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IMMORTALirY OF THE SOUL
Concluding Paper on the Greatest of Al
Human Mysteries.
ARGUMENTS OF NATURALISTS CONSIDERED
Fonmlntlon of ( lie Doctrine of Ktrr-
Inillnir Life Aiinlj'nln of the
1'o Tcrn. ruiictlnim ninl I'nr-
of flic Soul.
Pnpcr.
Inimoiinllty Is Immunity from death.
Death IB the cessation of life and Implies
tbo destruction of a living thing as mich.
Hencn death can tnko place only In living
things. Only vegetable and nnlrrml things
nro Raid to die. Thin term death Is not ap
plied to the corruption of Inorganic things.
When , therefore , \\o Bpeak of the Im
mortality of the soul wo mean the per
petuity , not only of Its existence , but also
of Its life and of the vital operations that
belong to It.
Wo distinguish thrco species of Im
mortality. There Is , first , essential Im
mortality , or that Immortality which results
from the essence of a thing ; secondly ,
natural Immortality , or that which results
from the nature of n thing ; thirdly , Im
mortality which In the result of a special
grace from God.
Essential Immortality or that which results
from the essence of a thing effects that a
bolrtg so exists and lives of necessity ; that
the supposition of Its non-existence Involves
nn absurdity. This species of Immortality
belongs to God and to Him only.
Natural Immortality , or that Immortality
which a being possesses by reason of Its
nature Is found In ouch beings as exclude
from themselves every Imaginable principle
of corruption and death and arc of themselves
lit to exist and live perpetually. Such Im
mortality wo attribute to the angels.
Immortality which Is the result of grace Is
the perpetuity of life In such beings as arc
by their , nature Inclined to corruption , but
nro preserved Incorrupt , by a special net of
God. Such was the Immortality enjoyed by
the first man while ho remained In the state
of Innocence. v
The human soul Is Immortal by nature.
Wo distinguish Intrinsic and extrinsic Im
mortality.
Intrinsic Immortality , or Incorruptibility , Is
n property by reason of which a substance
oxclndcs every imaginable principle of
corruption and Is designed naturally to live
aluays.
Extrinsic Immortality , or Indestructibility ,
is the abeenco of any external cause that
could Impede the effect of Intrinsic im
mortality or destroy a substance which by
nature la adapted for perpetual life.
The everlasting life of the human soul Is
proved by showing that it possesses Intrinsic
end extrinsic Immortality.
ArBiinicnln of NnttirnllMtfl.
The doctrlao of the Immortality of the
BOtil Is assailed by the materialists , who
confuse the body and the soul or assert that
the soul Is a mere corporeal force and that
It will parish with the body ; also by the
pantheists , who maintain that the eoul Is
nbeorbcd by tbo dlvlno substance and is
deprived of Its Identity. It Is also attacked
by all free livers , who are afraid of a future
Ufa and who place the chief cud of man In
the pleasures and conveniences of the pres
ent life. The Immortality of the soul is ono |
of the principal religious doctrines of the j
Catholic church. Yet It Is certain that the I
doctrine can bo proved on grounds satisfac
tory to reason. It would bo next door to
heresy for n Catholic to hold the opposite
view.
TOO euDstanco 01 the liuman soul is of KB
very nature incorruptible. The conditions of
corruption are not found la tbo human eoul.
Corruption is effected by a separation be
tween form and matter , or , according to the
Rtomisto. by a dissolution of the parts of a
thine. Consequently , when there Is no
composition of matter and form nor of parts
there can bo no corruption. We have
phown. we think , that the soul Is not com
posed of matter and form , but that it Is a
mere form and altogether simple. There
fore the principle of corruption does not ex
ist in the soul and it cannot bo coruptcd
naturally.
Again , n substance Is corruptible only when
H possesses n potency or tendency to be
come another substance , by the extinction
of its present form and the accession of anew
now form. nut n spiritual soul contains
nothing that can give rise to a new substance
or frhat has any tendency to become a new
substance. A spirit Is a mere form that In
cludes nothing except form. Wherefore It
cannot bo resolved or analyzed into any
thing else , nor can anything arise from it
fxcept itself. We conclude , therefore , that
the soul Is naturally Incorruptible.
Again , the soul has no tendency to non-
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being. Every corruptible ) thing naturally
tends to non-being. Hut In nature the only
thing that has a tendency to non-being Is
matter. Matter has n natural oppetlto for
the forms which It doca not possess and
thcrcforo tends not to bo that which It Is In
the actual present. Hut an Intellectual sub
stance has no matter and consequently no
tendency not to bo that which It Is. There
fore an Intellectual substance Is Incorrupti
ble.
liiiloiipiiilrnt of ( lie IIoil } ' .
The human soul Is also Incapable of acci
dental corruption , That Is to say , It cannot
perish oo a consequence of the death of the
body , and , therefore , It continues to live
and to operate spiritually , The soul h a
spiritual principle and has an actual being
proper to Itself and Independent of the body.
Because It is a spiritual substance the soul
cannot perish with the body.
Tbo nature of the Intellect shows It can
not pcrloh with the body.
The Intellect Is a power of the soul only
and can act , and docs act , without tbo aid
of an organ , It follons , therefore , that the
corruption , or destruction , of the body can
not Injure the soul , e\cn accidentally , j
The fatigue which a person often expert- i
cnces as a consequence of Intellectual work
Is due to the Infirmity of the body and not
to any debility on the part of the intellect
Itself. While associated with the body the
soul performs certain mixed and Inferior
operations , viz. , Imagination and sensitive
memory. It performs these operations In
partnership with the body , and consequently
they are not purely Intellectual opera
tions. When , therefore , the poncrs of
the body on which these opera
tions depend become weakened the
fatlguo wo experience Is the result , but
Is not chargeable to any weakness on tbo
part of the soul or intellect Itoslf.
The soul cannot suffer Injury from that
which constitutes Its perfection. Nothing
can bo Injured by that which makes It per
fect. Dut the perfection of the soul consists
In being abstracted from the body by science
and virtue. As regards science , the perfec
tion of the soul Increases In proportion to
the Immaterial nature of the subject which
it considers. Tno perfection of virtue con
sists in elevating man above the passions of
the body and In enabling him to govern and
restrain them according to reason. It fol
lows , therefore , that the soul Is perfected In
stead of being Injured by Us separation from
the body. As St. Thomas Aquinas reasons : If
the soul Is perfected as regards Its opera
tions by leaving the body , certainly its sub
stance cannot bo injured in its being by a
separation from the body.
OtiJcolH of the Intellect.
Again , the proper object of the intellect Is
the necessary and the incorruptible. Its
proper object Is essences , which , regarded In
their Intelligibility , are necessary and In
corruptible. Dut the object of a faculty
must agree with the nature of the substance
to which tbo faculty belongs. It follows
therefore , that the substance of the soul is
Incorruptible. And as the soul is incorrupti
ble as regards the Intellect which Is Inor
ganic , certainly intellective life cannot
perish when the body Is removed. Again ,
the Boul has a necessary knowledge of per
petual life. That which a being knows
naturally and of necessity Is designed to pro
duce in H a tendency or proclivity toward
Its natural end. Now , man possesses a
natural and necessary knowledge of per
petual life. Intellective * knowledge regards
its object in a universal manner and in a
manner abstracted from time and place. Con
sequently man by his Intellect necessarily
knows a llfo that is elevated above the con
ditions of time and Is thcrcforo perpetual.
From this fact follows In man a natural In
clination toward perpetual life. Wo con
clude , therefore , that perpetual life Is the
ordained end of man. As St. Thomas
Aquinas remarks , mere animals , which do
not know being except in the present , desire
to erdet now , but not always. On the other
hand , beings that apprehend and know what
perpetual existence Is desire it naturally.
Again , the mind of man Is Inclined toward
the incorruptible. The propensities of a
being manifest its nature and Its end. As
these propensities flow spontaneously from
the nature of a being the'y denote its end
and Its most Intimate disposition. Although
the senses Incline the human mind toward
the corruptible and the corporea ] , yet by its
own superior power It rises to the Incorrupt
ible and the incorporeal , takes delight In
them , makes efforts to reach them and finds
peace and rest only In their possession. For
their sake It will often relinquish all earthly
things and desires , undergo the severest
pain and even face death Itself. The mar
tyrs of religion and patriotism prove- the
truth of this statement. We conclude ,
therefore , that the human mind Is destined
to enjoy an Incorruptible llfo and Is not ex
tinguished when the body dies and falls
away.
One McntiH of DcntrncUon.
An Incorruptible soul cannot be deprived
of existence except by means of annihila
tion. Tb.e manner in which a thing perishes
must depend on the manner In which It was
produced. A created thing can bo destroyed
by annihilation only , because annihilation
is the only process that Is opposed to produc
tion by creation. As the soul is created
and not produced by a secondary caueo or
out of pre-existing matter , its only possible
way of ceasing to bo Is by annihilation. For
tbo rent-on that no created thing could
create the soul , no creature can destroy It.
God could certainly annihilate the soul , but
it lu to bo observed that such annihilation
would bo opposed to the natural Inclination
of the soul , which Is naturally constituted to
live perpetually. Annihilation would there
fore be a miracle.
Wo hold that when the soul leaves the body
It Is Immortal because no extrinsic cause can
destroy It , and God does not annihilate It.
As wo have seen , the soul can perish only
by annihilation caused by God himself. We
uro certain that God will not annihilate the
human soul , because , considering the actual
order of things , euch annihilation would bo
contrary to Ills dlvlno attributes , viz :
His wisdom , goodness , justice and sanctity.
Wa conclude then that the soul Is not de
stroyed by any cause whatever and that It
Is Immortal.
The annihilation of the soul Is contrary to
the wisdom of God , because In annihilating
the eoul He would bo acting In opposition to
the design Ho had In view when lie created
it , It Is destructive of the very nature of
God to suppose that Ho could change the ;
plan Ho had In view when Ho produced
Ills creatures. Ho treated them In order
that they might exist according to the
propertiesand propensities that are born In {
them and obtain tbo end that necessarily i >
Hews from these same properties and I
propensities , In exercising tbo creative act I
God could have had no other end In view
than to obtain by means of the natural
powers of HlH creatures that grade and mode
of glory which they are adapted to give Him ,
Hut from the essence of the eoul springs
the property of living ahvayu and tbo
propensity towards perpetual life. It fol
lows therefore that God Intended to be
glorified by means of the perpetual llfo of
souls and that He cannot destroy them with
out contradicting Hla own designs , a supposi
tion that would bo opposed to Ills wisdom.
Thus argues SI , Thomas Aquinas , and also
in the following manner : God , the author
of nature , would contradict His own decree
wore He to bubtract from things that which
la proper to their nature. Hut it Is the
property of Intellectual natures that their
existence shall be perpetual , Therefore , Gct
will not take this property from them.
Contrary < o ( ioiI'M AVI cloiu.
The annihilation of the eoul could nut
occur except by a miracle. Such a miracle ,
however , would bo Inconsistent with the
wisdom of God , According to divine wisdom
miracles ere Intended to enhance the glory
of God and procure the sanctlflcatlon of men ,
The annihilation of the eoul would oppose
the glory of God and prevent the sanctlflca-
tlon of men , because It would present a
most excellent manifestation of the dlvlno
attributes and cntlco men from virtue and
Incllno them to ctll , Supposing the
annihilation o ( the Boul , wo take away the
reward of virtue and the punishment of
evil In n llfo to come. Therefore , the
wisdom of God forbids the annihilation of
the soul. God dcstrojs nothing even in this
world. Matter , which Is incorruptible In It
self and Is the subject of Innumerable trans
mutations , remains always the same. For
a greater reason God will not destroy souls
which of themselves possess self-being and
self-life.
Annihilation Li opposed to the goodness of
God , because It would render Impossible the
gratification of the most noble desires and
Inclinations of which man Is capable and of
which God himself Is the author. Annihila
tion Is also opposed to the justice of God.
The Justice of God requires that virtue anJ
vice shall receive their duo reward. That
they do not receive it In this world Is a.
matter of experience and argues the exist-1
enco of a future and perpetual life.
The annihilation of the soul would be
destructive of God's holiness. Ills sanctity
requires that He ehall not deprive men of
the only motives that are capable of Inducbg
them to do good and avoid evil. As regards
men in general , experience teaches that the
most efficacious and practical means of re
straining them and keeping them within the
borders of good morals Is the doctrine of
Immortality , together with the everlasting
rewards and punishments attached thereto.
It would seem that the order of dlvlno prov
idence toward mankind in thlo world Is
founded in the destination of man to a per
petual and Immortal life.
The practical agreement of all men In
ancient and modern times regarding this
doctrine IB a strong and weighty prcof in
favor of Its truth.
Seimrndoii from the 11 oily.
We may now consider the question as to
how the soul operates when It is separated
from tbo body. When the soul leaves the
body it Icscs ito sensltho and vegetative
powers , because these powers do not reside
in the soul alone , but In the composite being ,
man , made up of body and soul. These
powers require a subject that is corporeal.
After the separation between the body and
the soul , however , these powers remain
potentially in the soul as in their root prin
ciple. The reason is because the soul , though
separated from the body , retains the ability
to live over again the sensitive and the vege
tative llfo and to exercise their powers in
case it should be reunited with the body.
When the soul Is separated from the body
It retains its spiritual powers Intact. , viz. ,
Intellect and will. The essence , or the sub
stance of the soul , which formerly gave
human being and life to the body/ now
that the body is absent retains its own
being and lives Its own Intellectual life.
The separated soul exerciser its Intel
lect just as the pure spirits do , viz. , without
the help of the Imagination. Of itself the
intellect is the soul's ability to know
spiritual and universal things. The soul
can exorcise this ability In two ways , viz. ,
by perceiving the intelligible through the
medium of the imagination , or by perceiv
ing it directly and Immediately. The human
intellect acts naturally in both ways , the
way which It selects depending on the
manner of its existence ; that is to say ,
whether it be united with the body or sepa
rated therefrom. As the sajlng in phi
losophy has It : "The mode of a being's
action depends on the mode of Us exist
ence. " Whllo the intellect Is In tbo body
It understands by referring to the picture
set before it by the imagination , because
this way of understanding agrees with Its
actual life. After the separation between
it he body and the soul the Intellect will un
derstand naturally without tbo use of 'the
Imagination , just like purely spiritual In
telligences. Hence , after the separation
tbo soul is diminished as regards its sensi
tive and vegetative faculties , but is per
fected and rendered freer as regards its
power of understanding.
The human .Intellect , therefore , has two
modes of being , ono mode is In the body
during the present life , and 'the ' other Is self
and solo being after the separation. When/
the soul is separated from the body it Is
in an unnatural and incomplete state If wo
regard It as a form of the body , because then
It da deprived of Its natural Instrument and
Its sensitive and vegetative powers. If we
regard It solely as an Intelligence , separa
tion from the body places It in Its natural
state , because self-existence or subsidence
la natural to an intelligent being.
Theao ipapers will give the philosophic
readers of The Dee a fair sample of the
principles and arguments of Catholic think
ers on the subject of the human soul. In
hope your readers have found them Inter
esting. ( Rev. ) P. F. M'CARTHV.
Tin : oiiTmniis. .
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NEWCASTLB-Ul'ON-TYNE , Nov. 20.
In the yellow waters of the Tyno now lies
an unpretentious looking craft , which Is
practically certain within the next few days
towin tbo distinction of being the fastest
steamship over constructed. She is a naval
\csscl , her majesty's torpedo boat destro > cr
Viper. She has been built by the Parsons
Marino Steam Turbine company , of which
the Hon. Charles A. Parsons , the originator
of the turbine engines , is managing di
rector. If she fulfills the expectation of
Mr. Parsons and the experts of the Urltlsh
admiralty offlco she will bring about an
important change In the construction of
torpedo boat destroyers. Therefore the In
terest of naval men In all parts of the
world Is centered upon the boat and upon
her impending trial trip.
The Viper Is the first vessel of any , prac
tical Importance to bo built on the turblno |
principleIt Is true that the Turblnla was
hardly more than a toy boat. She was
built as an experiment , to prove the feasi
bility of the turbine for marine propulsion.
What Mr. Parsons learned from the Tur
blnla ho has embodied In practical form in
the Viper.
In external appearance the new boat docs
not differ greatly from others of her class
now In use. Her four short , wide funnels
suggest a tremendous draught across her
nro grates. Her lines are the lines of the
PLANS OF THE NEW TURBINE PROPELLED TORPEDO BOAT VIPER.
fast steam yacht. She has a turtle-back
protective deck forward , where the wash
of the waves will come when she strikes
a forty-mile gait. Otherwise she does not
differ from her sister ships of less speed.
Her length Is 210 feet , her beam 20 feet
and her draught between flve and six feet
the latter an evidence of the extreme light
ness of her working machinery. Her dis
placement , In Tact , Is only 325 tons.
In interior arrangement , however , the
Viper Is very different from the ordinary
vessel of her class. Her boilers are much
larger , her engines and shafting much
smaller and the whole working mechanism
of the boat seems much more simple , than
that of the ordinary steam vessel.
How the \c\v Hunt AVorkd. |
To understand the operation of the new
vessel It will be necessary to explain briefly
the turbine engine on which her claims
to superiority rest. In ordinary engines
of the reciprocating typo such as are used
generally In steamships the steam passes
from the boilers through cylinders of high
| and low pressure and thence is applied to
the shafts which drive the vessel by means
of pistons. In applying the power the mo
tion is changed from the vertical move
ment of the piston head to the revolving
movement of the shafts. The same thing
may be observed any day by watching the
piston rod that drives the wheels of a lo
comotive.
By this method of applying the power
the piston changes its direction with every
revolution of the machinery It drives , and
this continual change of direction with
every stroke of the engine causes the vibra
tion which Is always present In this method
of driving machinery.
ItH Turblno Engine.
In the turbine engine , which Mr. Parsons
haa perfected after fifteen years of ex
perimental work , the steam Is applied di
rectly to the shafts which It drives. There
are no cylinders and no pistons. The only
gear used Is carried by the shaft itself and
by the chest which encloses It.
This gear consists simply of hundreds of
small steel blades projecting from the shaft
Inside the chest and fixed at such an angle
that tbo steam as It enters the chest exerts
Its power against them and turns the shaft.
Similar blades are fixed to the Inner walls
of the chest In a stationary position. These
are Interposed between tbo rows of revolv
ing blades and slant in the opposite direc
tion In order to turn the full force of the
steam directly upon the latter. The steam
passing through tbo chest strikes the face
of the hundreds of little blades and turns
the shaft. Tbo action Is the same as that
of water in driving a turbine water wheel.
Tbo device seems simplicity Itself , although
It has taken fifteen years of experimental
work on the part of Mr. Parsons to bring
about its successful application to etcam
propulsion.
It la euny to see that by applying the
steam In this manner so that the moticn
Is steadily in one direction a much higher
rate of speed Is possible than could bo ob
tained even with the best appliances un
der the reciprocating system. In fact the
only limit of speed Is the amount of steam
power that can be applied. The Turblnla'a
screws were run at 2,500 revolutions per
minute , which Is ten times the rate at
tained in vessels of the ordinary type.
Another advantage of the turblno system
Is that It utilizes practically the whole
power of the steam. As the steam travels
away from the bailers It constantly ex
pands , of course , and tbereforo exerts I es
pressure to the square Inch , But by In
creasing the size of a shaft's collar and
of the blades which It carries , the same
number of revolutions per minute may bo
obtained from steam of a lower pressure.
In the Turblnla they passed through tbrco
of these phases , beginning with a prernuro j
of 225 pounds to the square Inch and emerg
ing with a prersuro of less than a pound , i
while by the arrangement described the j
three shafts all revolved at the same speed.
KnorinoiiH Strum I'oncr.
. The Turblnla had three propellers , all
driven by one set of engines. The \lper
carries a double set of engines port and
starboard each -working two propellers.
The horse power of her engines Is 10,000
( In reality It Is probably more than ( hit )
ngalnst the 2,000 horsepower of the Turblnla
and Hha Is expected to make something like
forty knots an hour , considerably surpass
ing tbo Turblnla'a record of thirty-five
knots ,
The Viper has boilers , one-fifth larger
than those of the ordinary torpedo boat of
her size ; there are nearly 2,000 feet of ad
ditional beating area. When one reflect ?
that by using turbines 20 per cent Increased
clllclency is obtained from the hteam , It
will bo seen ( bat In the matter of ava'la- '
ble steam power the Viper possesses an Im
mense advantage o\er other ships. Another
factor which adds to this advantage Is her
extreme lightness ; her tonnngo is a third
lees than that of other destroyers cf her
dimensions , tine has twice the horsepower
of tbese thirty-knot boats to drive lets boay
i
weight. Certainly that make * * the claim of
superior speed look reasonable.
From the Viper's boilers the etcam passes
lo two hlgh-prcssuro turblno motors which
drive the two outer propeller shafts. From
there It Is conducted to two low-pressure
and two reversing turblno motora driving
the Inner shafts. These prupcllcrs , It
should bo borne In mind , do not project be
yond the ptem of the vessel. They leave
the engine room nt a slight don nw aril angle
which carries them further below the surface -
face than would bo possible If they extended -
tended directly astern and gives them a grip
of the water which the light draught of the
vessel would otherwise prevent. The for
ward screws are some thirty feet ahead of
the stern. Dy thus separating the screws
each set has Its own water to work In and
Is undisturbed by the action of the others.
Vllirntloii Done Atvny AVItli.
The turblno system possesses certain
features which Its Inventor thinks of par
ticular advantage to torpedo boats. One of
these Is , of course , the high speed possible.
Another Is the light weight of the engine-
room micchanlsm and the cnnsenunnl Unlit
draught of the vessels , as well as the pos
sibility of carrying more weight In the form
of armament. Another Is the complete
freedom from vibration. All those who have
ridden on the Turblnln agree In saying that
there Is less vibration on board her than In
any other vessel they have over known. In
fact , Mr. Parscna claims that the very slight
vibration noticeable on tbo Turblnla was duo
to the action of her nlrpump engine , which
was of the old-stylo reciprocating type , in
the Viper this has been replaced by turblno
driven alrpumps , so that the Inventor Is con
fident that in the now vessel there will bo a
cwnplcto absence of vibration. It Is easy
to understand that this Is a matter of the
greatest importance in launching a torpedo
or firing guns.
The ono point to which the opponents of
the turbine have clung Is the assertion that
with the terrific speed which it Imparts It
will be impossible to reverse a vessel so
quickly as can bo done with those of less
opeed. Of course It la a matter of prime
Importance that a torpedo boat .destroyer
should be able to stop , to turn and to run
away quickly. On the basis of thoTurblnla's
performance In this respect Mr. Parsons is
confident that the Viper will do all these
things as well as any other vessel , if not
better.
Of course the only way to reverse any ship
is to set her propellers to revolving In a
backward direction. On the Viper this can
bo done to all intents and purposes In
stantly , and the fact that she carries four
screws to each propeller enables her to
overcome the forward Impetus more quickly
than can be done In the case of a vessel
with single-screw propellers. Therefore
the Viper can como to a stop as quickly
as an ordinary vessel in spite of its greater
forward speed , and 11 can run backward at
a rate estimated by Mr. Parsons at sixteen
knots per hour , or rather less than half
speed. On the other hand the Viper's en-
clncs can be worked up to the top noted
of efficiency much more quickly than those
of the ordinary tvne. It can co from a
standstill to full speed In about thirty sec
onde , Instead of In ten to fifteen minutes , as
is required by reciprocating engines. This Is
a factor In Imparting agility which Is of the
highest importance.
An Event of Importance.
Of all of these accounts the result of the
Viper's trial test will be looked upon with
the keenest interest by all naval men. If she
proves n success It will mean that all the
torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers
In existence to day , representing investments
of hundreds of millions on the part of dif
ferent governments , are put out of date by
that very fact. The usefulness of such
beats lies in being able to outrun and outmaneuver -
maneuver all other craft. As soon as this
superiority disappears their usefulness Is
gone ,
There Is no reason to doubt that the
Viper will prove a success. Its builder Is
serenely confident. Moreover , ho asserts ,
not without reason , that within ten years all
steamships traveling busy passenger routes
and making short journeys such as cross-
channel and coast boats will bo driven by
tuiblno motors.
The British government , too , seems to
have confidence In the new boat , for they
have already ordered another to be built on
practically the eamo plans. Evidently the
English naval experts believe that the tur
bine vessel Is the coming typo and desire to
bo first in the Held In securing representa
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