Show THE MISTAKE OF SCIENCE A new arg on the much flinch discussed question of I 1 homely 7 so A homely illustration is sometimes more telling than volumes of fine spun argument the author of the speculations entitled along new england roads says that a set of village worthies was one day engaged ed up upon the problem of miracles the laws of nature are what we all have to depend on said the young doctor a and 2 d they never change its certain that tha t if you plant potatoes they wont come up pumpkins you know that as well as I 1 do stephen stephen was an elderly man hard featured and sunburned with a shrewd twinkle in his eye lie ile spoke in a mild inquiring sort of way in vivid contrast with the doctors self 0 opinionated tone 1 I dont know much about the laws of but I 1 suppose you mean so me methin thin like this that when I 1 let go this jackknife jack knife fall to the floor and be stretched out a long arm holding an open knife by the blade between his thumb and finger exactly said the doctor the law of gravitation and its sure to fall and I 1 be b ea afraid of a miracle look here doctor where did the law come from that binds it to fall what made that particular law the learned men who have investigated the laws of nature have not yet found their origin said the doctor honestly they will in time and you cant tell me what made the law that binds that jackknife jack knife to fall down no I 1 cant its enough to know that it will fall no kb chance of anything supernatural no miracle N nonsense onse itsel let go the blade stephens thumb and forefinger separated and remained apart the jackknife was not on the floor it was hanging to the wooden ceiling overhead its blade buried half an inch deep in the soft pine for about ten seconds no one spoke stephen was looking at the doctor So methin supernatural happened it ask asked edhe he you jerked the knife up yourself well that want fatral was it the doctor hesitated lowsee now eee see here doctor said the old man just tell me how old your law is that the jack knifes got to fall down millions of years just as long as there has been anything to fall and how old is the law that said my jackknife jack knife must go up there and stick its blade in that white pine ceiling just three minutes and a half by the clock and if so its always just as like as not that whoever made the abir thing g go down will make it go up without me or anybody else knowin what made it go your science is all right doctor justa just as long asit as it talks about what it knows but when it dont take into account that so methin may interfere why it aint any moren a last years almanac to tell a feller what the weathers goin to be |