The Journal of Man does not fear to perform its duty anduse plain language in reference to the obstructionists who hinder theacceptance of demonstrable sciences and prevent all fair investigation,while they occupy positions of influence and control in allcollegiate institutions.
It is not in scorn or bitterness that we should speak of this erringclass, a large number of whom are the victims of mis-education—ofthe hereditary policy of the colleges, which is almost as difficultto change as a national church, or a national despotism. The youngmen who enter the maelstrom of college life are generally bornealong as helpless as rowing boats in a whirlpool. It is impossiblefor even the strongest minds to be exposed for years, surrounded bythe contaminating influence of falsehood, and come forth uninjured.But while we pity the victims of medical colleges and old-fashioneduniversities, let us seek for our young friends institutions that haveimbibed the spirit of the present age.
Man is essentially a spiritual being, and, even in this life, he hasmany of the spiritual capacities which are to be unfolded in thehigher life. Moreover, there are in every refined constitution agreat number of delicate sensibilities, which no college has everrecognized.
There has been no concealment of these facts. They have alwaysbeen open to observation,—more open than the facts of Geology andChemistry. Ever since the earliest dawn of civilization in Egypt,India, and Greece the facts have been conspicuous before the world,and, in ancient times, have attract