None better than he knew the mysterious
character of his law. That it has worked from all eternity
"directly as the mass and inversely as the square of the
distance" he knew and told his fellow-creatures. That is all he
knew and all that any man knows about it.
To-day Lord Kelvin, a worthy follower in Newton's steps, is asked
to explain WHY gravity acts. He can only say:
"I accept no theory of gravitation. Present science has no
right to attempt to explain gravitation. We know nothing about
it. We simply know NOTHING about it."
Darwin asks, without answering his question:
"Who can explain what is the essence of the attraction of
gravitation?" ----
To our doubting friends we say: Doubt if you must. But doubt
intelligently and doubt first of all your own blind kitten
wisdom. Remember that you at least know absolutely nothing.
Study and think. Read. But don't let the half-developed wisdom
of others choke up your brain and leave you a mere clogged-up
doubting machine.
Whatever you do, never interfere with the faith of others.
Spread KNOWLEDGE, spread FACTS. Keep to yourself the doubts that
would disturb others' happiness and do them no good. Tell what
you KNOW. Keep quiet about what you GUESS.
HAVE THE ANIMALS SOULS?
"For that which befalleth the sons of men, befalleth beasts;
even one thing befalleth them; as the one dieth, so dieth the
other; YEA, THEY HAVE ALL ONE BREATH; SO THAT A MAN HATH NO
PRE-EMINENCE ABOVE A BEAST: for all is vanity.
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