Show DARROWS NEW BOOK chicago american little volume by clarence S darrow under alio suggestive title of resist kvil has just been published and is lie first really theat the philosophy of hy uniqueness of position annl cleverness of it mill have a permanent value for those who have no sympathy witia its line fa thought it is an epitome of tolstoi combined with enuch original thought in ahe portion dealing with crime and punishment are many suggestions which while noe 0 o detailed ciul apparently scientific as and ono as quite new and better grounded upon a long and large practical experience in the lega 1 and smaller portion deals alio nature of the state analyzing ithe origin and abuse of military and civil power on aitho origin and nature of tile state the following quetu tion hie trend of thought alic beginning of alic detato can be traced back to the early history of the human race when the strongest savage beizem the largest club and tah enforced his rule upon the other members of the tribe hy means of strength and cunning lio became the thief and thi power not to protect alic weak but to take the good thing of the earth for himself and hi one man by his unaided strength crould not long leep he tribe in subjection to his will so lie chose lieutenants end aids and aliese too were taken for heir strength and prowess and were given goodly portion of the fruits of power for the loyalty and kielp they lent chief no plan tor the general good ever formed a portion of iho fc cheina of government evolved by these chiefs the great mass were slave and their lives and liberty held at llie disposal of ithe strong ages of evolution have only modified tho rigors of the farst rude states tho divino to rule the absolute character of official power is practically alio eaic today in most of the nations of the world with the early chiefs who executed their mandates with a dub the ancient knight who with battle ax and coat of mail enforced hie rule upon the weak was only a forerunner of tho tax gatherer and tax devourer of today the history of alio past and present proves beyond a that it there is or ever wae eny large class from whom society needed to be caved it is aan rulure alio have been placed in absolute charge of the live and destinies of their fellow men from the early kings who with blood red hand for bide subject to kill their fellow den to the modem who with the bribe money in hie pocket till diakes lr ibery a crime these ruler have arver dade laws abot to tiem but to enforce obedience oa eerde the tame temptation does not appeal alike to nil one man may not be tempted by drink and may never fall another with en appetite born in remote ancestor may struggle manfully fall temptation to take property force does not appeal to one who can it by inheritance or gift or fraud tho desire to kill never moves the soul of the placid inan what it means requires nn infinite knowledge of ever emotion of hie soul of every fiber of the body and alio understanding not of how alie lemata lion or inducements thu ho would affect the judy but how they alic man human judgments are not passed in view of all the circumstances of the case if this was the condition of human judgments no man could bo condemned it li often difficult to trace results boci iuso their relations are not direct and plain even in the realm of facts it is always easy to etra from the path between and 1 when we observe the conduct of men and seek to find its came the problem js till complex human being entity made up of all that is and of all that has gone before but sooner or liter all conduct and all life must rest on truth it is only fact that can form a basis for permanent theories that tend to the preservation of the race one is too poor or too vicious to know the truth for the truth alone h consistent all the facts of life and this alone can furnish any rule of life the truth alone can make free resist not evil u not a technical alide book for the fanatics fa natice who would set the world right in day nor for the a municipal reformers who baliche th e smoke nuisance to bo th great problem of the age it pay the reading public tho compliment of as turning it to be sufficiently cosmic mind ed to appreciate the value of every mans conviction nd it h written in that spirit without apology and without fear it h that busy man of affairs in thia eminently practical part of alie world should so thoroughly lay aside all notions and personal to work out a bit of philosophy appreciative of every human relation that has come his range of experience |