-Jt--"1 m M hi1 Pi fl EVENING PUBLIC iLEDaER-PHIL'ABEEPHIA; WTDNESBAT, EEBRUABT f4, 1920 MAN HAS 20,000,000 YEARS AHEAD OF HIM, SAYS LODGE Sir Oliver Tells 3000 Persons at Academy That Destiny of Human Race Lies With Itself Evil Is Great Question Nearly 3000 persons who crowded the Academy o Music last night, eajerly grasping the fragmentary bits of science which Sir Olher Lodge held out as the means of tracing the history of the human race to the present time, tried to pierce the mvsterious future, as it concerns the individual and the race, swayed by the paradoxical British psycho-physicist. Eemploying the gift of his orator, the compulsion of his pcrounltt and an unmistakable sincerity that was al most child-like in its- simplicity, the figure, whose opinions on spiritualism and the life beyond have taken America by the cars, moved his audience to re peated applause, as ho unfolded his hopes and beliefs as to "The Destiny of Man," now reciting the coldest facts of scientists, again quoting the sheerest idealism of Tennyson, Browning and other poets. In so far as the future of the human race is concerned, he declared that the acstlny of mankind here was placed in its own hands bj the Creator. Whether or not the race would continue its prepress nnd rise to levels of intelli gence and being ret inconceivable, he said, depended olclv on whether or not continued, "is his consciousness of his ouu independence, the freedom of his will, the fact that he has power to choose between right and wrong. We do not share this power with the ani mals, at least with the wild animals which hae not come under the in fluence of man's character through do mestication. "A tiger, however cruel, is not wicked A man who is cruel knows he Is wicked This power to determine right from wrong must have dawned on some early genius of the race, just as the sun's first ra.s fall first upon the highest mountain peaks Dawn of Soul Came With Power "Dawn of the oul of man came with the inception of the power to choose between good and evil. After that it it was not a struggle for existence, but n struggle of human souls. "Cultivate that power of will. I ad vise cvervfcodv to hold 'on to that power of will with doelike tenacitv. Do not be Whether ! misled by philo-,ophcrs and their theories or predestination. As to the possibility of life on other planets, he said, theie ate -o many the power of will vested in humankind great number are inhabited b beings was exercised decisively for the light and progress, as againt evil and ret rogicssion. 20,000,000 ears to Millennium Incidentally, he said that the human race would have at least 120,000 000 years yet to airj on its struggla to warO the earthlj millennium. Sir Oliver is very optimistic about the mental, moral and phjsical status of humankind, sav. in the sear, A. D. 20.001,920, pointing to the progress made during the first 30,000 years of the race's history He pointed out that if such progres's as has been made during C0.000 year's can he but continued for the 20,000,000 years jet remaining for the earth's habitation, no scientist nor human im agination cin picture the plane of life which will have been attained. "Some people do not like the idea that we, at least, as to our bodies, have ascended from an animal," he said "If we had been angels nnd had come dow n to earth, we might feel depressed But let us take heart and believe that wc are on the up giade ' Sonio Races Degenerated "Some races have degenerated it h true. Life in the tropics is not con ducive to progress To lie under a banann tree and wait for the fruit to drop in your mouth will not make the man immortal. To struggle for exist ence is necessary to become immortal." .The man who is successfully com bining the science of the ages with the rising spiritualistic wave compared the rise and fall of various empires to the rise and fall of waves upon a rock, but mankind generally piogiessed slowly and surely, just as the tide advanced. "Although individual waves arc throwing back the march of humanity," he declared, "the progress of the race as a whole is on the up grade. "Surely the most fundamental fea ture in the development of man," he ' of intelligence equal or superior tu man s "Life," he continued, "always seems read to come into being wherever pos sible. Life piings up in the rubbish heap to beautifv or hide the decajing work of man. IJfe Condenses as Dew "Life condenses on a planet as dew on a cold tumbler. Where was the dew before it became visible? So life con denses on the planets, and then evap orates whence it came Sometimes this life take the form of individuality and character, but uot necessarily so," fir Oliver said that we should not be come restless and trj to move in to some other planet "This is the best of all possible worlds at present conceived," he declared. Possibilities of the good in the race nc.ro demonstrated b.v the sublime heroism diplaed bv countless men und women during the war, he pointed out and added that no man would every rise to a plane too high for sacrifice. "Hearts of men have been opened by the war," he concluded. "The other side of the vale has been enriched by swarms of energetic youth. I look for u period of spiritual outpouring such as the world has never known. The human race has 20,000,000 years in front ot it, the individual has eternity, and no man knows what we may be. ' "Meanwhile, we have to struggle with evil. It is the fight of the gardener against bad weeds. Control of the destines of this planet Is being handed over more and more to man, as time moves on." NAVY BILL UP NEXT WEEK Mayor Moore Leads Fight Backing Work for Yard Here The deficiency bill setting aside 50, 300 000 for naval repair expenses is ex pected to come up before the House of Representatives next Tuesday. Until then Major Moore and others Interested in the bill, because work at the Phila delphia navy yard depends upon its passage, will work to secure, a strong alignment to fight for tho measure. The Mayor is leading the fight. He is assured of the backing of all the Pennsjlvania congressmen ic the battle for the passage of the measure, which is meeting with strong opposition from tho representatives from the interior of tho countrj. Senator Penrose also is interested and is throwing his strength, through his manv affiliations, toward the sup port of the measure. Congressmen Vale nnd Dnrrow are expected to speak m avor of the measure todaj , MYSTERIOUS FIRE ALARMS Three From New York Shipyard Unaccounted For It would take a Sir Oliver Lodge to discover who or what rang the ilre nlurms three times last night lit the plant of the New York Shipbuilding Co , at the upper end of Gloucester. The first alarm was sent hi at 0 o'clock nnd the Gloucester ilre depart ment made n quick mn to "V" ship wajs. There was no fire there. While searching for it another alarm came in, this time from the machine shop. Thcro was no iiro theie either. Tim fiiempti until: home. 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