I ALWAYS STAND FOR TRUTH

...The picture he had In mind could never come true in an age like this...

...and j so they will spend their whole lives : hating and hated, plotting and plot- j ted against, standing in more fre-: quent and intense alarm of their 1 enemies at home than of their ene-j mies abroad...

...His position in literature is that of a great writer, though not a great stylist...

...go out and clamor for them.—Lady Aster...

...Plato's "Republic" indicates the truth of the contention that every Utopia must ba built up by the social dreamer out of the weaf and woof ef the social and economic institutions in which he lives...

...Nor does Plato state that the communism proposed wag to apply to them as well as the guardians anu the warriors...

...Unless it happen that philosophers ; I acquire the, kingly power in States, i or that those who are now called t kings and potentates be imbued . with a sufficient measure of gehu-1 mc philosophy, that is to say, unless (i political power and philosophy be , united in the same person . . . there , will be no deliverance...

...In his demand for an education for the advanced groups which gives proper regard for the free and harmonious development of the physical, intellectual and moral qualities of men...

...Their education also would be primarily an education in their craft...

...in his demand that only these should be placed in the highest offices of State who possess a marked intelligence and self-sacri-i lice for the common good, end in his | condemnation of gross economic ' unequalities, Plato set a standard i which has not thus far been at-I tained...

...Members born in one i i class would be promoted or demoted , | to another class, if their capacities i j fitted them better for other groups, ¦; but no one not fitted for a position • I in another group should shift from ¦ | one to another, as such shifting i. "would inflict great damage on the ' j State...

...POVERTY NOR RICHES" By HARRY W. LAIDLER Plato's Ideal Commonwealth— The Republic's Social Significance THEY should attend common messes and live together as men do in camp...

...Huxley's career was now determined...

...Tha Position of Women: In his new Republic, women occupy a far higher status than they did in Plato's day...

...The famous battle from which Evolutionism emerged victorious is ah-cient history now, but science owes much to Huxley's tactics and tireless energy for its triumph over dogma snd tradition...

...to abandon the inferior offspring and to prevent irregular alliances...

...Upon the appearance of Darwin's "Origin of Species," Huxley flung himself wholeheartedly into the fierce melee | which raged throughout Europe, and was soon reviled as the most formidable champion of the Theory of Evolution...

...No one," Plato had Socrates declare, "shall have a wife of his own...

...But in Heaven, probably, [ there is a model of it...

...j He stood for Science in the struggle with Theology snd Meta-physics, which extended over the I last fifty years of the last century, j He loved disputes^—not for their own idle »akes controversy waa for him , in- best means of obtaining ultimate truth, and he fondly visualized a time when Science "will organize itself into a coherent system, embracing human life and the world as a harmonious whole...

...What Constitutes Justice: Under ' I the three-class system in the Re-j public, each class would be under-: I taking the work for which it was • j best fitted...

...Until Darwin cast a 'bombshell into the scientific arid religious worlds with his "Origin of Species," Huxley's energies were chiefly devoted in it>f«ii I, Zoology was his specialty, and he made an exhaustive study of invertebrates...

...To free the women I from household tasks, the commun-j ity would rear the children...

...of mveitigation to all the problems vf life to the best of my ability, .* tht . conviction ukich has grown uith, my growth and strength!ned uifft my etrength, that there is no ul . leviation for tht sufferings of man- . kind except veracity of thought anil j of action, and the resolute fining | of the world as it is when ihe gar- i msnt of make-believe by which /noun hand* have hidden its uglier features is stripped off " THAT illuminating paragraph from Huxley's autobiography well expresses the predominating keynote that recurs throughout his strenuous career...

...and/guardian classes responsible for the well-being of the country, however, were in imagination far more self-sacrificing and were selected in a far more scientific manner than in any empire before or since, and the artisans would not be continually supjected to oppression by the master class...

...Communism in Family Relations: But in addition to communism in property, Plato advanced the startling proposal for common ownership of wives among the guardians...

...Attainment of Ideal State: When i asked how the change to his ideal . Republic would be brought about, . Plato indicated that he felt that . its coming was j lcng way off...

...1 cannot believe that the great mysteries of existence will be laid open to me on any other terms...

...nlng on the brink of ruin...

...but whenever they, come to possess lands and houses, and money of their own, they will be householders and cultivators instead of guardians, and will become hostile masters of their fellow-citizens rather than their allies...

...He dealt in big ideas, and to present them i le»rt> and forcefully was his chief concern...

...Hi* Own Teacher "I neither deny nor affirm the Immortality of man...

...He spent seven months on hospital duty, and then came the offer (and acceptance) of an appointment aboard II.M.S...

...His con-[ ception of this State, he declared, "exists in our reasoning, since it , is nowhere on earth, at least, us I imagine...

...His constructive work, however, fsr outweighed anything else...

...Plato could not possibly envisage a utopla with railroads, telephones, automobiles, airplanes, skyscraperi, steal mills and five and ten cent stores...

...is not to make any one class pre-eminently happy, but to make the whole State as happy as it can be made...

...Furthermore, they would have the satisfaction of knowing that their success carried with it the preservation of the State...

...Guardian3 would thus look upon every o e whom they met as either a brother or a sister, or a father, or a nothei, or son, or a daughter, or one of the children or parents of these...

...that a really beneficent rule by the few could be attained without the check of the many, and his advocacy of the iron control of the State in ao many of the intimate relationships of life, indicate a surprising naivite in io great a philosopher...

...Both 1 sexes, therefore, should be given i the same education, and should he j expected to share in all the duties | of the State, military as well as j civic, the women being given the j lighter tasks...

...The results of his study were several masterly papers on the structure of marine animals and an exposition of the affinities and anatomy of the medusas, which was awarded a medal by the Royal Society...

...It is most desirable for the State that "it should contain the best possible men and women...

...Furthermore, such common ownership, observe] Plato through Socrates, would make it possible for the State to develop the science of eugenics, "to bring together the best of both sexes as often as possible, and the worst as seldom as possible...

...He had no time for mere literary artistry, but ao profound was his knowledge and ao 'immaculate his scientiflc equipment that no\advenary of aay consequence eould withstand the on-elaughta of tbe great biologist...

...Both the war rio...

...Truth at all costs" was his watchword...

...In 1842 he became a student at Charing Cross Hospital, and after taking 1/la degree obtained a position as ship's surgeon and was entered on the books of Nelson's Victory...

...His primary education, which was of the scrappiest kind, he received at "a paiidemonrttm of a school" where Huxley senior did duty as assistant master...

...As far as the guardian of the State is concerned," I he asserts, "there is no difference between the i attires of the man and the woman, but only various degrees of weakness and of strength...

...While living they would receive "crowns and privileges from their^ountry in the shape of maintenance and all that life requires, themselves and their children," and when they died they would be admitted "to an honorable interment...

...I shall rig^ orously refuse to put faith in that which ilues not rest on sufficient fildciice...

...as for gold and silver, we must tell them that they are in perpetual possession of a divine species of the precious metals placed in their souls by the gods themselves, and therefore have no need of the earthly ore —that, in fact, it would be profanation to pollute their cpiritual riches by mixing them with the possession of mortal gold, because the world's coinage has been of countless impieties, whereas theirs is undefiled...

...Sentimental tradition must be sacrificed, and beliefs, however beautiful, extirpated if they had no foundation in fact and could not be supported by reasonable evidence...

...That city Is best conducted in which the largest proportion of its citizens apply the words "mine" and "not mine" simultaneously to the same oujicls...

...Happiness of All: In reply to the accusation that, under such conditions the Guardians would out be happy, Plato makes Socrates reply that "our object...

...The world is now also for ¦ the first time giving serious heed to | the problems of eugenics and of | the organization of Society by ; function which Plato raised, i On the other hand, his fantastic ideal of communiim in martial relations and in the rearing of children, hie belie...

...The Social Significance of the Republic: Plato thus pictured in t his mind's eye an aristocratic com-, munism, a dictatorship of philo...

...therefore to them, as distinguished from the rest of the people, it is forbidden to handle or touch gold or silver, or enter under the same roof with them, or to wear them on their dresses, or to drink out of the precious metals...

...Do not ait at home and talk if you want reforms...

...That time is still to come...

...in his emphasis on equal opportunity for men and women...

...The reason set forth by Plato for his unique proposal wire the need for unity of purpose among the guardians, and the belief that when they rejoiced and grieved together at the same gains and the same losses they were bound together much more closely...

...Many of its conceptions are worthy of our highest consideration...

...He it was who invented the term agnostic, which many ignoramuses confuse with unbeliever, still regarding Huxley as an atheist, but he defined his attitude too clearly to admit of any hair-splitting...

...He lectured and wrote voluminously...

...A Bora Fighter Huxley and controversialism sre indissolubly associated in the mind of many who knew him as a scien-tifie sceptic rather than conatructive scientist...

...Neverthelesi certain great principles of justice and service for the common good which he enunciated could well be applied—and with revolutionary effect—upon our modern social structure...

...By 1850, scientific circles already recognized him "aa a perfect zoologist and keen-sighted ethnologist...

...likewise the children shall be in common, and the parent shall not know his child, nor the child the parent...

...The Republic has hsd a profound influence on subsequent thought...

...Such transfer, then, would - be injustice...

...by which time they and the rest of the city will be run...

...From boyhood Thomas was an omnivorous reader, and, like many other great men, he acquired far more knowledge on his own than he derived from teacher...

...Rattlesnake, bound for Torres Strait...

...He goes into considerable detail regarding the relations which should be permitted and those which should be restrained "if the flock is to attain the first class excellence...

...Hut the medical world was soon destined to lose him...

...In 1861 he became a Keilow of the Royal Society, and p. i uved its gold medal in 1862...

...Thomas Henry Huxley was born at Ealing on May 4, \H'lb...

...Cln, the other hand, 11...

...If they follow these rules, they wil) be safe themselves and saviors of their city...

...snphic Communists The artisans 4 were to have no share in the govern-, nient of the city, because they were , incapable of becoming philosophers, and thus of running a State along the highest lines...

...He was a born fighter, and loved conflict because he was con-I tideni Truth was with him...

...Plato contended that woman was the weaker sex, and yet the ; difference between her abilities and that of man was a difference in degree, not of kind...

...j It i* 'better, far better, to stand up than to crawl, to be a man than to be a slave.—Eugene V. Dabs...

...His picture of a future Ideal State is inevitably limited by his environment...

...adherence to their own business S j on the part of the industrious, the '' military, and the guardian classes, ' each of these doing its own work i in the State, is justice and will render the State just...

...Their status was much the same as in other aristocracies...

...Meanwhile his scientific work Same into active collision with his naval j duties, and, obeying conscience and < good .«hm he abandoned theJ Queen's Service Three yealrs later he became Professor of Natural History at the School of Mines...