MAN AGAINST DARKNESS

by Ben Finger Jr.

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BECAUSE OF THEM . . . .
the men illustrated in the pages that followwe enjoy a world wherein ignorance, disease,
intolerance, and poverty are swiftly becoming things of the past.
HEROIC PIONEERSOPEN MINDS . . . these illustrious individuals often sacrified
their very lives in the interest of their ideals and humanitarian aims.
It behooves us to cherish the heritage of enlightenment they bequeathed to humankind.

m ONE Of THE GREATEST OF THE ANCIENT INITIATES

AFTER. 5T0PVIN6 INIGift, THIS GREEK mTlC TAU6HT
THE REVOLUTION OF THE EARTH AROUNP THE SUN,
THE "MUSIC Of the SPHERES," A THEORY OF ARCHETYPAL
IPEA5, THE IMPORTANCE OF NUMBER, ETC. ALL HIS
PUPIL5 WERE REWIRED To 0E STRICT VE6ETARIAN5.

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VICTIMS AT THE STAKE in I S Years.

DR. CHARLES FRANCIS POTTER

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NATIONAL FAME FOP.HIS HIGH
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T H E EGYPTIAN PHARAOH WAS A

MONOTHEIST, INFLUENCED PEHHAW
BV TH E lE A R N E P PRlESTJ OPTHe
COLLEGE OF HELIOPOLIS. 0 & O AD
INTER NATIONALISM AMO PGMOCRATlC
H U M M M A N t f M UTH16 HEA R T !

l e d t h e Jc-wy OUT Of laver /

INTO FREEDOM , OUT Of- ETHICAL
CONFUSION INTO T H E
W i$ M M OF THE PEC ALO G UE.

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"T H E KINGDOM OF GOV 15

W I T H I N Y O U ."

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n i e n t h a t t h e v m e a t l a s t ro u v e u n p e r . ,
T H E D m IN /O N P E W E/R O W N UNDERSTANDING.

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WORK ON NATURAL REUNION WHICH TH E PRUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT 5UPPRESSED!
THE5TARRY HEAVENS

KNEW THE UNlMtRJfe AJ THE DEVELOPMENT

OF THOUGHT VIA A CONTIGUOUS PROCESS OF

THESIS, ANTITHESIS. SYNTHESIS /

ABOVE AMP THE

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WITH NATTER, AND EVER/ PARTICLE OF R A T T E R
REPLACE WITH H W T ...I F W E PI VIDE AUTHlNGS
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E7 E R V T H IM G ."

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" T H E DiV / M A Y C O M E ," H E SAID,

"WHEN THE

R E S T Of T H E A N IM A L CREATION M AY A CQ U IRE ^
THOSE RIGHTS WHICH NEVER COUID HAVE BEEN
WITHHELD FROM THEM BUT S f ... T y R A N N Y .1'

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WIU4AN\ JAM Ef JU D G E D

\ HUMAN EXPERIENCE TO e xp la in

; HUWAM VALU5, ANI> BOLDLY

ACCEPTED T H E C H A LLEN G E

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DEW EY

PRE5ENT5 PHlL05OPy NOT A5

AS A CONSOLATORY V E R B A L
R EFU G E, 0 11TIN T H E

ja eH Tific te m p o s

M A N 15 STILL A T TWE
MERCY O f HAB li; Of HAPHAZARD, a n d HENCE o f FORCE." N E W E R
PHILOSOPHY HAS A S O C IA L FUNCTION. "WE ARE W EAK.TODAY N
IDEAL M ATTERS," S A Y * DEW EY, "B ECAUSE INTELLIGENCE IS DIVORCED

W IL L

FROJVS A S P IR A T IO N ."

has p o n e m o r e t h a n a n y o t h e r .

MODERN To POPULARIZE t m S O p H Y '

IN "TH E $ ro& y OF P H ILO S O P H Y"
"THE MARCH O f PHILOSOPHY,"
MAGAZINE ARTICLES ANPLECTURES.
h e s u r v e y h is t o r y w i t h a
p h ilo s o p h ic

eve our,
in

ORIENTAL H ERITAGE," "THE LIFE

OF GREECE/1 "CAESAR AND CHRIST/'
AN D " T H E A G E OF FA IT H / UNIT5
OF A {JI0LE OF CIVILISATION Y E T
IN PROGRESS-

Serlmi

R U M IL

HAS R E C E N E P T H E N D B EC
P R IZE FOR HIS UNORTHODOX
PH ILO SO PH IZING. H E DEFINES

HIS SOCIAL A IM AS " T H E

DISCOVERY O F A W A Y 0 /
WHICH M EN CAN LIVE TOGETHER
WITHOUT MAKING EACH O T H ER
M IS ER A B LE."

-M E N R l B

E R G S O N

FINDS COSIAIC IMPLICATIONS IN TH E

VITAL SPARK OF THE C R EA TIV E
INTELLECT. "IN M A N A L O N E 15
CONSCIOUSNESS AB LE TO OVERCOME
TH E LIMITATIONS IM M & W

EINSTEIN

HAS REVEALED THE U IWALENCE Of

AND ENEtttY.TlIl M Y f M OF M i P H l TWE CONTINUUM, ^N0 IN MS L U k T UNIFIED
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PREDICTS THE UTILISATION OF SUN AMD

YIINS FOR. ENERGY, COLO IIGHTVJHER6 NO
RADIATION Will 91 LOST AS HEAT, SWWETK
FOOD FROM THE CHEMICAL IA0ORATO&IEJ,
ELECTRIC LIGHT E/PEHIMEMR
ART EWERyWHERETO INCREASE E f f l C W ,
LONG 5EEM601DBC " A
IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION, THE END Of
CftNSPlfUOllS FAILURE/'
WAR, THE ABOLITION OF Dl$EAE ANP
AND HE WA5 REfORTEPTO
THE PflOlOHGAflOK OF VOUTH!
THE "W llARD OF MENLO
PARK" WAS LA 8 ELEP A
DULLARD IN SCHOOL. HI5

HAVE "NO SCIENTIFIC

5TAHPING." HE INVENTED THE,

KIN H W O P E , PHONOGRAM
AMP "T A LK IE 5 ."

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PROCEEDED FROM PM TEUM WORK To PEYEIOP

AN ANT15EPT1CTt<KMl2 UE U fA T R E m M lO W K f
W

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FOU
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DOCTORS WENT
FROM PATIENTTO
PATlENT WITHOUT EVEN
RIN5IN6 THEIR HAM S, j - r n T
V/ITH *Ifi R{HLffHATfN
PER CENT OF WOfAEN IN THE WINC
IM HOJPITU 0lEP OF CHILDBED FEV ER .
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CUT TH E PEAfH-RAte fo ONE PER CENT
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