TOO MUCH CASUISTRY

Taranaki Daily News, 21 March 1935, Page 5

TOO MUCH CASUISTRY

aphorisms of j*bqfjessoj& low. HOW TRUTHS OF PRESENT "DAY. The following are .representative of the striking ephorism-s to be .found :in "Our -Wonderful 'World pf by Frofessor A- IM. Ipw, :D;Sc.> vepently published:— ‘Most of our troubles are cue io eappistry. Men, -.and parfipularly -women, seldom play the game of consequences. One-half the world .is living Au the present, the <otber jn the -past. In .hard fact, .the future '.is all that matters do us m work, play, ’happiness uud life, whether we .recognise -it -or .not- ? "The greatest discovery of science diu> ing tthe -past decade -is Ahat- we "know nothing. Dogmatism -is the last 'thing -which should Infect a true -scientist. Facts are dependent upon -.the number .of people -believing .them to be true; -the theories of -yesterday -are the :facts of to-day; the marvels of -this moxrnng are next -year’s bedtime .-story. "To-day’s best .is too much bad fpr ■to-morrow. “Tendencies :are .more lipteresting than events and .much more important. The tendency for man to shirk brute strength and exertion should Have .shown iParj makers the necessity jfpr .servo brakes years ago. and his unwillingness to make movements -with levers -should have ;resulted in the -adoption of -a universal -gear long before the -time. “The greatest enemy of progress iis : prejudice. It .is a greater danger to civilisation than armament manufacture, malaria or debt. It has retarded the ■growth of -the railway, the bicycle, the aeroplane, and the motor-car.”