The Seaforth News, 1930-08-07, Page 3Einstein Declares Science'
Cannot Teach Morality
A remarkable conversation le re-
corded in "The -Forum," between Al-
bert Einstein, author of "Theory of
Relativity," Professor at the Univer
sity of Berlin; James Murphy, Irish
writer, lecturer, and conversational-
ist; J: W. N. Sullivan, mathematician,
author, of many books= on science, at
Einstein's home in Berlin. Some of
the things .said by' Einstein ' in the
course of 'the talk are quoted below.
"Speakingof the spirit that' informs
modern scientific investigations; I am.
of the opinion that all the finer specula-
tions in the realm of science spring
from a deep religious Peeling, and that
without such feeling • they would not
be fruitful,; I also believe that this
kind of religiousness which makes it-
self felt to -day in scientific investi-
gation lethe only ereative religious
activity of our time. The art of to-
day can ]hardly be looked upon at all
as expressive of our religious insticts"
"A practical philosophy would mean
a philosophy of conduct. And I do
not think that science can teach men
to be moral. I do not believe that a
moral philosophy can ever be founded
on a scientific basis: You could not,
for instance, teach men .to face death
to -morrow in defence of scientific
truth, Science' has no power of that
type over the human spirit.
"The valuation of life and` all its
nobler expressions• can only come out
of the soul's' yearning toward its own
destiny, Every attempt 'to reduce,'
ethics to scientif fl formulas must fail.
Of that I am perfectly convinced. On
the other hand, it is undoubtedly true
that scientific study of the higher
kinds and general interest in scientific
theory have great value in leading
men toward a worthier valuation of
the things of the spirit. But the con-
teut.of scientific .theory itself offers
no moral foundation for the personal
conduct of life."
41 think that this extraordinary in-
terest which the general public takes
in science to -day, and the place of high
importance which it holds in people's
minds, is bne of the strongest signs of
the -metaphysical needs of our time. It
shows that people have grown tired
01'materialism, in the popular sense
of the term; it shows that they find
life empty and that they are looking
toward something beyond mere per-
sonal interests. This popular interest.
in scientific theory brings into play the
higher spiritual fannies, and anything
that does so must b: of high import-
ance in the moral hetter•ment of hu-
manity."
"The intuitive and constructive
spiritual faculties must come into play
wherever a body of scientific truth is
concerned. A body of scientific truth
may bo built up with the stone and
mortar of its own teachings, logically
arranged. But to build it up and to
understand it, you must bring into
play the constructive faculties of the
artist. No house can be built with
stone and mortar alone.
"Personally, I find'it of the highest
importance to bring all the various
faculties of the understanding into co-
operation. By this I mean that our
moral leanings and tastes, our sense
of beauty and religious instincts, are
all tributary forces in 1lelpine the rea-
coning faculty toward its highest
achievements. It is here that the
moral side of our nature comes in—
that mysterious inner consecration
which Spihoza so often emphasized
• under the name of amor intellectuals."
With me, the sense of beauty in na-
tore and all my artistic leanings have
developed hand in hand with the pur-
suit of science. And I believe that
•-.• Without the one, the other is not Pos-
sible. Certainly in the case of all the
really productive minds that I know
-ern of, the one hos been united with the
other. The artistic talents of the men
I am thinking of may not always have
been consciously developed or formal-
ly employed; • but these talents or
tastes have always been active in giv-
• ing urge and direction to the scientific
mind."
"Tho pathos of distance can be ex-
pressed when the ntind follows the.
fast flight of the aeroplane, or the
swift ocean liner, or when one thinks
of the conquering of distance through
the radio. The immediate contempla-
tion of these facts has much the same
effect on the mind as the far -pointing
spires of the cathedrals. And it is
true that modern science does supply
the mind with auobjectfor contempla-
tive exaltation,
"Mankind must exalt itself, Sur -
sum Gorda' is always- its cry.,, -Every
cultural -striving, whether it be re-
ligious or scientific, touches the core
of the inner psyche and aim at free-
dom from the Ego—not the individual
Ego alone, but ale() the mass Ego of
humanity,- ,Expression hero will al-
ways mean exaltation, and that striv-
ing is not confined to Baroque man-
kind alone; it was also in the Greeks,
and it has been in every type of man-
kind that we know of."
We quote but a section of the talk.
in this notable June number of the
Forum, and the talk is well worth
reading in full.
What New York
Is Wearing
BY ANNABELLE WORTHINGTON
Illustrated ,Dressmaking Lesson Fur..
dished With Every Pattern
Sunday School
Lesson
August 3. Lesson . V — Naomi - and
Ruth (A Study -In Racial Relation.
ships)—Ruth 1: 6-10, 14-22. Golden
Text—And he hath made of one
blood all nations of men for to dwell
on all the face of the earth.—Acts
17: 26.
I. LOVE OVERCOMING NATIONAL DIFFER-'
ENons, 1: 1-22.
IL RLICOGNIZING. THE RIGHTS OF THE
STRANGER,2 1-3: 18.
III. ENitleinNG THE NATION'S LIME, 4:
7-21, .
INTRODUCTION—It must be remem-
bered, in reading the story of Ruth
as a lesson in neighborliness and in
right racial relationships, that it is
only in part applicable to such diffi-
cult problems ofmodern life as are
'presented by differences of social
practice, color, religion, and age -long
tradition. Israel and Moab were close
neighbors and very much alike. Their
language was similar, they were of the
sane Hebrew race, and the customs of
their religious worship cannot have
been widely different. ' With Ruth's
determination to follow Naomi to
Bethlehem went almost inevitably her
choice of Naomi's ,God. Like most of
the people of her time she thought,
most probably, that the god of Moab
ruled only in the land of. Moab, and
that in leaving that land and identify-
ing herself with Naom'.'s people she
was really entering the territory of
the God of Israel. Her marriage with
Boaz, as with her -first husband, was
with a man of a race nearly akin to
her own and ' of ideas and traditions
closely similar. The case is very dif-
ferent and the problem much more
difficult when white and black and yel-
low races mingle socially and inter-
marry. But in both case.; the Solution!
of the problem can only be reached by
Ruth's way—by a common faith and
a great good will with mutual toler-
ance and respect.
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It can be worn as apron tq keep little
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It is unsurpassed for the warm days
of summer, worn as a frock. The
square neck is cut quite low. It's
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back with the bodice tied with quaint
sash.
The miniature diagram shows how
utterly simple it is to make and laun-
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pique, broadcloth, dimity, organdie,
linen, printed lawn, Peter Pan prints,
dotted swiss and batiste.
The neckline, armholes and pockets
are trimmed with rick -rack braid. As.
a smart variation, they may be piped
in contrasting color.
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Lady Twilight
Our lady of the twilight,
She bath such gentle hands,
So lovely are the gifts she brings
From out the sunset -lands,
So bountiful, so merciful,
So sweet of soul is she;
And over all the world she draws
Her cloak of charity.
—Alfred Noyes, in "Our Lady of the
" Twilight"
Dorothy: "I thought that boy who
Iris: "Yes, dear -and he's- still look-
ing!"
L LOVE OVERCOMING NATIONAL DIFFER-
ENCES,
IFF R-ENCES, 1: 1-22.
The distance from Bethlehem to
Moab was not great. A journey of
forty or fifty miles eastward around
the northern end of the Dead Sea and
southward again would bring the
travelers into its rich pasture lands
and ca tivated fields. It must have
been a bitter and ,ainful experience
for the widowed Naomi to leave be-
hind her in a strange land the bodies
of her husband and sons, but she is
comforted by the warm attachment of
her daughters-in-law. Ruths love for
her triumphs over her naturalaffec-
tion for her own people, and she deter-
mined to go all the way anti to cast
in her lot with Naomi. The 'aneuage
of her decision has become 0 classic
of pure and distinguished fidelity and
love, vs. 16, 17. One may well believe
that there was something fine and true
in the older woman's character and
personality. to att-act and hold such
love. Indeed one may go farther and
believe that the better and purer re-
ligious faith of Naomi as compared
with that which was common in Moab
may have had its influence in deter-
mining Ruth's choice.
II. RECOGNIZING THE RIGHTS OF THE
STRANGER, 2: 1-3: 18.
The Levitical law of Israel required
that the stranger should be dealt with
fairly and kindly, Lev, 19: 34; Deut.
10: 17-19. Such was the attitude of
Boaz, the wealthy kinsman of Elimele
ech toward Ruth when he caw her
gleaning in his harvest field, The
right to glean was recognized in law
(Deut. 24: 19), and was extended to
the stranlgr freely. Boaz adds the
hospitality of the harvesters' lunch
and the water jug.
There was another ancient law in
Israel which appears in Deut. 25: 5-
10r the law of levirate marriage, By
this it was required that a childless
widow should be taken in marriage by
the brother, or nearest kinsman, of her
dead husband, and that the first on
born of this union sl'ouls succeed to
the dead man's name and inheritance.
Naomi now counsels Ruth to claim
this kinsmans duty of Boaz, even
though she was not of his people. The
large hearted kindliness of Boaz in
accepting the duty and his high sense
of honor are well illustrated in the
familiar story.
III. ENRICHING THE NATION'S Li101, 4:
• 1-21.
The story written long afterward
pauses to explain the custom by which
a kinsman's right or duty might be
transferred to another :? he did not
choose to exercise it. It is as though
the other, in the presence of the elders
of the town, accepted his responsibil-
ity and, so to speak, stepped into his
shoes.'
And so the house of Elimelech was
France Leaves the Rhine
Air Aspirants Try Lepre zy Dying Out
These Flying Tests Early Cases Cured
Here Are Some R.A.F. Fly -1 Sir Leonard Roger's, C.LE,, M.D.,
mg Tests to be Tried
Out at Home
If you are anxious, to discover
whether you are physically fit, justtry
some of the tests our airmen have to
Pass before they get into the R.A.F.
They are quite simple,` and very little
apparatus is needed, -
Nowadays the noise and rush of results are being obtained with early
town like play havoc with people's eases: In the 'Philippine lsland 2,000
nerves. Here Is a test which indicates L cases have been completely cleared
the state of your nerve -control It up. In Honolulu 64 per cent, of
should be timed by a friend. I the early oases are cleared upcora-
Liaise one foot from the ground till I pletely. On one • tiny island no less
your knee is bent so that this leg than one-third of the people died from
forms a fright angle. D0 not let your influenza le Dile year; and later: en
legs touch one anoihsr; the hands' 100 cases e'f leprosy developed, and
should hang at the sides; the eyes' the numbers soon increased to 350.
must be closed, Remain balanced thus' Work was then started on new lines.
as long as you can; first on one leg, 1la the first place the infective cases
then' on the other. Besides noting the' were kept in one part of the island
time, your friend should observe! About. kale or the cases were
whether the balance is steady, fairly, treated as out -Patients 'without tieing
steady, or unsteady. You should be isolated at all. In three years there
able to keep a steady balance on either' was a rat all.on of one-third in the
foot for. not less than fifteen seconds. 1lluneber oP cases of leprosy. In an
Another nerve -control test; Put an 1 other few years it will proliaeiy be
•
oblong board on a table with one end quite stamped' out. This work is go,'
jutting over the edge. Place a lead , lug on011 over the world. No 'ewer
pencil upright near the far end of the than 120 medical men and women,
board, Now -take hold of the board j Y
between finger and thumb and lift it
at arm's length from the table, rais-
ing it through the air until the board
is on a level with your shoulder. Then
the distinguished specialist in Tro-
pical Medicine, occupied the chair, at
the annual meeting of the Medical
Missionary Association; and in "Con-
quest by Healing" is given the - re.
markable facts he gave concerning
the care of lepers.
;Great advances: have been made,"
said Sir Leonard Rogers, "'and good
the
majority of then medical mis-
sionaries, are tackllfls the problem of
leprosy In tropical countries.
"In the Sudan, as many as 5,000
lepers attended clinics within a few
carefully bring the board back again, years. ?here was a splendid organ
r; •r - �: -replacing It in its original position on' iza:ion in being for dealing with sleep-
s=:.«s.x, �'."':'.iii «mom: ing-sickness cases, and that has now
the table. All this must be aecomp-' been turned over to deal with leprosy.
Marching briskly to martial airs, here is the last of French occupational Iished without upsetting the pencil. IPI Every inhabitant iscal with Ie each
troops to leave the Rhineland. They are saying farewell to Mayence and You can do this with both hands In year s0 that they may discover early
succession you will have every reason'
the populace are festive, to feel pleased with yourself and the ] cases. Lepers are being cleansed,
state of your nerves. and we are going a long way to eradi-
1 it tier
preserved from extinction, and allied
with that of Boaz came to hold a large
and important place in the nation's
life. Ruth the Moabite:. became the
ancestress of Israel's kings. Her son
was the grandfather of David. For
the adoption of the stranger in to the
Bethlehem fannly the nation was not
poorer, but was greatly enriched.
Swedish Farmers
Devoted to Homes
Stockholm.—The devotion of the
Swedish farmers to their' homesteads
has been brought out convincingly at
the Stockholm agricultural fair, held
in connection with the industrial arts
exhibition, now in progress here. A
nation-wide inquiry, nlado public at
the :air, has revealed that not less
than 700 families have lived for more
than 400 years on their farms,
Oldest of all farmsteads is that of
Mansta, in the Province of Jomtlald,
which can be traced back to the pre-
sent owner's earliest ancestor, ono
Skoldnlf Botolfeson, who lived there
in 1320, or more than G00 years ago.
Next comes a farm 15111011 has remain-
ed with the same family since 1330,
and from the 1400 and onward such
farms were more numerous.
Queen Forgives King Carol
Bucharest, Rumania—Annulment of
the divorce granters in June, 1928, to
Icing Carol II of Rumania and his
wife, Helene of Greece, was officially
announced recently.
A formal reconciliation of the pair,
already informally reconciled, follow-
ed immediately. In the fall, they will
be crowned Ring and Queen of Ru-
mania, ending Rumania's dynastic
trouble and Carol's romantic escap-
ades since 11e renounced .ills title to
the throne in 1925.-
A famous man, often called upon to
make an atter-dimer speech, general-
ly began with, "011, why was I born?"
On one occasion a distant voice was
heard: "Go on, now—it can't be help-
ed."
Three young men from college,
walking clown the street, saw a very
old gentleman coming towards them.
Wishing to display a bit of college
humor, the first one said: "Good
morning, Father Abraham." The sec-
ond said, "Good morning, Father
Isaac." And the third said, "Good
morning, Father Jacob."
The old man gazed at the three for
a moment, then replied: "Young men,
you are mistaken; I am Saul, son of
Kish, in search of my 'father's asses,
and, behold! I have found three of
them,"
To Canada
(With affection)
West Wind of Canada
Coming over the prairies,
Coming over the w11e .t fields,
Coming over the lakes;
Oyer Superior,
Erie, Ontario—
Kiss me and bless me,
West Wind of Canada,
1410 having drunk thee
There in thy haunts.
North Wind aCanada
Whistling though the pine trees,
Sounding the tamaracks,
Shivering the willows,
Blanching the prairies,
Fluting the snowdrifts,
Crystalline: lakoways;
Over Superior,
Erie, Ontario—
Bless me and brace me,
North Winch of Canada,
Me having drink thee,
There in thy haunts.
West Wind and North Wind,
Brave winds of Canerl',
Bless me and brace me;
Clean winds of Canada,
Hiss me and claim me.
—A. E. Johnson,
"I thought you said the bath house
had capacity for five h Mired."
"No, I said it hold 'em."
Sand and Gravel in Canada
Natural deposits of sand and gravel
occur in all the provinces of Canada.
"After all, we must remember that
polities and economic are not the
tars of of men—they are their servants."
—Owen D. Young,
To test the pulse is an equally Sim- Cate eprosy a oge
The old method of segregation is
plc matter. The normal beat is from ,
a dangerous one. During the Crus -
an adult.
to Get ay per minute for, Ides the crusaders contracted the (Es-
au adult• Get a friend to ascertain ,
ades
your beat per minute is; when
ease and brought it back to England.
noted this you can proceed to Anyone who had leprosy was segre-
he has the test. gated, and a service was conducted
makPlace one foot on the seat of a chair I for trim, during which earth was
sprinkled on
and raise yourself from the grmind by j him, to mark ism off as
dead. He had to wear special clothes,
means of that leg, going up and down
five times in fifteen seconds. Your! to sound a bell wherever he went in
order to warn fonts be was coming,
friend will give you signals for each This, no doubt, reduced leprosy at
movement; immediately afterwards he 111a' time, but at the present time
will again test an
make a net0 of , this method Is doing more harm than
your pulse -beat. Then, thirty seconds good, for the simple reason that p00-
after the exercise, ho must take a I
i plc do not come forward to be segre-
thh^d pulse reading.
I paters. Consequently, early Cases are
If you are in sound condition the all hidden, and by that means the
result of this test should show an in disease ie allowed to go on until it
crease of twenty-four beats per nein-' is past satisfactory treatment. If
ate during the exercise. Thirty sec-. only we could get hold of the early
onds after its completion your pulse cases and treat them, in twenty years
ought to have returned to its normal or so it might be possible to clear
beat, 1f it has not done so, you need most of them up, and the advanced
bracing up^ ones would gradually die off, . ,
Are your eyes well balanced? Often "medical missionaries have great
there is a lack of eo-ordination be - opportunities in tropical countries for
tween then. finding out ways of stamping out the
Put a couple of chairs opposite each (diseases of those regions. It is also
other, and sit clown facing your (true that medical missionaries have
friend. Be must now raise a pencil' far greater opportunities for surgical
until its point is on a level with the work than medical men in this conn -
root of your nose and at a distance of try
about one foot from your oyes. "The medical missionary has most
Now fix your eyes on the point of interesting -work. He cannot retire
isle pencil, which your friend must
move slowly towards you, closely he will have 11 that he is
watching your eyes while he does so.
Both eyes should remain fixed upon
the pencil until it is within an ineh 01'
so of the root of your nose. If so,
your "convergence power" is good.
Otherwise, one o1' both eyes will wan-
der, or you may see double, Or even
find the test a trifle painful
Time Savers
Steel articles will retain their pol-
ish If rubbed lightly with wax floor
polish.
To preserve furniture upholsterers in
leather, rub occasionally with linseed
oil to which a little turpentine has
been added. Polish with a soft rag.
The smell of onions, fish, or cabbage
Is quickly removed from pans if a lit-
tle vinegar is added to the washing-up
water.
Potatoes hake more quickly and are
more palatable it allowed to peak for
a few minutes in hot water before be-
ing put in the oven.
A: "1f you spend so much time at
golf you won't have anything laid
aside for a rainy day." B.: "Won't
I? My desk is loaded with worst that
I've put aside for a rainy day."
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It is for such worst as this that the
Medical wont of the missionary
societies is receiving sympathetic
consideration.
Fashion Nuggets
Satin is growing in popularity, both
for street and evening for late sum-
mer we01. The street costume may he
either one-piece or ensemble. Blac'.t
and a variety of purplish shades are
chosen.
Cotton mesh for sports ow:tunics
cemposed of shirt, wrap-around skirt,
shorts and a chic beret, appear a little -
severe but are considered correct for
all outdoor sports wear.
The silhouettes for fall remain the
same. The extreme styles have been
treated with moderation_ Skirts for
dressy wear remain long, but daytime
frocks specially used for morning
wear are not more than three inches
below the 1t2100.
For street wear even hemlines and
pleats or low -placed fullness are fea-
tures for the fall silhouette. The
jumper dress is included. M this class.
Sills shits continue popular for town
wear. An interesting ensemble is car-
rier out 1n suit, hatband, bag and
shoes in vivid matching color. This
same idea is also developed in the
"dining Out” chtfton costume.
Canadian Products
Popular in China
Tokio Japan—Over 1n China, hot
water bottles are imported from Can-
ada as wearing apparel—the bottles'
are replenished, in winter -time, from
the hot-water stands found on every,
corner in Chinese cities. From Bri-
tish -Columbia, too, come ice cream,
frozen strawberries and fresh milk.
Indeed, Canada tastes a generous por-
tion of Chinas trade. ' Some of the
greatest Chinese dailies are printed
entirely on Canadian newsprint, and
large quantities of Canadian wood-
pulp are used by Chinese commercial
presses, according to m report received
here from the Canadian Government
Trade Commissioner at Shanghai,