Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-04

IN ~ blOI ~ VII w -
OF outline ana In the faithful portrayal Of nature
they have neVer been eduailed and never wiz
be surpassed. Their form OF government wa
not adapted % tho requirements OF iheir TuueI
neighbors. IL contained the germs ol ~, , ord
destruction. and IN time Greece was Iorced
60 suc'umb 70 the strong hand OF her imper'"'
neighbor.
ROMAN CULTURE.
Thus following the Greek came the hotnan
civilization. Her sublugatinns IL the Ne.' 49,
blessings IN disguise Tor the rudc people over
whom nor eaCle SCARED. She taught myneth
Europe the fundamental principles OF iosn'
science. 8ni today the T0uiou ana inih--p,Htn
tag races have accepted and incofp Jra'ei ~
their systems Of jurisprudence the cardinsl loa-
lures 81 her civil Law. Her literature ehl ~.
learning have como down tO Us and ner lauguhso
J. drslued 20 live So long A. tne cnihoIle nv -,
Srchy prevails, Or has religious eteuls Il., ~
prrdomluatc To her we are Indebted LOT ln',N-
drcing Christianity 20 the great West anu ~
her sanction OF the Church. causing me iatte, :"
lecOmo active slr aiding ami teAhihk W.
fundamental principles OF the great mora ie"'
tho history 81 TIC Church ~ being ihe EIeS'
consert aior OF knowledge aud learning through
the " a-F Ages was alluded %. showing ihhb
from toe time the harbgrnns nal humbieu' hu-
Initiated and destroyed Rome go 10 me re-
yigal OF letters in ihe fifteenth century her Or
carnations oni Institutions alooe reinhlhei u
tat She became the grand repository OF lHo
leaning 81 n pa-'. nui when SOCIETY,". altri
t,sastng through q stage ~ degraded ignornn'e,
haf undergone sunlriont Intellectual reacuoh
g. Apprrcintc the leaning size held Ia STORE ono
more came forward and lifted out OF th'
Slough Of Dosp0nd The ignorant masses Oh hu-
mainly.
TIE AIT CF PRINTING
Tho discovery o. movable type and the art ot
printing worked p mighty inlrence upon so
c!cty. The distinguishing e. CHARACTERISTICS OF TO-
called psorIes began 90 manifest themselves.
Knee prrfudiocs became predominant: lsoia-
ton was regarded az essential Tor tho preserve d.
ton Of national autonomy.
Tho reformation marked another epoch ol
advance IN the development q man. The III
fucuec of the invasion ~ The M0OF7 mo bu-
rope should not he lost sight Of The NoOf was
no barbarian: hc had dyank deep 40 ne ioun-
tain OF rnowledge. lie brought with lin mo
Europe tie couc0U lfqufS Of CIVILIZATION. ne
gave them arithmetic, algebra. ana NE p'ilu-
ium i0r measuring ume. lie taught Tue la"'s
~ signs. TIE nature q twilight the relation 81
tho heavenly bodies. and the sperodiiy oi me
c1rth. tic introduced chemistry AMI the mellcal
work. ~ the t4o ks Gud arabs. liis eye Tor the
beautiful MAS displayed IN architecture hud ia
landscape gardening.
THE GENERAL ADVANCEMENT
81 Europe became marked after 1914 Tho cx-
erciso q private judgment in religious as IN
secular matters was tO q certain exicL, con-
coded. huowIoice became moro general huI
no speculative tendencies oi he western mlhh
-e-.or- Of analytical raihSr iian Of syntheiical
cement. q mind, mel we're SoJ moro Terd prS Ge-
.iron r.' ~ r.iuc.os everything 70 primitive.
>oincr their CONCEPTIONS nor imasi9a,ions Eere
q, a' nsre w, H ~ ,' rcIo 'lo It's It's the
Hat ina, we rnustiooT Tor iustruc.iouupon these
subjects. From Aem Cbrs,ilaniiy spIa.ne s, g ina
we ia cor 1 t,oo " g9-opn Its rcjectioa On the
part Of NE Fast lnaly brought about their
sfai, .'...ii'. ,.o,o, toro coma on acting