Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-24 | Page 36 | Sanity Concerns World Welfare

SA SANITY CONCERNS WORLD WELFARE Savant Discourses of Manifestations Manifestations Mani Mani- l 1 of Times Times' I 1 PHILADELPHIA April 23 Probably ably the most important question inthe in inthe the k world today Is whether man is I capable of ot directing intelligently ther the civilization he has r created and organized organized organ organ- organ organ-I iz d said said ald Dr Stewart Paton in a paper paper pa pa- paI I Iper per read at today's session of the American Philosophical society Dr Paton who is lecturer in biology at Princeton university said International as well as industrial peace can only be attained in proportion proportion proportion tion as we are capable of understanding understand understand- ing and controlling human nature Following Following Following Fol Fol- lowing the outburst of ot insanity in 1914 which plunged world into war no attempt at attempt at- at tempt has been made by statesmen I at-I or diplomatists at the peace conference to discriminate between the signs or I sanity sanit and insanity In order to understand the nature nature I of sanity we must use two methods of ot investigation 1 I analytical 2 cal Man ran has paid a heavy price for I neglecting the tho latter He has studied parts of the human machine but has made little effort to notice behavior I of ot the entire machine 1 Judging sanity and insanity Is a aj I biological and not a psychological problem problem problem lem It is not a question of ot body and mind but of ot body bod The organizations organizations of ot the mind body-mind In sanity provides provides pro- pro vides 1 channels for discharge of ot energy energy energy en- en ergy ergy in action 2 assists individuals to face tace squarely problems of actual life and 3 rewards effort l by y definite I sense of ot achievement and feeling of adequacy Bolshevism radicalism and the tendency tendency tendency ten ten- dency to think in terms of ot class distinction distinction distinction dis dis- are defense reactions of in- in afraid of facing their own personal problems Success of individual future of ot I I democracy and the fate of our civilization tion depend upon the recognition of these biological principles and the cultivation cultivation cultivation cul cul- of mental processes favorable for tor sane thinking and acting