which objects had-that is, their
JThe lind in the ia king" po tney to doa things Onlyilater dd-
the animistic belief in the personal-
(Continued from Page 3) form ab out three hundred years ago. ities of men, animals, and the forces
members of the species -ho could by The idea that man has a soul or of nature appear. Wien man discover-
no possibility have originated anything double which survives the death of ed his own individuality he spontan-
for themselves, but who can, never- the body is very ancient indeed and is eously ascribed the same type of in-
theless, suffer some modification as accepted by most savages.. Such con- dividuality and purpose, to animals Li en
a result oz the teachings of others. fidence as we have in the liberal arts, and plants, to she wind and the
a resut o h metaphysics, and forniai logic goes thunder.
-We have no means of knowing when back to the Greek thinkers; our religi- The taboo-the forbidden thing--of
r w here the first contribution to civi- osis ideas and our standards of sexual savage life is another thing very
liztor w s th e, cntritit 1t conduct are predominantly omedieval elenantary in man's make-up. He
sa tion as luousad n witheifndstartin their presuppositions; our notions had tendeiscies to fall into habits and
in the arduousbuiding of the inild. of electricity and disease germs are, establish inhibitions for reasons that
There is some reason to hink tat of course, recent in origin, the result he either did niot discover or easily
the men who firt trincended the ani- of painful and prolonged research forgot. These became fixed and sacred
ma mind were of inferior capacity wyhich involved the rejection of aa vast to bim and any departure fron them
to our own, but even if man, eiiierging number of older notions sanctioned filled him with dread. Sometimes the
from his animal state, had had on by immiemorial acceptance. - prohibition might have some reason-
the average quite as good a brain as In general, 4sose ideas which are lable justification, sometimes it might
those with which we are now familiar, { a ,_met 'ni'ersall aceptd in seem wholly alsurd and even a great
I suspect that the extraordinary sow rpgard to man's sare, his proer nutsonce but that made no difference
sod hazardous process of accumulating condnct, and his rel tions to God and in its binding force. For example, - \
modern civilization would not have lis fellows are far more ancient and ; pork was taboo among the ancient
been greatly shortened. Manitind is far les acrit'ca 1thaii l.ose which har-e iHebrews-no oae can say why, but
lethargic, easily pledged to routine, to do -with tio- movneient of the Ltar r.none Os the noern justifications for :
timid, suspicious of innovation. That the stratifcatien of the rocks and the alstaming from that particular kind
is his nature. He is only artificially, ife.of plants and animals. * * * of meat would have counted in early
partially, nd very recently "progres- On a geological time scale we are Jewish times. It is not improbable
sive." He has spent almost his who'e still close to savagery and it is inevit- that it was the original veneration for
exivtcnce as a savage hunter, and in able that the ideas and customs and the boar and 'not an abhorrence of
that state of ignorance he illustrated sentiments of savagery should have hium that lad to the prohibition.
og a magnificent scale all the nher- become so ingrained that ,y * * * * when an issue is declared
ent weaknesses of the human mind. have actually affected man.1 to be a "moral" one-for example, .
7. Our Ss'age Mind by natural selection through the cur- the prohibition of strong drink-an For thI wel Only we are
Should we arrange our present be- I vival of those who most completely emotional state is implied which placing on sale our complete
iefs and opinions on. the basis of adjusted themselves to the uncritical .makes reasonable compromises and
their age, we should find' that some of culture which prevailed. * * * adjpstment impossible; for "moral" is stocke of glove silk ligerie
them were very, very old, going .back At the start man had to distinguish a word on somewhat the same plane at one-fourth off the regular
to primitive man, others were derived himself from the group to which he as "sacred," and has much the sane
frons the Greeks; many mor'e of them belonged and say, "I am I" This is qualities and similar effects on think- prices - just the thing for
would prove to come directly from the not an idea given by nature. There ing In dealing with the relations of Spring house part"es and
Middle Ages; while certain others in are evidences that the earlier religi- the sexes the terms "psre" and iun-
our stock were unknown until i.atural ous notions were not based on indi- pure" introduce mystic and irrational week end vig'ists.
science began-to develop in a new "viduality, but rather on the "virtue" (Continued on Page 8)
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-Iwo Minute Talks
by. I. N'. P. for
. The Ann Arbor Savings Bank
EN FRANKLIN said, "Do you have It is easy to follow along in the aftermath of
something to do tomorrow? Do it to- the world's progress but the minute you get a
day." It was this policy of always he- few-steps ahead you are bound to find a rough
and rocky road. But, ' fter all, it is the best
ing a day ahead of time that made him who
road. The world can't see who is following
e was. along behind. You must get out ahead if you
^ . want to be noticed. ,.
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Cayly hued linen and ging-
ham handkerchiefs are smart
additions to Spring ward-
robes,
We have just received a new
line of trim collars to sport
with new suits and frocks.
May we mention hosiery-
in grey, blacn, beige,
nude-lovely quality, plain
or fancy - Rolette or full-
length styles.
Liberty at Atai
Ut course it is not easy to be a pioneer- and.
break new ground. That is why so few men
are willing to be pioneers. The one who is so
venturesome as to step on untrodden ground
must expect to get a few bruises and hard
knocks. ,
There are only a few.steps difference between
a mediocre man and a good one-just a few
steps along that rough, unbroken road that only .
the pioneers travel. It is pitiful how near a
mediocre man can come to being a good one
But you shouldn't worry if something knocks and yet miss being one. A tew steps on the
you down. That's no disgrace. It is how pioneer's road make a great distance. It is a
long you stay there that counts and how long good man - who can take those few steps but
it takes you to rise that tests your manhood. there are such men. Perhaps you are one.
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