Preliminary statement : a synthesis of modern science / by Marshall Bruce Williams.

  • Bruce-Williams, Marshall.
Date:
[1905]
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    And the rude son should strike his father dead ; Force should he right; or, rather, right and wrong, (Between whose endless jar justice resides) Should lose their names, and so should justice too. Then everything includes itself in power, Power into will, will into appetite ; And appetite ; an universal wolf. So douhly seconded with will and power. Must make, perforce, an universal prey. And last, eat up himself ” Here is Sluikesjtoare’s opinion of that universal anarchy which results from the neglect of degree, and every line and form and image of this ])assage might l)e applied to the present times. The whole of Carlyle may he practically summarized as an appeal for the restoration of this jnanciple of (hajree. Idie historical fact is, that we are in a transition stage, passing from an old, feudal, highly organized world, with definite conceptions of the relations hetwmen the cosmos, society and individual, and slowly, but very slowly, discovering a new order based on our changed views of these relations. My whole })nrpose is to show the main lines on which this order is evolving, to indicate tlie manner in which, through the use of these biu-eaus and the measurement and standardizing of men and wu)iuen, and the various devices T employ, we may get back this proportion, form and order, this proper grading of our many sided activities, so that we may recover our reason (ind jndgnu'nt, as to what is Fit and Unfit, and so that we may