n see,dpoTt 5 in og n ot ( ) i t ott i lle d ri f a ve et that
al k e ' i Vthh a t aDaart
will
tell
or
the
man
God but the god of a goad
frightfully neglected. It therefore devolves upon those make certain they would succeed they hit upon an
feet unfavorably the Zionist caam-
tell you that all
.
he
who, by the way, consists o f a of God and
paign for Palestine. These two ob - Plc,
i of
o this sort.
ho expedient which for clownish parochialism surpassed
who understand the importance of this work and who
sections were happily done away with Plurality of gods. The subjective god his God knowledge is
To this kind ofknow
knowledge
led we can
any of the puerile acts of the worst yokels in the re - by the adoption of the "harmony of human beings Darrow may right-
are financially able to make up for the dereliction and
apply neither affirmation nor denial
ully—butunwisely!—deny.
But the
fully—but
of
molest villages.
re s olution," while there will be no
t F hoor fv, ,,:hile the latter is most absurd
storUyaihroewrsew,000rldtahemG000daof
neglect of the state.
oirntiagessinagolehpoorienttofoofrothreon,1: God
Toe thes
,:i-a oso, super-
s u p e i
These hard bitten, irreconcilable anti - Semites have
htiho
Mr. Rosenwald appreciates the acute seriousness
D. C.
statementtu s
the sub- Darrow deny Him? People use to fluous qduo:
s ob- founded theaters in Vienna and Berlin where only Ar- ducted
and
as planned now. The only
is moreover presumptuous. There t -
of the problem of the Jews in Russia. From hi
thc Shelly and Byron and
ati
th
re
dist
d
t
tuola
c
ta
hsc
t;ll o otcto on oceo ss f ions mta od r e welrae ort i
s
ettGoethe,s\soy!.
in Faust anent
servation he learned that mass colonization movements yans may attend and where only plays written by Ar-
no o dart
d o a . inn
l i m t o no ett o to -
eras thinkers a ellr e p a ot et:a Oa f y the f l I A
in which the colonists are subsidized migrants have yens will be produced. We wonder what test of Aryan-
meats' for "colonization" i n Russia
n
e
d
Bin
'
bek
and 10th century. Yet some of them nen? U
ism will be imposed upon the playwrights and the audi-
and the endorsement of constructive
ihn?
Und
we
r
enipfinded
ungl
rich
dd
t
.
The
geographical,
tin-
n
mankind.
k
r
o
in
o
t
ir
b
,lies
success.
inoc
e
m
00
0n
g
o
e,
t
h
er
ee
r
oah
little or no chance of
Ir
T
for o P o a t leso tion:oroolf tlih e e .7csoorloun-
ences. Will they be compelled to produce a pedigree
work
t ,r
z
ur i i r tte itTinden u sages: Ich glaub' ihn
guistic, cultural, economic and climatic obstacles are
n
r isie sa Clarence .
cal
than
Voltaire.
Yet
too difficult to overcome and due to these material rea- which shall trace in an unbroken line the geneology of
Ilayesod" it did endorse the "Jewish
And you, Jewish reader, if you
Agency and other instrumentalities." Darrow of the llith century said: Si
want to know if what we have said
sons the movements are (loomed to failure at the outset. the aspirant? How many generations of blood purity
o -
ra ri r tr
te in
Dieu
convincedthat the
s with the
the
go wai•r d icie s co
Russia presents none will be required before the fortunate can be admitted
The land settlement plan of rsu
u this matter a l of the
views about
q ould
of the difficulties which are so persuasive to the mind into the holy of holies? What affect would an Aryan b $ y 1.1.a h i 0F classes of wAmeriecaenupSeowrtreyd. existe (If God did not exist it w
upon one who was tainted with an "Just how the funds will be di, -
of aLtiq oe u rit o y o,dpothider the first mishnah
of Mr. Rosenwald. The fear of Soviet unfaithfulness performance have
naturexp torto.c ) itims vociferously that Ile
Ow
. th
a .n ..t e (rare°
or
iter pe terf r
f
"Chagigah." c
pn o ry .t. t o o f
grave problems which deserve the most thorough the committees, in which all classe y s
The Bible is still more thorough in
agreed with the pertinent remark of Louis Marshall, all
will be represented. The Workers defining the atheist by adding to the v quote
for you the following
o
-
w h o
He
painstaking
studies
of
Austrian
and
German
sa
:
the.
mi
o
tn
he a lia
when he said that the Soviet government really was and
beholds . four
shnah thin
in gs
is, wot
who tries
vants who have done such excellent scientific work and Committee, comprising labor or an- above quotation the following:
izations, ;Lich as the Workmen's have dealt corruptly, they have done to penetrate into their o,
not at all interested in the measly $15,000,000 which
carried on inexhaustable research studies which have Circle, the Socialist Verband, the abominably, there is none of them (of should rather not hay e are come
co tY e into
American Jewry was asked to contribute.
various labor unions, etc., will see the class of the fool who denies God)
made them world famous.
he 1105-
to it that the apportionment of con• who does good." In other words, even being.
four
It may or may not be true that every Jew who left
tions : The
What
is things
above and what is
the fool's saying, at heart or openly,
We cannot but feel that this is a piece of fatuous
ery structive relief funds among the vari- there is no God is of no consequence !'' eneath? What is before and what
Russia is better off for it, but that does in no matter
be just. It will
countries
is after? And he who does not spare
crocuriroar
touch the issue. Such rhetoric may please partisans stupidity which must bring the blush of shame to ev
unless he suits his actions to his
ork conducted by
the majesty of the Creator (that is
arses see tres Inn work
thinking, liberal German and Austrian. If the
projects
words; that is, unless he acts _s___
in a
but
it
still
leaves
mil-
r
or
e
many
institutions
un-
...,.,_
'
1..
..m
,
rt
i
lino'
.
phrases.
t_
the
t
e
o
t
for
th
e
by at all touching the nuestion of His'
enjoy
rn
,th
_
--
•
....,enjoy
o
godless manner. isle
The Rabbinic adage
plays?. rigsita
ana • —
German
u
Austrian
were
to
encourage
der its control should not suffer as a
existence and his nature) should
lions of Jews in Russia who must remain there despite
doings bring thee near to, and
Your
result
of
the
new
drive,
but
should
rather not have come into existence."
with a view of creating a definite German or Austrian
your doings take thee far from God,"
all wishes to remove them. This fact has been accepted
be enabled to continue and widen its
To those with a Talmudic flair I
dramatic milieu it would be a most praiseworthy under- activities."
we would paraphrase: Thy actions
would point out the difference be-
by everyone whether idealist, practical business man,
affirm God and thy actions deny Him.
taking. In America the Provincetown Theater was
tween "keiloo lou Is" and "shelou
Economic
facts,
as
brought
out
at
Zionist or by the Jew without any special affiliations.
Torquemada affirmed most vocifer-
bo." In my opinion this difference
the conference, have defeated the po-
originally organized for the purpose of producing plays
ously the existence of God—with his
Another fact which will eventually be accepted is that
is not casual but essential. It means
litical
opposition
of
the
Zionists,
written by American dramatists; it had a definite cul- thinks the Forward. The Zionists lips. His actions proved him, indeed, that
he who is trying to penetrate into
the day of private petty trading in Russia is past. Still
to
be
the
most
profligate
atheist
that
tural value inasmuch as the proponents of the scheme were made to see by these facts ever lived. During the last decade the mysteries of the before and the
another fact which must also be accepted is that cre-
felt that indigenous drama was lacking in those excel- "wherein their hopes and dreams and a half, some of the most heinous hereafter and similar metaphysical
ative productive labor is the greatest security which
questions is trying in vain; for he
crimes in the exceedingly long annals
lences which characterized the continental drama. It were unjust and untrue."
will in the end know about it as much
A. Wohliner in the New Warheit
any people can have.
crime in this country have been
as the still unborn babe. On the
did not discriminate against European drama, for the of Sept. 16 characterizes the outcome of
by clergymen. Richeson,
The great task remains to be done. American Jewry group recognized the worth and merit of European of the conference as a "peace without committed
other hand, if he is pondering the
who some fourteen years ago poi•
will no doubt respond in a manner befitting a generous, drama; but they had in mind the creation of a distinc- a victor." This writer thinks that, if sone(' his sweetheart at Boston, the greatest of all these questions—the
nature of God Himself, he is not only
the
Marshall
group
did
have
their
way
Catholic priest Smith, of New ork
sympathetic people who have never shirked a job or tive American drama which could compete with the
trying in vain but he is also derogat-
at the conference, they have also suf-
City, who brutally slew his para-
ing from the majesty of God. Such
evaded an issue when it meant the salvaging and re-
fered
a
defeat
at
the
hands
of
their
best which Europe produced. The success of the Prov-
mour and threw her body into the
a one, in the opinion of the Rabbis,
Zionist opponents. And were the
Hudson
River,
and
Pastor
Hill,
of
habilitation of their people.
incetown Theater• is best attested by such names as moral position of the Zionists strong. recent crime days, who committed does not deserve the gift of life. And
No little credit for the success to date is due our Eugene O'Neill, Theodore Dreiser and Susan Glaspell. er, the defeat of the Marshall group several murders for the sake of illicit just this is exactly the opinion of
Goethe as expressed in the above quo-
have been complete. "For the
indefatigable, earnest, fellow townsman, David A.
love, they all professed God, but they
But could one in the wildest flight of fancy imagine might
tation. It is arrogance, says Goethe,
first time," says Mr. Wohliner, "in
belonged to the ugliest type of athe-
Brown.
to either affirm Him or deny Him. And
the Provincetown Theater excluding non-Americans their dictatorial philanthropy they ist.
that is also the view of the Rabbis.
have
now
encountered
a
social
force,
from the theater? Should they have done so we would
What did Clarence Darrow do in
To say God is one is but an affirma-
which stood up against them and was
have considered that they had taken leave of their successful to a certain extent." The order to merit the epithet in ques- tion of His absolute unity but not of
tion? Well, he freed mane a mur-
senses and were making preparations to enter an asy- writer prophesies a complete surren- derer from the gallows. Did he not His existence. But the very ques-
tion of His existence, even for the
of this group to Jewish public
free from the trap Leopold and Loeb,
Sigmund , Freud, one of the founders of the school lum for idiots. If an accurate census were taken of the der
affirmation, is absurd and sinful.
opinion in the near future. "The
of psycho-analysis, makes the grave charge that much audiences at the Provincetown we hazard the guess political dictatorship of the 'Yahu- the star murderers of our age? But
At any rate, this Mishnah is agnos-
did he free them? Did not rather
through and through. You see,
of the opposition to his theories have arisen not so much that 75 per cent were not native Americans. These dim,' " he says, "was partly broken the jury tree them? Nay, was not tic
reader, how right we were in saying
at
the
convocation
of
the
Jewish
Con-
because the theories are not scientific but because of
newcomers showed an appreciation of the native drama gress. Their philanthropic dictator- our present state of society, and es- that on the point of agnosticism both
our unbounded freedom car.
saint and sinner, Gamliel and Goethe
his racial and religious origin. Dr. Freud has never which did much to encourage the actors as well as the ship began to break now at this con- pecially
ceded to the young, responsible for
must agree.
ference. At any rate it was an omi-
denied his Jewishness. This alone would make him a playwrights in this unique and satisfying enterprise.
their action? Clarence Darrow
0 you American divines! who use
nous token of their complete surren-
target for the Nordic pseudo-scientist, but when this
If the Austrian and German venture had proceeded der at the next encounter between merely discharged our duty of de- so profanely the term of agnosticism,
fense
which
we
owe
to
every
and
its
you know about those great reli-
same Nordic combines an intolerant, puritanic spirit on the theory of diffusing culture and encouraging na- Jewish public opinion and such auto- any prisoner.
gious objects in question more than
one can readily imagine how little attention would be tive genius we could hail it with the same enthusiasm cracy."
All
this
goes
to
show
that
there
is
Clarence
Darrow? Nay, sin you know
I. L. Bril of the Tageblatt is also
paid to the soundness of the main theories and how as we do the Provincetown experiment. But in truth
as much reason in dubbing Darrow an
about it more than the babe yet un-
convinced that at the present moment
atheist
as
there
is
in
the
statement
born?
Prove
it to us if you can!
acci-
much hostility would be evoked by the purely
the whole program of Berlin and Vienna is based upon "it is most essential that Jews should recently made in this city by a no-
get together. The Zionist Congress
dental facts of race and religion.
malice, hatred and discrimination.
table fundamentalist. to the effect
A MACHINE
has just ratified Dr. Weizmann's Jew-
that Christianity is the only religion
The Freudian theories have aroused much opposi-
We frankly hope that there are not enough good
ish Agency plans. These only con-
stands for fundamentalism be-
When a man conscientiously believes
tion because they run counter to accepted moralities haters in Austria and Germany to carry the absurd idea cern Palestine. But there are other that
cause of all the religions of the glohe
and claims that he has reached the
Jewish issues which call for the undi-
which have become sacred through age and repetition.
it is the only one which is based on
any farther than the discussion stage. We are quite
limits of his usefulness and has noth-
and united attention of Jewry.
the
rock-bottom
of
the
Bible.
The revealatory probing of the psycho-analytical certain that the theaters will not receive sufficient sup- vided
ing for which to live, if he cannot he
. Something has to be done quickly,
Another term bandied about in the
convinced to the contrary, he ought to
method came upon the heels of one of the most secre- port to maintain themselves and we daresay that not almost immediately," the writer pro-
careless manner is "agnostic."
pay his debts and engage an under-
tive periods of human history, the Victorian. Hypoc- one first rate dramatist in those countries would care to ceeds. "What shall be done? This is same
Some divines of the fundamentalist
taker. He has ceased to live. He is
the question. How best those of our
risy, false modesty, taboos concerning the human body have his works produced by such a crew.
wing NO0 have not the temerity of
only moved by the momentum of his
people can be helped will not be
calling Darrow an atheist fling at him
past. He is a has been. He war once
solved by giving vent to anger and in-
and emotions were all exalted. If one had vices or
the less offensive word agnostic. With
a man. Ile has become a machine.—
What
new
monstrosities
will
the
anti-Semites
dig
dulging
in
personalities
and
demand-
passions they were not to be exhibited; they were not
others
again
these
two
epithets
are
Dr. Alexander Lyons.
ing the impossible."
out of their diseased minds.

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