Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-06-10

by EVA iNhLNAR
Man IL a progressive being. In his natural state he
finds pleasure IN activity. lilo was created for tho
circumstances that surround him. for nowhere In tho
broad universe t. thor nook OF corner which tho
dtacttro being Will MI Progression aud not retro
ccssion has been tho guido Of tho Great Master since
the morning stars uang together" and was stamped
upon zach planet az II sped away into space aud took
up itH place mid tho revolutionary Hph0roa Change
this law, and universal n0thingncss "a tho result.
History, the record of tho lite of mankind tho do
lngs Of tho nations Of tho Garth which have gradually
advanced TO what.wc call civilization IL but another
example OF this universal law. Far back In tho be-
ginning OF history catch tho lrst glimpse Of man
lust emerging nom barbariam since whom what ma
tons have come aud gone, what nations have arisen,
only to drop from sight Warriors statesmen, phil
losophors, sages, poyts aud dlynes have upon
the stage, made their bow aud retired All this has
ts lesson As tho progress Of lfo Is written In the
rocks 30 IL tho progress Of written in his history
Far and wide over the face Of this fair earth the
ruins Of what was once mans glory and PRIDE Conc
down into tho silent dust tho cities that once ro
| sounded with the hum Of busy life.
| Where Is tho magninconco that fourlshod In
western AHlaf OncO was, now IL moro forevori
| Babylon, tho proud the 0pu6nt, with her mighty
wallis magnificent palaces, and beautiful gardens, foil
| amid royerles before the arms Of tho Medes and
| Persians Time, with busy fingers, has done Its
| work. vast heap Of ruins, tenuHtal by bird, and
| beasts, marks what was Onco tho home OF mighty
| nation
Tho pharuohs ruled In pride and strength over tho
gardens Of tho Milo What OF their greatness remains
TO ust Colossal ruins alone have wihsood tho raw
| ages Of time, aud mark, II not magnihconco what
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LEFT 10 Us. Truly death rules Ia the halls Of DEATH
Egypt mas been called 'aa uuchahgablo as her mum
les, nnt pe tht S " may, Time tells, and sooner or
latef, All sueoumb soon wiz pass away tho mighty
ruins, put the history OF tho nation viii remain to
| mark tho beginning Of progress, though the peoples
thomselyes have performed their part Of the worlds
| WORK anu gone borrower 10 rest
But let US cross tho Mediterranean and get at least
ieottns view Of the glory that sat In tho temples Of
Athens. Not tho Athens that we look upon, but put
lie and soul into tho halls % death Call up her
long line OF heroes, orators statesmen aud philoso-
| pliers; her patriots who dung back tho invading
| hordes OF Russia, and showed what man can do In
freedoms cause; her orators, whose eloquenco has
come ringing down the centuries with living force:
her philosophers, who have had followers mid tho
learned and wise Of every nation Attlca as a state
Athenians as people, Athens as q city az regards
| material productions, live only In ruins.
But hero as elsewhere wo 500 the ruins of Time
Of Athens the spirit hla gone out through tho whole
i world. From the gates of her citadel went forth
intellectual colonies" 10 every land Here was the
commencement of truO civilization and man makes
true Advancement.
Not at Athens alone, but throughout all Greece Ia
i breathed tho Inspiration that stimulates men To
progress. The silence Of tho gravo reigns over Mar.
ahoD. Deserted IA tho scene Of the gallant achieve
ments OF the Atiltades and tho brave ten thousand
At part Of the Hold Is y mound of earth under
which lies the dust of tho one hundred and ninety
| two Athenians who died that Greece might live In
another part 10 marble pile, tho trophy Of Miltades
But when these simple memorials shall have been
leyeled with tho surrounding plano when tho plane
itself shall have been washed into tho sea- where tho
Persian thousands were driven that day, still will tho
| deeds Of the heroic dead DO an incentive TO men.
Wfeoe a'ooi iai IN SuEsngo % w 9fienta nations
in. ~ H. Gq a Als " lnei,oe.uai aSaui.
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