That it is within
the power of the human race, if working together as a unit, to
reconstruct all living matter on earth into more perfect organisms, just
as it is within the power of man to re-mould a pile of dead scrap iron
into new and useful machinery. That these results could only be
accomplished by the eradication of selfishness from the human race, and
that it was impossible to extinguish selfishness as long as the money
system was kept in force, and individuals were recompensed according to
their craftiness to help themselves. He told of the soul being
everlasting, and how a wise law of nature breaks the monotony of its
existence through the process of re-incarnation, and that the soul of
the rich aristocrat of today may be the soul of the suckling pig
tomorrow. He said that it was within the power of every living thing to
do good, if only following the advice of the soul, and that the oftener
this advice was taken the easier it became to do right, but that the
less the soul's warning was heeded, the more hardened and vile became
the nature of the individual. He told of how children inherit the
weaknesses of their parents, and mentioned how much grander it is for
parents to give their children character without gold, than to give them
gold without character.
"So earnestly and pathetically did he present the whole subject, that at
the conclusion of his discourse there was not a dry eye in the room, and
as he calmly took his seat in the electric chair, the whole assemblage,
including the guards, stood motionless for several moments as if in a
hypnotic trance.
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