Category: Debate
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What Is The Most Beautiful Spot In New York?
What’s the most beautiful spot in New York City? Answers in this article from a variety of artists include The Ramble in Central Park, Madison Square Park, Broad Street in the financial district, and the Brooklyn Bridge. What do you think is the city’s most beautiful spot? WHAT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOT IN NEW […]
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Is Woman Fit For Suffrage? Perhaps Not. Well, Is Man?
The Office Radical and the Office Philosopher were two otherwise unidentified debaters who took on various topics in the Sunday Magazine. I’ve posted one of their debates here before. This one is about suffrage. The rest of this post is unwritten because I’m a brand new dad and need to focus on that for a […]
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Gov. A. E. Willson On The Income Tax Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment, which gave the Federal Government the power to tax income without apportioning it among the states, was passed by Congress in 1909. It was then sent to the states for ratification. Three fourths of the states need to ratify an Amendment for it to become part of the Constitution, and there were […]
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Mrs. John A. Logan Criticises The Man Of The Period
About a month ago, the Sunday Magazine ran an article by Mrs. John A. Logan in which she criticized the women of the era for how they dressed, raised their kids, and generally behaved. There was such an overwhelming response that she’s back again to criticize the men. For the most part, she sees men […]
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Sir Oliver Lodge Teaches The Soul’s Pre-Existence
Why the Magazine has become infatuated with this debate in recent weeks is beyond me. It’s an interesting topic, but I’m surprised to see so many articles about it. It all started when Thomas Edison proclaimed there is no soul, and now they keep writing about some expert or other who is sure that there […]
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Readers Of The Times Take Issue With Edison’s Statements
100 years ago last week, the Times Magazine ran a front page article in which Thomas Edison states his belief that there is no soul, and no life after death. This week, the Magazine printed several articles in response. Here, the Times prints several letters to the editor in response to the article. They show […]
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Author Of “Brain And Personality” Replies To Edison
100 years ago last week, the Times Magazine ran a front page article in which Thomas Edison states his belief that there is no soul, and no life after death. This week, the Magazine printed several articles in response. In the original article, Edison said that our brains are nothing more than bundles of cells. […]
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Is There A World Of Spirit Behind Matter?
100 years ago last week, the Times Magazine ran a front page article in which Thomas Edison states his belief that there is no soul, and no life after death. This week, the Magazine printed several articles in response. In this one, Dr. Isaac Heysinger recounts the evidence for life after death as he published […]
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“No Immortality Of The Soul” Says Thomas A. Edison
On the occasion of a Harvard Professor’s death, Edward Marshall asked Thomas Edison about his views on life after death. Searching the inner structure of all things for the fundamental, Edison told me he had come to the conclusion that there is no “supernatural,” or “supernormal,” as the psychic researchers put it — that all […]
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When Future Historian Comes To 1910
Back in 1910 the New York Times Sunday Magazine had a regular weekly column in which two characters known as the Office Radical and the Office Philosopher debate two sides of an issue. I’ve read a few of their debates while doing research for this blog, but I haven’t published any of their columns here […]
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