Show Tim run QUESTION or 01 Prof experiments for Tor tho the purpose of ascertaining how widely people differ In their Judg julIS ment concerning tho the Impressions they receive through their various senses the tho lire are very Interesting They prove difficulty of or steering clear of ot all 1111 er or errors even oven when Jen there IH iu an nil honest to have haa but the th truth If It people generally knew themselves their urn lim limitations as n well ell as their capabilities there would be greeter greater circumspection and fewer fever grave mistakes In life Uto there thero would also niso be bo more charity In Inthe inthe the tho Judgment nt of ot others Professor Protessor proves inthe In Inthe Inthe the September number of ot McClures that perfectly honest and truthful per persons sons Irons may mn on the tho testify to directly contradictory statements In regard to the th same samo occurrence He Ho tells of an un Incident Illustrating tho foot that the sumo same Ulm sound may ma strIke different listeners very er differently Ho asked a n class cIa ot of to do tie scribe ea a certain sound they thoy tho hear and to say from front what source it came The Tho sound which ho he produced was oM the tono tone of ot a largo large which ho he struck with a IL little ham hammer hammer mer mner below helow the tho desk Invisibly to the tho students The professor says Ari i it the thc 1 i 31 rio hundred students whoso who u papers I examined for tor this re record record record cord wore WOO exactly two who recognised It Il us liS a fork tone All Alltha tha thu other Judgments took It for a bell hell bellor or 01 tin nn or a n muffled gonor gon gonor gonor or a brazen instrument or a horn hOIn or ora ora a ft colic cello string or a violin and so on onOr onOr Or they thoy compared It with as different as the lie growl of ot a n lion a n st ant whistle a foghorn u II flywheel lI wheel a II hu human human human man song Hong and what not nut The description tion on tho the other hand called It U soft mellow humming deep dull solemn resonant lull full rumbling cloar clear low law but bat then thon again rough sharp whistling and so BO on Again I insist that every one know knew beforehand that he was ras to observe the tha tono tone which I announced by b a 11 signal How lIow much more would the tho Judgments j have differed Iod If It tho the tone tona had come como In unexpectedly a tone tono to no which oven even now 1101 appeared so soft to some Ramo and so rough to others Ilka a 11 bell belt to one emma and like a whistle to his neighbor Another experiment Is hardly less striking Prof Proto asked the time class to t compare comparo the tho sizo ot of the th full tull fullmoon fullmoon moon as ns seen seon In tho the sky sk to t some DOmo object hold held In the tha hand hund at al anns arms length He lie explained tho time question carefully and said that they were score to describe an na ob eb object just largo large enough when seen soun at arms almlI length to cover coer tho the whole full tull fullmoon fullmoon moon Tho The replies were very much at variance with each other Tho The Professor sor says My Ily list of ot answers begins as ns follows quarter of a dollar canta loup bun at nl tho Iho th horizon largo large overhead my toy watch six sl Inches Inch os In diameter sliver silver dollar hun litre hundred hundred dred times threes us liS large an as my watch mans head piece pl Oi nine Inches Inch lI lu III diameter grapefruit orange ten feet two Inches piece schoolroom clock a L pea pelt palm of ot the hand litres feet teel In diameter enough ellough to show again tho the overwhelming manifoldness of or the tho Impressions received To tho the surprise of my m render readers perhaps It may maybe ht be h added at nt once that tho the only man wIre who right was warm tho the one who com coin compared pared paled 1 It to a IL pen pea It Is la most moot probable that tho the would not have been different If f I had asked kod the tho question on a II moonlight night with tho the full moon overhead The Tho suJ t rt ct tho the memory Imago image for tho Immediate per pcr perception COllton can cnn hardly have impaired the tho correctness of tho the Judgments If It In any court the tho size olzo of a II distant object were to h lit ito given by witnesses and ono one man declared It an nil large largo nn mrs a pea nea and the tho ng IR largo hergo nn III a II and the time third ton ten feet teal Jn in diameter It would II ho fair to form cnn an objective Judgment till the tha psychologist I had found out what hat kind ot of a I mind win was producIng that estimate That U tt In I to 10 an arm accurate account ot of any oc no occurrence currence IK is clour clear from rout tilt tho fol tol following lowing testimony an nn ac accident Before DeCoro the court one of or thu time witnesses who had tuL sworn lwon to tell Iho ho whole ruth truth and nothing but tho the truth declared that ho tire tho road wn miry dry dr fled and dusty tho th other swore that It hint had rained un anI l time the mad nani ivus WU muddy Time Tho one oni saul that tho time bUt bUu was 1110 running vory very slowly lowly tho the ho he had won t an fIll rushing more Tim rut first swore that there thero Were ware only two i Clr r p pia on Oh the lift road tho Iho other oilier thAt a 11 largo large number of or men woman and chil chiI children dren drin worn were panning by hr And both wit tesos were honorable and apparently trustworthy Thoy Tho only imly tl IIII 1 to Ia what thoy tire tho thought truo The Limo New Now York Hun tolls or of ora orI n a I similar case a t l polled police court The rho ho driver of ot an mirt automobile wn mma lic mu licensed cUlled of ot having exceeded ho tho ipe speed d lim it Tho The policeman born boro ho lit hint hod lined lie tho machine carefully ami hits hIli estimate o was lint It was ns running at al twenty tont miles nn nit hour mour The Tho otherS were then than Invited to testify te ury Ono One ot or them there wan Ivan time the of OC tho the I 1 ant nm utaI u d to ho he said anti and thin this machine was wan not going twenty miles cubs an nn hour Another wi wits t a I former justice oC ot tho time court Wo We wore welO riot not nolt t lu moro more then than eight nn nil hour he ire said paid and he ho wont Went on to explain that the tho wits running behind n trolley ear car Time The magistrate observed flint trolley troll cars went very vory ery fast but Justice stuck resolute resolutely ly b to hl his hili opinion adding My II Impression sion Shea Is III that wo so 0 wore not K going ns moro more than tout tour miles an nn hour Tho The experiments and Instances illus illustrating I thin this subject Instructive They Thoy prove that correct observation alone Is not sufficient for tor the tho ascertain ascertaining n ing lug of ot facts Correct Judgment Is 11 equal equally ly h 13 necessary Only when th senses con convoy cone convey voy vey e correct Impressions hn t o tho the mind and tim tho mind is III trained to form n a cor correct correct Judgment based baaed on tho timo impressions hn Is tho the Judgment of ot any value vallo Some Somo minds through natural defects or train trainIng Ing leg In the tho school of oC falsehood do not recognize truth no tie matter what the tho testimony ot or their senses may be bo Ohm Oth Othor or mrs perceive It mu soon lIoon as oR U It la is l pointed out to them htmL Hill all need the tho guid guidance g uld ance Inco of ot the dIvIne Spirit whoso whose o mis mission slon sion It Il la Is to lead Into Inlo all truth Without With Without out this there thero Is no n protection against error |