The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-03-19

the world from that dug-out up to the
msn-Of-War that carries u hundred
gums and miles Of canvass {: from that
dug-out to the steamship thst turns its
brave prov from the port OF New
York through three thousand miles Of
pillows. with q compass like a con-
science that does not miss q throb or
beat Of its mighty heart from one
shore to the other. ! saw ut the same
time the weapons that man has made, |
from rude club such rs was grasped |
by that savage. when he crawled from |
his den, from his hole in the ground,
and hunted q snake for his dinner,
from that club to the boomerang. to
the sword, to the cross-bow. to the
blunderbuss, to the fintlock, to the
cap-lOck, to the needle-gun. up to the
cannon cast BY krupP. capable ct
hurting q ball Of two thousand pounds
through eighteen inches Of solid steel.
I saw, too, the armor, from the turtle
she'll that our ancestors dashed to his
skin when he went out to fight for his
country, to the skin Of the porcupine
with the quilts all bristling which he
pulled over his orthodox head to de-
iena himself from his enemies-l
ne IN, of course, the orthodox head Of
that day-up to the shirts Of mail that
we're worn in the middle age. capable
of resisting the edge Of the swords and
the point Of the spear; uPtO the iron
clad, to the monitor completely clad
in steel. capable only a few years ago
Of defying the navies Of the globe. |
saw at the same time the musical
instruments, from the tomtom. which
| Is a hoop with q couple Of strings Of
rawhide drawn across it; from that
tomtom up to the instruments We have
today, which make the common air
blossom with melody. saw too, the
Painting, from the daub Of yellow mad
up to the pieces which adorn the
galleries Of the world. And the
sculpture, from the rude god with six
legs and a halfdozen arms and the
rows Of ears. up TO the sc,I ptura OF
now, wherein the marble il clad with
such loveliness that it seems almost a
sacrilege to touch it (; and in addition
III saw their ideas Of books; books
written upon skins Of wild beasts /;
books written upon shoulder blades Of
sheep; books written upon leaves, up
on bark, up the splendid volumes that
aaorn the Libraries, Of our time. When
think of libraries, ] think Of the re-
mark Of Plato, 1.-The house that has a
library in it has a soul" l saw there
all these things, and also the imple.
ments of agriculture. from a crooked
stick up to pillow which makes II
possible for q man to cultivate the soil
without being an ignoramus. | saw
ut the same time row Of skulls, from
the lowest skull that has ever been
; found, skulls from the central portion
Of Africa, skulls from the Bushmen 81
Australia. up to the best skulls Of the
last generation. And / noticed that
there was the same difference between
skulls That there was between tho
products of those skulls. And ] sad
; to myself: ut is all a question of in
: tellectual development 1t is ques
! ton Of brain and sinew. Applause.
I noticed that there vas the same
difference between those skulls thai
there was between that dug-Out and
that man-of-war and that steamship
> That skull was low. Ithad not a fore
: head q quarter Of an inch high. Blu
shortly after the skulls became domins
: and crowning, and getting higher ant
{ grapder. That skull was a den il
|: which crawled the base and meane
! instincts of mankind, and this skull
: was a temple in which dwelt joy. low
: and liberty. So said: This is al
a question Of brain. and anything tha
tends to develop Intellectually man
!. kind is the gospel We want
u Now / want to be honest with YOU
|, Honor bright! Nothing like it in tn
; world! No matter what l believe
! Now let US be honest. Suppose king
3 If there was q king at the time thi
|, gentleman Aoated in the dug-out ant
; charmed his ears with the music o
, the tomtom; suppose the king at tina
time, IL there was one. and the priest
|. II there was one. had said: "Tha
.. dug-out Is the best boat that ever Cal
, be built. The pattern Of that came
|. from on high, and any man who say
|. he can improve it by putting q log o.
!. . stick in the bottom Of it with a m:
J on the end, is an iu6del." Applaus'
J and laughter.1 Honor bright, wha
! in your Judgment would have been thu
. effect upon the circumnavigatiou o
! the globe! That is the question
! Suppose the king, If there was one
|; and the priest, if there was One-ant
; I presume there Was, because twas n
, ignorant age-(Applause] -suppos'
they had said THAT tomtom is tn.
!, most miraculous instrument Of music
, that any man can conceive Of; that i
the kind Of music they have in heaven
|. An angel sitting upon the golden edgt
! Of q Aeecy cloud. playing upon tha
tomtom. became 80 enraptured. 50 en-
tranced with her own music, that sht
, dropped it, and that is how We tit
laughter and applause land any
man that says that can be improved
.. BY putting back and front 10 it, ant
four strings and . bridge on it, ant
|. getting some horse hair and rosin,
no better than one Of the weak anC
|, unregenerate." I ask you what efiec
|. that would have had upon music?
, ask you, honor bright, i that cours'
, had been pursued, would the human
ears ever been enriched With TIL
, divine symphonies Of Beethoven
|, That Is the question. And suppos'
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