Life — September 11, 1913 — page 17: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

‘ BN On 7 A SKETCH FROM MEMORY The Status of Fundamentals “IT cannot be said that we are in a fairly normal state now,” the New York Tribune tells us, “but that we are approaching a decidedly Letter status of fundamentals appears to be accepted by the leading interests throughout this country and Europe.” What more than that, in all Christian forbearance, could we wish? Let us firmly implant our status of fundamentals upon a sterilized and aseptic rock; then we can dismiss from our thoughts the condition of our superficials, the circumstances of our amidships and other minor questions. No Law Necessary UR forefathers knew exactly what th were about when they said in the Constitution : ‘ongress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” With unerring eye they were able to look forward and see, as in Paterson, N. J., that such a law was entirely unnecessary; that when municipal or other authorities got ready to abridge the freedom of speech and of the press they would be amply able to do it, regardless of what the law in the matter happened to be. comicbooks.com