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THE MICHIGAN DAILY MAGAZINE
SUNDAY, APRIL 80, 1922
4 TH MIHIGN DALY AGAINE UNDY, PRILbO.11r
which objects had--that is, their
The M ind in the M aking " ptency to do things Only.-later did
the animistic belief In the personal-
(Continued from Page :) form about three hundred years ago. ities of men, animals, and the forces
members of the species who could by The idea that man has a soul or of nature appear. When man discover-
no possibility have originated anything double which survives the death of ed his own individuality he spontan-
for tbhmslves, but who can, never- the body is very ancient indeed and is eously ascribed the same type of in-
the]ess, suffer some modification as accepted by most savages. Such con- dividuality and purpose, to animals
a result of the teachings of others. fdence as we have in the liberal arts, ani ilants, to tse wein and the
t * * metaphysics, and formal logic goes thunder.
back to the Greek thinkers; our religi- The taboo-the forbidden thing-of
rwtrr te i rust rtttkoti ttt cvous ideas and our standards of sexual savage life is another thing very
or whe re the first contribution to c-conduct are predominantly medieval elementary in man's take-up. He
tlaot was tute, ild ith ift a srm in their presuppositions; our notions had tendencies to fall into habits and
nit lb ardtooo btitditg of the sitt. if electricity and disease germs are, establish inhibitions for reasons that
There is sottte reason t to hin tt of course, recent in origin, the result he either did not discover or easily
thte tet who first transcended the an- of painful and prolonged research forgot. These became fixed and sacred
tal mind were of inferior capacity which involved the rejection of a vast to him and any departure from them
to our own, but even if man, emerging number of older notions sanctioned filled him with dread. Sometimes the
from his animal state, had had on by immemorial acceptance. prohibition might have some reason-
t'e average quite as good brain as In general, those ideas which are able justification, sometimes it might
se witit wetih see ar nose fanmiliar, still almost universally accepted in seem wholly absurd and even a great
I supect tar the extrasrintary si regard to man's nature, his proper nuisance but that made no difference
aot hazardous process of accumulating conduct, and his relations to God and in its binding force. For example,
7, tern civilization would not have his fellows are far more ancient and pork was taboo antong the ancient
ten greatly shortened. Mankind is far less critical than those which have Hebrews-no one can say why, but
leilargie, easily pledged to routine, to do with the naoienent of the stars, none of the modern justifications for
tim'd, ustpicious of innovation. That tite stratitication of the rocks and tle abstaining from that particular kind
is 1is nature. Ile is only artificially, life of plants and animals. * * * of pseat would have counted in early
partially. snd very recently "progres- On t geottgival time scale we are Jewish times. It is not improbable
sive." Ie has spent almost his sto'e still close to savagery and it is inevit- that it sas the original veneratio for
existence as a savage hunter, and in able that the ideas and customs and the boar and not an abhorrente of
that state of ignorance he illustrated 'sentiments of savagery should have hint that led to the prohibition.
on a magnificent scale all the inher- become so ingrained that they may * * * When an issue is declared
ent weaknesses of the human mind.- save actually affected man's nature to be a "moral" one-for example,'
7. Our Savage Mind by natural selection through the sur- the prohibition of strong drink-an
Should we arrange our present be- vival of those who most completely emotional state is implied which
lets and opittions on the lttart:of. ,justed themselves to the uncritical makes reasonable compromises and
their age, sw -iould find that sms of culture Which prevailed. * * * adjustment impossible; for "moral" is
tIhem were very, very old, going, back At the start man had to distinguish, a word on somewhat the same plane,
to primitive man, others were derived hims'lf from the group to which he as "sacred," and has much the same
from the Greeks; many mort of them belonged and say, "I am I." This is qualities and similar effects on think-1
would prove to coie directly irom the not an idea given by nature. There ing In dealing with the relations of
Middle Ages; while certa in others in are evidences that the earlier religi- the sexes the terms "pure and "im-
our stock were unknown tnt'I i atural ous notions were not based on Indi- pure" introduce mystic and irrational
science began to develop in a new viduality, but rather on the "virtue" (Continued on Page 8)
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Spring house parties and
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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, after all, it is the best
road. The world can't see who is following
he was. along behind. You must get out ahead if you
want to be noticed.
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Of 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.
But you shouldn't worry if something knocks
you down. That's no disgrace. It is how
long you stay there that counts and how long
it takes you to rise that tests your manhood.
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
and yet miss being one. A few steps on the
pioneer's road make a great distance. It is a
good man who can take those few steps but
there are such men. Perhaps you are one.
We have just received a new
line of trim collars to sport
with new suits and frocks.
May we mention hosiery--
in grey, black, beige, or
nude-lovely quality, plain
or fancy - Rolette or full-
length styles.
Liberty at Main
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