Philosophy

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 144, 14 March 1931, Page 20

Philosophy

“Come now Philosophy, calm, mild, and *■ • , sweet, Urbanely rest upon Thy judgment scat,, Command before thee Life, with all its ways, \We listen to thy verdict, Judge most.sage. ‘‘This Universe, inimitably vast, Will’t every system man conceives out-last, . Defy his efforts when,he would compress , Into his pint pot measure —more or less? i “Now Science, takes a hand, and now the Priest, Some say man’s angel born, some from the beast, ’- - : -.■■■■■ Some say,, he’s fall’n, others say he's rising Agreement there is none—’tis most surprising! ' _ . “Say then Philosophy', how meet the case, ( That men.of every creed at last embrace, ; In one solution see Th’ Immortal Plan, Full scope and purport, where it touches man? —Henry Wright, in the "Royal Gazette and Colonist . 'Daily.” ... ' ■■.■ ■ ■