Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-30
MoRLn o. MysTERY.
Everything Runs in Cycles, Tides and
Waves.

cycles and tides ia life aud history, II
markable in themselves, which viii prov
interes ting, instructive and entertainin
reading.
Research" says Prof. Gleason, ode
velops the fact that a law is universe
principle, and its method is essenilalI.
the same wherever we tnd It. AS ID th'
evolution Of a universe there is a success
sion of periOds-each playing its part if
the plan Of enfOldment-so. too, IN the
evolution of society there is succession
Of periods that mark the various pnases
of development. AS in nature we ma
seed time ard harvest, so IN me is Jheie
sowing ana reapirS; ana again as lHe' q
are the changing seasons forming Uue
cycle of the year, the diurnal changes OF
day and night, the ebbing ana noouiug Oh
the tides: So too. in business and lndiYi-
dual experience. there is the regular re-
currenoe of particular conditions, the al
ternate sunshine and shadow, and the
tides Of feeling OF experience and OF power
The universe appears 10 be one cOntln-
nal succession OF changes, each period
having It's peculiar or distinctive char
acter. There IS a proyerb that it never
rains but il pours'. Particular classes OF
events. accidents and particular kinds of
character seem TO occur or appear at
nearly cOincident dates.
COINCIDENT EVENTS OF HISTORY.
In further conversation Prof Gleason
fecites some OF the marked cOncident
events of history, Of the birth of individ-
uals and conditions of experience. The
following are a few statistics which be
cites from a mass that covers the history
of the world for several thousand years,
all Of which cOrrobOrate what these Illus
tratiOns point toward.
But before going into the statistics of
history, the professor called attention to
events that everyday experience brings to
our knowledge A fire occurs, some in
stitutiOn is burned and human beings are
consumed in the flames. In the course
OF few days we read of similar ac-
cident somewhere else, and than another.
After awhile some other result or pecul-
arlty will be characteristic Of fires. An
accident of some nature occurs to a yes
sci, either fire or some 5reakage, aud
Immediately we hear OF the same damage
TO other ships. A collision occurs, either
on the sea or upon the land, and is follow
ed at once by others.
BUSINESS A SUCCESSION OF BOoMs AND
PANICs.
Business is enc succession Of boOms
and panics. There Is season Of pros
perity. People become careless and cor
Fuption become common. Adversely
cOmes-peOples eye you, and inVestiga-
ton is the order of the day. A party is
formed to meet some necessity of the
times or TO Illustrate some idea. It be-
comes a power and holds sway for time,
Then it, too, runs its cycle and must give
way to another. There will occur a sea
son of excitement on the temperance
question, but whatever is done is follow
ed by a period OF Quiet upon the subject.
There also occurs a time when there is
special religious interest and
wave OF spiritual power sweeps over the
land, and it, too, is followed by reaction.
some instrument or machine is invented,
and Immediately the same idea springs
out, as it Were,in other places from minds
OF people who knew nothing of each other
or of each others work. Patent office
litigation has proved this in the past, A
particular type OF disease becomes eDi-
demdic, and perhaps mania of suicide
occurs.
EVERYTHING IN CYCLES, TIDES AND
WAVES.
''And so on through the whole list OF
accident and experiment. An idea. a
dress or some form of amusement is pre-
scented to society, and at once it becomes
a craze, and thus it is everything runs in
cycles, tides and waves. For these things
appear not only once, but they recur in
many Instances periodically, as instance
the ups and downs OF trade every few
years. III we glance over the pages Of his
tory we see that one age is an age of
conquest, an0thersof revolution. AT one
time the land is deluged In blood, at an
other peace reigns. A nation rises up. be.
comes powerful, declines and some other
nation repeats its history in its own ex-
perienee.
SOME MARKED GROUPS OF MEN.
Continuing his remarkable talk Prof.
Gleason proceeded to present some of the
marked groups of men whose names are
inscribed in archives of history. Within
eight years time were born Michael An
geio, Raphael, Titan, MemIing and
60rgion, the great masters of art. In a
decade were born Shakespeare, Francis
Bacon, Calico, Kepler and Admiral
Crichton, men of giant minds, without a
superior. Within a period of fifteen
years. among others, were born the fol-
lowing: PiZarro, Cortez, Montezuma IL.
the brothers Barbarasse and Baber, men
Of blood, pirates we might say. There
was force OF character and ambition, but
lack OF elevating moral character. Ten
years time brought forth Luther, Loyola.
Zwingle, Tyndal, Latimer and Cranmer.
A stern sense OF obligation characterized
this group OF men whatever their work.
Another ten years brought forth Calvin,
Knox, Melanchth0n, Cromwell, Lefevre,
Xavier, J. Rogers and Peter the
Martyr. The preceding group were men
VI mdlAeO Aolce IN bneir character. This
group is distinguished by its superior
mental power. Milton. Buuyan and Bax.
ter were all born within a period of 20
years.
MEN OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
Look at the character OF the men born
from ITO 10 1910. samuel Adams. Samuel
Hopkins, Roger Sherman, j. Randolph.
George Washington, Otis, Burke, The
Lees, Morris Sumpter, john Adams, Pat.
rick Henry, Hancock, Ethan Allen, Gin.
ton and Thomas Paine--men born with a
love ofliberty and the mahoOd to asser,
IL. In a period OF ten years were born
Madison. Monroe, Telleyrand. Burr
Hamilton, Paul /, Louis XVI and XVII
Lafayette, Randolph, Marie Antoinette
Robespierre, Dumbnt Danton, Massina
and Pitt. Instead OF the frankness, divert
ness OF the preceding group, we see here
more OF diplomacy, either by nature or by
necessity of position.
"From lIb7-l71l, inclusive. were born
Bonaparte, " ellington, Ney, Sault
Tecumseh, Black Hawk, Dewitt Clinton
Cuvier, Butler. Humboldt, Andrew Jack
son and John Quincy Adams; men OF the
master will; born 10 lead, control and
direct; aud right here notice that where
right, humanity, patriotism inspired the
soul these men were successful; and no
tice also that where personal ambition
was the motive the signal failure in the
end - as contrast Adams and Ma
poleon.