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Show . - T 11 " This of Herbert Spencer., Herbert Spencer's autobiography - will enable the world to form a juster estimate of him than would be possible without it. N biographer would be qualified to relate many" things which Mr. Spencer tells of himself. He reveals his varied limitation!,, some of which have astonished his admirers. ad-mirers. With all his powers, he was incapable, as he naively' confesses, of appreciating Plato, whose Dialogues, after a second aftempto read them, he "put aside in greater exasperation than before." Ilomor, who has been the admiration and delight of generations of reae'ers, had no charm for Mr. Spencer. Spen-cer. He preferred a third-rate novelist, and was simple enough ,to say as much, s And so of oilier authors v.'hcm all the world admires. Of how little lit-tle value is the opinion of such a rnan on subjects outside of his own domain of thought! Yet, because be-cause he was a master in his chosen field, Mr. Spen- cer is quoted by many as an authority against doc- cx trines of the church which he had never inv0stigat- Q ed. New Century. g The Raid Into Tibet. The mission, alias raid into Thibit, has leveloped as intended. The Thi- Q bctans.Jiave been forced into hostility, and the 8 British government has sanctioned the dispatch of O "a'ny reinforcements which the Indian govern- 8 ment may consider necessary for the safety of the Q mission and its-communications." The protection q of the missionaries will be assured by the occupa- W turn and ultimate annexation of the Thibetan ter- 8 ritory. Sir Henry Cotton, in an interview with a x representative of the Daily News on - Monday, Q spoke very frankly of the missionaries' aim. The g expedition, he remarked, has become precisely what Q he fortetojd it would be.' England is now at vr q with hibet. The poor, ignorant Thibetan peas- 0 ants have been forced into defending their cwu country, and their conduct is mode an excuse for If ; as conquest. From the moment that this so-called peaceful mission set put, it was obvious that it could have but one result. It wad bound to end in & the gradual occupation of Thibet. "It was such a peaceful mission," said Sir Henry, '"as would be. X' that of an armed housebreaker who, having cA- y lected your silver under cover of: his' revolver, pleaded that he was not a burglar because he rmi visitpd you. in broad daylight and carried arms only tyr-solf-defeuse'.", Thus 'is the policy of imodrkl- X Urn carried out. ilc |
