Show HI r DETE DETERMINISM LIMITS THE MIND J By REV FATtIER FATHER J 1 I Ei ROSS S New V York k i r rl l 4 rr l ONI O g gets get any value out of life it it must he be on the basis of per per- personality per r il peril i one n must grasp the fundamental belief helie in the power of freedom 1 If one tries to 10 escape from human freedom as did William James the philosopher he will will land in n a bog of or pessimism I have never ne known consistent determination 1 I have never read deterministic literature which hm has lia been hren consistent with intelligence ne You cant can't have m and freedom both and yet Jet many of oC the determinists use frequently the word freedom rn If It determinism m were really true true it it would produce n a world of oC people who were wre determined imI At Actually it tt prod produces produced a n world of people who are Tills This tm makes life lire richer rieber for Cor U ui us adds adda value which determinism m could not things possibly give us We t to it gies gi es u and these things j for life liCe would protect lg be oll ought ht to o recognize z poor indeed with an nn outlook of complete determinism I do not mean that we are arc absolutely free We are arc controlled controlled hy by physical and hereditary law laws We ate fI e go crne governed too by social inNer inNer- inheritance Our conduct is governed by hy habits which we form Some smoke cigarettes and others drink to excess s Our habits nil all limit our fr freedom edom There are fire in addition to all thes these restrictions pathological and normal limits nut Hut all nil these do not binder hinder there being a n doctrine of human freedom which is expressed sed in p personality Every g one can cnn have Creed freedom am I of mind even en the poorest people if they avoid avoil determinism |