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\ MONDAY,

Lord Twee

Extols Vi rtae

Of Moderation

Fruit ofMatured Thought Contained

In Governor General’s Message At University Convocation

. _ . . , - .- a- o’ tion 0f Queen's Lmvcrszty on . 0v. I us .. . r t

rm: CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

- JANUARY 11, 1937

smuir’s Great Address AtjQlJ€€ll'$rUl1f‘.’€l‘Sf|l)—;

speculation. You will find the fanatical temper in. every church, in every creed, in every department of human thought. and action. The rigid Calvinist of the 01d school who condemned mankind to eternal torments except for a handful of his own communion; the rigid anti-Calvinist who identified religion with the observance oi’ certain physical rites; the revivalist with his emotional short-cut to heaven; the secularist to whom all spiritual religions are a form o! insanity; the devotee oi’ Mrs. Grundy and her conventions, and the equally narrow and conventional hater of conventions and preacher oi’ moral anarchy; the political die-hard who will drop not one jot of a creed which he learned from his grandfather or hisqgrandmother; the rootless progressive who is crazy about any- thing however foolish provided it is new-all these are victims of the virus of fanaticism.

“You see what 1t involves. In the first place it means a sur- render of the reason. A formula is accepted as the ultimate truth, and about this they will not argue. Their minds are atrophied and only a little bit of them works, but to that little bit they add all the weight of character and emotion. They believe profoundly in their crudities, and they accept the fact that their faith is emo- tionally strong as a. guarantee that it is also intellectually sound. The basis of all fanaticism is a partial atrophy of the mind.

“In the second place fanaticism involves an undue simplifica- tion of life. Every false doctrine, every fanaticism, depends upon

, , .. , ‘ l,‘ f H, E;-c,.]1gn(-y'5 rcuiurks is here re- a. mechanical instead of an organic conception of the world. The giflltgiit-frolnllltclfllflg, “L 0 S X revolutionary who believes that all antecedent history can bc neg- “It i) m‘. m“ you shortly todayand in looking lected, that the slate can be sponged clean, and that he can write

about for ‘l sliliywri liabfifllllldd to 1110 ill“. H5 1 “m sllea-klng prmclpuuy l0 those ivlu) an.‘ lust entering upo i.'.t'1l' carvers. I mightt 521118013; thing about u typo oi cliiiiactir whuh I lHlllH. to be cs lllla lworth of a‘l imitation. but Wllifll for ihc moment is llllfllslllflllllble- We u); “"'iig in a confused 21rd chfffcult world. and in such a time ‘ "" . T ‘ .. . . ~- ~ ' ll in- the lllllllilll mind is predisposed to hasty contusion»; We are n! I m cunt-d U; junk 11.1‘ snlilf: szliort. cut out of our troulrcs, some voe course which Will shift ihings suddlnly into a new orbit. Patience, reasonwblriu-ts whit we cull (Oliillltdliif <1‘. nit‘ Ill?! l-O 599m mun‘ ‘ ’ ‘ " This morning

upon it what he pleases, is as much a victim of the simplification fallacy as the Covenaiitiitg divine, who believed that, whcn he ex- communicalcd a man or a scct, his act was promptly ratified by the Recording Angel.

Destructive Strength " Let us make no mistake about fanaticism. It is a vcry power-

ful thing. and its power comes from its llfll'l'0\\'ll£SS. It docs not suffer from a dividcd mind. Again and again in human history

. . i_._.,. n mtiileriil‘ min l.\ zit 1i discount. _ _ _ éeiznslgdlijliuql, m \..,,_. .1 Ht“. “c, l m, m5 g,,-uq1f_ there lizive come times when the imiiicdialc problem lat-med simple, .‘.\,,)d,,.,' h ' “<0 is nu supposed to have much and when latitude of mind meant weakness of mind. There is only

iincd to be an attribute of disillusion- ll,’,i‘. Youth desires to take U19 - little love for the half-heart- nuxh-l is Hcispur, not Nestor. llll‘ niiixiins of C0ll1lll0ll5El159- The fiimiliai- French proverb, Si "if only youth had knowledge,

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a certain quantity of spirilual force in any mun, and if it is spread over too broad a surface the stream will heconie shallow and lan- guid. Fanaticlsm has done "at things in history, but these filings have almost invariably . ii destructire-necessary destruc- tion, pPfllflpS, but still destruction. hforcovcr, there is always the Ci‘l'Lllllll._Y that it will induce a counter-fanaticism. An arbitrary conception of the Divine will induce an arbitrary denial of its exist-

j i‘ ‘till mu.- ]l.i~.l‘l.‘v to u nupuiiii- belief that certain once at ail. fanatical glorification of the powers of the State _ “I ‘ L,‘ 1 ‘ms n“. ,,._,.,.yi\._,‘p,b;,.‘ Viiulitv cannot c0- will pgoducc as lits COIECCIHE a fanatical llldlVldUilllStm. t qdlebfilcflifiil! _ _ 4 m3 1;; _ mm jll\'lrl\i'.\' l: ,,__, ird foot. v.0 _ _ may’ ‘o vii uzihe wor iii urnilig down a. crazy s ruc ure, ii ie "ls EXCELLENCY LORD Tw-EEDSMUIR ind a i,i:n. i.....i. 'l‘iic nimivrzlie iuun is eternally incficctiie. constiuctne work, the LILLLlOll of a new home foi mankind, is a 25 _ task for the modeiale. 1t is the lvitek, in the most literal and Governm- General or Canada . ‘ Tn“, Mndprntion phlCtlCfll sense, who inherit the earth. ‘ ’ _ _ _ "we arc IlOW lll a position to examine the mcaniiig of true You ll see a very attractive line of these display- vy “our ll. this view is a fallacy. for it accepts moderation. ed at the front of the store as you enten There ' q ghdlfa“ r ton. If, assumes that it l5 the stark “I u f.‘ I .t I , l, _. I 1L. “I t d i t them. Icannot think that that is ftlffllltflll attitude lll public or4in are leathers suedes velvets a“ in modern styles nppaqlp tic mun o1 energy nocd not be the cert“: dggvils {piste it mods?!“ "mi: n (‘Infill _b flglnsigulétiv: 1irivate life. I commend to you rather the maxim of the old Irish I ’ _ l’) Y h " rile \\ e mm iiocd not be * -l ° ° 0"“ SWIM fill- 1° "l "l l some of the prettiest iigs you ave seen. »~ I ‘l.~ l . -—

. qnn m vim“ m. 1,40,“, clmolidsnm n process respects those who differ from him, for lic understands their fogance and 7mm commend mm to VH1“. 5.1m ._ The “M l l the lllfllvlfilhll _]|.l(l"llli‘ll‘c there was a dan- “mo; lmwnfl llllll-‘lfll QXIT-‘lllllfil ll. “Tlllv iv ill“ ‘llfll ill moderation mg slow i0 kindle, but once lit they ClO$llOt go Olrllflringll upon their teacher. Mr. Heath marks were made by parents 8116 l, ,, . ,. ., .1 ,. ,.,,.;...,,-. n, m, doubt, and must‘ llllllolllsl- the we cl an Cmioncrit l5 merely a blind iwrvcr-slly- they have burned up much rubbish and opened n 1111.11 101‘ the ad- MaoQuarrie, who iiad so patiently whenever-i a 11mm!’ W“ °' mm“ a of i".('i].' (‘in-i-iiuii. bu’. a sizict runon of intcr- vancc of mankind to a better country. tmlned them was extended to the teacher. Mr. - r. .. .1 ;. sin wt. iuzd n. really great man, Mlllill Courage The spirit which I have tried to define has iicver been more Mr Mack MacFadyen Ple-‘lllfid Mmqmme ropned and expressed ' .. .1’: down an nbsoluic canon of I _ necessary in the world than today’. It is u cliziiinu of ll(‘f‘il‘l. rather 1n a. very capable Blld Plea-W‘?! thanks to “n those who helped m , U H. L, m- wmm tho“. prluld m. no ‘In the iliird place ihe iriio moderate has moral courage. Tho than a change o; mwhflmsm “qflch is the crying MML The romp make the Bvelllllil B 5l1¢¢e59| 5nd

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I gory, 0i Iiijrltllyl “u, i ‘ll, siill and twiddle his thumbs.

iii.n;: \‘.l.i i‘\l‘l‘ accomplished without - iiiple truth; works are imPO-“Rilblfi Wm“ llut l \\l:ll to duct the wozd moderate of the sinister und u. and offer the moderate

.1}, of lllll'.ll_l ‘l, a type more valu- ' , more iflillil c"._v attractive than the \\llU-'C hand is filled with battle-cries which he

out Iiiiih. lIS-iblllilllfllli; \\ H1311 1U _‘.l'lll ll~ able, niruv vim nicro iichiins: n

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- “ , . - and clear. He must reverence human reason not because it is . . 4 qhc Qpvwlli‘ n. llli‘ inodciriiv is not the enthusiast. but the 1 {um b t b It _ u b l, _ I 'y t ‘great. inform without disruption. You remember the famous letter fanatic. But ix fore we (‘Jill find it proper definition of him we gléiggltoclelttgarlfcfipugi u]g5ct£31af5;lslléggpgégallagfigcgsi-on L51‘; lll which he wrote: ‘I would save the Union. I would save it the

ih.it f. so moderation which often usurps l El-ruv is that (lrcury type of being who, h u prubh in. ulnvirvs l,l‘ll'~i to halve the differ- io kcr-y in the contrc of the road. But this .on is useless iii the real world. lgc \\'ll(‘l'(‘ ii pedestrian naturally

must gtt out. of ihw‘ w the llilllli‘. Till‘ in‘. when (mull-on in‘. '.\. cncc. Iii.» llflllnll i niorliniu-ul, nui

kl . < ..; llflll‘ lllf‘ ct . 1t is much more like a difficult we ha“ f“) “Ck 0f Wltllmscs 15° m” “mm “f “ms” hi?!‘ l“"’“‘ls_°l u“? loyal Cabinet, most of wiioiii snccrcd at him as o. self-educated law- _ _ c,‘ fun. U, A m, ,._ . ,. $1,035 m U“, 6mm, as we“ as séaul] “c ha“: EllHpldCS, for example-the great passage in the you 110w“ me most pacific of m?“ ‘Wm a do“, horror o; w“ He knit warm servme gloves for winter days, u p; the ,\ ‘w ' "n" fut. cps in the middle of thc channel, *1“ lac—'xnowlcdgcy we are not foes: had no army to speak of, and all the best soldiers had cast in their lot of pretty slip ons with embroldercd

. 'l‘lu: true moderate, with a l illf! knowledge and wits God had u" in one bunk, and the next hour

unil pr ciiily i clnii". of lhv- \‘ll

P" l2‘: . 12.1" .. ' . Elioscktodlliel (flu-r. Ills liusii 2 nut to kccp iii the mathematical Shining, and not from thee. ‘ v g man. You rcmcziibvi‘ how he nngicd for the alfcgizincc of the bor- ‘ eleaflng lot, which includes WIlIIES f0!‘ $125 centre. ‘bu’. Tn and <1». ~p v. On illL‘ niorui side the fault of w“ 1151"" TcrmllY-“ls ralllfllliclfdi’ ‘lilm 1m‘l>°551bll°~ _W° have U"? clcr states and snid that he hoped to have the Almighty on his side, ‘ saving of St. Ambrose which was Newman's favourite quotation:

>piriiuiil apiillrv. lie docs not care enough lic lS tolvrinit because lie is care-

ilhe f.'il.~<~ lllllllfllflili’ l. about any tulisc Lo be extreme. less.

The Danger of Fiinuiacism

lllol not owe his point of vicw to the

“Our iuotlci-zito. ilicrl-fnro - ' ionlroi' ' can bc sot-tied by halv-

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mind, the constructively critical mind, is needed today in a special degree, and it should be found partlcufrirly among those who, like you, have access t/o the treasures of the world's literature and thought. We need intellectual courage, the courage to ask’ ques- tioiisaiid insist upon an answer.

Reason and Intuition .

“In the second place the moderate inust keep his mind bright

relative value of reason and intuition. Boili are ncccssary. I am ,_ the last man to deny the value of that instinct which cannot be ex- pounded by any rational process. There arc sphcros where the ratlocinaiivie powers of man cannot function, and whcrc the bold leap of faith and imagination must take the place of plodding logic.

I seek thee diligently, But the world with a great wind blows,

Non in tlialcrtica Dco cpmplacuit salvum fact-re pnpulum suum— “Not by cold logic docs God purpose to save his people.”

"Yes, but. the recognition of this fact does not justify a revolt against the rational. For nine-tenths of life is capable of analysis and judgment by the human reason, and in such cases to refuse to reason its right is n. crime against hlllllflllil)‘. In some form or other the process which Hegel has defined as ihosis, antithesis and

Bishop Malachi in the eleventh century, who thus summarized the stages of human progress. Spcrnere munduiii, spcrncrc scse, spcrnere millum. You begin by despising tlic world, you go on to despise your- self, and you end by despising nothing and nobody.

“May I offer you in conclusion a. shining example of true mod- eration? It. is Abraham Lincoln. You remember the circumstances under WlllCll he became President of the United States. He was strongly opposed to slavery, but lie had none of the narrow fanatic- ism on the subject which characterized the Abclitionists of the North. His business was to keep the nation united and to effect a.

shortest way under the Constitutionmlf I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would do that." Wlicn the South- evn Slates broke way he had to face a (iespcrntc problem. He was a President clecicd by a minority vote. He had a thoroughly dis-

lot wit-h the South. Could he by any cciiccivable means coerce by viciory in the field five and a. half million pcoplc back into the Union? He was no fire-cater, but a cautious and (iiploinritic states-

but h: mzzst have lI-"i. ui-ky.

Well, he had to think out his problem without any help, and he decided for “'ul'. He i':-sol\cd that he must fight to prevent deni- ocracy making zi fool of itself. To most of his colleagues it scrmed an absurdly narrow ground, a mere debating issue; but to Lincoln it was mi issue of the first importance, and the world has decided that lie was right. Having made up his mind, the moderate became

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