The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-08-22
1.-The Reign OF the Common People,
In His Recent Lecture

quality ana drlll. In the earliest pef1O0
of the human race the great men were
animally great. They were great brutes,
with but little except animal strength
and cunning. Then came the social, the
intellectual, and last of all, the moral.
Nature is the first schoolmaster of the
brain. The natural influences of civ
ilization are to render it acute and COM
prehensive. First the chase .and war
civilized men. Then the contests in
society. Then the struggle for riches
These inspire vitality. Then come in.
the schools, which bring knowledge.
knowledge is not necessarily intelligence
for that may come without schooling. A
man may have knowledge and yet may
be fool. But with knowledge and in
telligence comes the growth of his brain.
The earliest attempt to direct man was
made in Egypt. That was far back in
the dark ages. Strange as it may seem,
civilization dawned in and marched from
the centre of Africa. The ancient
Egyptians were in many things our
masters. But the schools of Egypt were
for the royal families and the priests.
The only object of Egyptian schools was
to teach the rulers to rule and the priests
to celebrate their rites and continue their
priesthood. Then ignorance was the
duty of the common people. Later than
thisfor centuries no one knows how
much was done towards education until
history tells of it among the Greeks.
Among the Greeks everybody could be
educated except the woman and the
slaves. Women were sometimes educated
and taught all the finer arts, but it was
always known that when a woman was
educated it was that she might become a
courtesan. Strange as it may appear,
virtue and ignorance with a Greek
woman were identical. To know any,
thing was the sign of courtesanship.
Only the imputation of Paul throws light
upon this when he wrote: "Let the
woman be silent"
So sturdy men have held to this day
that this is the latest divine word on the
subject of woman's rights. Az the apostle
meant; that the woman should not create
the impression that they were courtesans.,
It's amusing to see now how men stick to
that idea, when they have practically
ridden over it themselves; and although
the woman can be very highly educated
they mustn't get up and. talk in church.
In the period of the renaissance again
the schools awoke. When we come to
the present age, the schools have been
spread from the throne, where the chill
dren of royalty were educated, through
the ranks of the aristocracy's children,
and now, in modern Europe, it is every
body's children. In Greece it was q crime
for children of the peasant to obtain
knowledge. 1t may now be said that the
under-body of European society has be-
come semi-luminous. Two facts stand
out here in striking character. The first
is, that all of the people are crying for
education. The second is, that the gov
ernments are anxious to give it. For
merly, education was for the aristocracv,
for the gentlemen. To-day All Europe is
crying out for schools. What has changed
sentiment? The unhappiness of the
under strata of society. The poor Of
Europe are better of than they were two
hundred years ago, but still they suffer
more. This reveals consideration that
has not been enough thought Of When
you consider the unfolding of the minds
of men you can see that once the top and
bottom of society couldn't have been far
apart. When Abraham had three hun
dred slaves no one considered there was
great harm in slavery. He then had
numerous wives, too, and wives were
bought and sold. Sons were likewise
sold. Where the top and bottom Of
society were so near to each other it was
not so bad to be q slave. The social
grades were not farther apart than the
side of sole leather, as it were. But let
the top go up, up four stories. Then
it is that the weight makes the bottom
heavy. For this reason in Europe the
men at the bottom of society are not 80
happy as they were 800 years ago. They
are learning to think they have discov-
cred the eternal decree of God. If man
is an animal he must stay at the bottom.
If he would 60 up it must be by way Of
the school house. Now Europe is crying
for schools and the rulers of the people
are willing to give them schools. They
have found out that ignorance is not the
mother of obedience or devotion. Some
one has said that if a man marries an
ignorant woman to the more easily form
her, he will have all the rest of his life
in which to learn his mistake. Kings
found obedience is easier from intelli-
gence. Besides, kings are more easily
deposed than formerly.
There never was a time whan Europe
wanted SO good armies. Talk about the
millennium. 1t may be coming, but il
hasn't shown any twilight as yet upon
the horizon. Several years ago / pre-.
dicted that we had come to the end o1
war, and arbitration would supply the
place of great armies and battle. Since
then, there have been five of the most
destructive wars Europe has ever seen
and I have given up prophesying
Armies are imperative in Europe. Every
nation is surrounded by dangers enough
to cause it to tremble from head to foot.
Gold and silver and bills are not prop
erty. Real property is some form o
matter. 1t Is raiment, tools, chairs, ant
matter redeemed by brains from rude
ness. To be sure ignoronce can be th'
tool. But the bralns are genuine. In
telligence is the parent Of property
Ignorance, the moth. The expense o
keeping up the drones is 10 great tina
| the impecunious treasures Of mOderl