Follies of the Positive Philosophers
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Excerpt from Follies of the Positive Philosophers: Address to the University Normal School of North Carolina, Delivered at Chapel Hill, June 26, 1878 It is not my purpose to-day to discuss elaborately a particular subject, much less to attempt to make a rhetorical display. The line of thought intended to be offered can be better presented in a lively conversational style, than by earnest declamation. Intellectual instruction can be more successfully conveyed in such a mode than by that species of turgid declamation which, like the mock thunder of the stage, attempts to impose itself on the ignorant for eloquence. Even real eloquence which arouses the passions of men and drives them forward under the enthusiasm of the moment, often fails to leave distinct and permanent intellectual images on the mind. Jefferson said that after Patrick Henry had concluded a speech, one could scarcely remember what he had said. I have myself listened to speeches, which wrought most strongly on my feelings, as well as those of the audience present, and yet in several instances, after they were finished, it was not possible to recall much of that which had produced the impression. A fine band of music greatly enlivens the imagination and excites the feelings, but leaves no distinct intellectual images which can be recalled. As so large a part of the audience I am now about to address, consists of those engaged in conveying instruction to others, these suggestions appear to be appropriate. Since the beginning of the earliest historic ages, two branches of science have been recognized and distinguished under the general terms of natural and moral philosophy. The first confines itself to the examination and investigation of material phenomena, while the second deals almost exclusively with human thoughts and feelings. In our day those who represent most distinctly the extremes of these two classes of thinkers, may be designated as Positive philosophers on the one hand and as Theologians on the other. Instead of acting as allies, in the effort to advance human knowledge, they are often found in antagonism to each other. And yet in our day they often seem to carry on their warfare at so great a distance from each other, that they remind us of the method in which the Mexicans, in their civil revolutionary wars, do their fighting, viz: by standing on opposite ridges so far apart, that they are able to discharge all their ammunition without injuring any one on either side. In fact they accomplish the Hudibrastic feat of "living to fight another day," without taking the trouble to run away. Perhaps a better illustration might present itself, in a remark attributed to Prince Bismarck, that war between Russia and England would be a fight between an elephant and a whale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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