| Show Darrows Darrow's Philosophy Fatalistic Z BS X 4 X Tells Why We Are A re Good G od or i t S i p I I It t U 11 NCE cn V D. Special ll nl to TIle ftc L ai Copyright 1927 Consolidated press Presa Association CHICAGO April 16 Looking Looking jack back through the ears veurs from front the poll i t of ol 70 I fall fail to seo that human affairs have really rI ally im- im proved during that span There arc are advances In science new conveniences added lc ties of life there life there Is more religions Iou ions ous toleration t and less political all all jumbled up In a grand scramble scram le with the principal objective ob the Increased ed acquisition of ol money Yet I do not believe that hat people are happier or more contented than Ihan the they were years ears ago ago NOT OT MUCH H. K Progress in this living can best be measured bj by 1 determining whether lher people on the whole are arc areg retting g r as the years ears cars go by byThe The mere fact that they have tele- tele rl ones to use radio radios to be dis dis- disturbed bj b by and automobiles to re- re rehe relieve lieve h them ot or effort do docs doos s not mean progress In their lives These material mate adv advances inces sImply speed peed up sip the world world but but speed eans i restlessness an effort eUort to get rid id of boredom lather gather than proS proS' rc reas 8 toward the th goal of ot happiness and contentment FAT T T M LISTIC TIC Ir 11 The one thing that does bring 1 more happiness is a certain men men- mental mental mental tal attitude that puts a person mere re in accord with the facts of ol existence nce and of o the universe of or man is 15 a a. aery very ery Insignificant cant part But Dut man usually si SIt t a a. reasoning animal and con con- consequently consequently consequently falls rails to realize tho the way to o happiness Rather Hather he ho is now tiled i-tiled almost almest entirely by the emo- emo emotion lon tion to get money y which means mean that hat he IC gets geLs a a. good many man hard jolt jolla the journey toward his goal roal There Is so much seeking after none ne money so much ambitious J Ing ng that life is likely to continue for or a long time anything but set- set tIed led and contemplative e for fo the mass ss of people I have h been asked to look back backover backover over my 70 years and tell what features of this life have hn given me most satisfaction I can taj say En that hat the most satisfaction has come conic cometo to o me in the feeling that I have Stave tried to do my part to fight Eight for or more Individual freedom greater g eater tolerance and for a better under- under understanding standing st among amonA these human be- be who are obliged to live Iho here hereon on earth together v II FE ARE J IM n MI One makes fights to satisfy ones one's own emotions motions regardless n of o the he good or ill that comes conies from fromm tb h m It IC oae oe Is imaginative and sensitive ho feels the sufferings of o others and tries to make it easier caner for these other oilier people but the he great mass of or human beings art are seriously affected only to an infinitesimal degree if It at all aU The people can elon never ter realize that hat eternal vigilance Is 18 the price of liberty and that men of o strong convictions will get power and seek seck to encroach en roach on the tho liberties I of ot And the strong are aro al- al alwa's ways was succeeding Euc except infrequently when the people have a sudden n aw awakening altering and overturn she established habits and ways was ios LOSS 01 or inn Tho The attempt to t make prohibition prohibition tion lon effective the efforts of o the late ate U William Jennings Bryan ryan and his hl followers ers to prohibit teaching of ot evolution the demand for crush crush- crushing In ing ng independent thought thought all all are manifestations of ot o the constant nt ef e- e efort fort to curtail personal liberty Ubert and Independence I think the tho antl evolutionists antI evolutionists arc ara beaten They have made little I progress since the Scopes 8 trial and wherever they have haye obtained fa favorable fn- fn a. a legislation the new laws are not enforced That battle is about over My defense of o Loeb and Leopold ot of f Scopes of o the accused ed negroes In n Detroit of o William 1 Haywood who was accused of lining killing 1 the governor of o Idaho and the l Ica lIcamara mara brothers may have hare done don good Those of tho persons I 1 have hav I defended who were maladjusted in this society should not be bo con coit- I off oCr hand It may n be he not 11 necessary I essary to isolate some Iome persons but hut individuals should do this only for self protection and not as moral judgments IIO Ilo JUDGE No one has tho the necessary un- un understanding to pass Judgment on OU any an one else seems to be weaken weaken- ing In with the people pt ople When this dawns on the politicians their at at- attitude will change and probably be reflected in modification of ol the th- th a 1 act But Dut once the reformers find rind that they ey are re making prohibition cf- cf 1 I I or If It they lose- lose that fight then th they thC will ivill turn to something else probably tobacco and short skirts They must have havo something to keep them busy CI CIAs As Ac for the general attitude of o intolerance it seems scents about the tho imo Im now as before There is i. i probably more moro religious Ious tolerance than in years gone gono b by due to the th fact that the people p ople do not accept religious dogma with the same amo au au- authority authority au- au authority that they once did While religious toleration t Increases po po- political J tolerance has Is probably due to the fact act that the present nt age is almost en en- entirely entirely ruled rule 1 b by the tho emotion to get getsi si money The result is that sterner and more drastic actions are arc urged by the group to compel individuals to accept a celt their ideas of ol business ai aid ald d industry YoUTh VS S AGE GE Whether the supposedly sedly radical and wild youth of o today will wilt bring changes in the future futuro is at best Youth louth always alwa's s Is radical and lOd age conservative e. e Whether hether the present present day day bosand and girls will willbe willbe willbe be any ent from their fathers and mothers depends depend on how much morley money they make and how much energy the have nave later on The Tho mature are always talking about the wild youth routh The They have han I forgotten their own young oung days davs attitude means their emotions are fading Tho The war has lias done dono what it always dos does produced an Intense n nation nationalism Oi alana 1 and conservatism e which hl will willbe willbe i ibe be a n. long Jong time wearing off oft Pres Pres- ei el ilay ent-ilay t t-daj youth will probably take on the prevailing opinions once early carly fling has worn off and they the get money and responsibility That is human nature |
