Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-22


encouraged commerce. IL conceded no
political privileges, but uncOnsciously
prepared its subjects ~ demand them.
Absoluiism IN the state and dgOtod
intolerance in the church, shaclSled
popular unrest, and imprisoned thought
ana enterprise Ia the fifteenth century.
The divine right Of kings stamped out
the faintest glimmer OF revolt against
tyranny; and the problems OF science,
whether Of tho skies or Of the earth,
whether Of astronomy or OF geology, were
solved or submerged by ecclesiastical
DEGREES. The dungeon was ready for
the philosopher who proclaimed the
truths OF the solar system, or the navi-
gator who would prove the sphericity Of
the earth. An English Glad
stone, OF a French Gambetta,
or German Bismarck, or
an Italian Garibaldi, or a Spanish Cas-
telar, would have been thought mon
sters, and their deaths AT the stake, or
on the scatfold. and under tho anathe-
mas OF the church, would have received
the praise and approval of kings and
mobiles, of priests and peoples. Reason
had no seat in spiritual or temporal
realms. Punishment was the incen-
tive to patriotism and piety was held
possible by torture Confessions Of
faith extorted from the writhing vic
tim ON the rack were believed eitica-
cious IN saving his soul from fires eter-
nal beyond the grave. For all that
humanity to-day oherishes as It's best
heritage and choicest gifts, there was
neither thought nor hope.
Fifty years before Columbus sailed
from Palos Gutenberg and Faust had
forged the hammer which was TO break
the bonds Of superstition and open the
prison doors OF the mind. They had
invented the printing press and nova
bic types. The prior adoption OF q
cheap process for the manufacture OF
paper at once utilized the press. Its
first service, like all its succeeding eff
forts, was for the people. The univer-
sities and the schoolmen, the privi-
legged and the learned few OF that age,
were longing for the revelation and
preservation Of the classic treasures OF
antiquity, hidden, and vet insecure In
mOnustic cells and libraries. But the
FIRST born OF the marvellous creation OF
these primitive printers Of Mayence,
was the printed Bible. The priceless
contributions Of Greece and Rome 10
the intellectual training and develop
fnAut Of the mplpru world cana aftar-
wards, through the same wondrous ma
chine. The force, however, which
made possible America, and It's reflex
influence upon Europe, was the open
Bible by the family ireside. And yet
neither the enlightenment Of the new
learning, nor the dynamic power Of the
spiritual awakening, could break
the crust Of caste which had
been forming for centuries Church
and state had so firmly and doNterous-
~ interviewer the bars OF privilege aud
authority, that liberty was impossible
from within. Its piercing light and
fcrycnt heat must penetrate from with
out
Civil and religious freedom are
founded upon the Individual and his
independence, his worth, his rights
and his equal status and opportunity.
For his planting and development. a
new land must DO found, where with
limitless areas for expansion, the ayen-
ues Of progress would have no bars of
custom or hercdity, of social orders, or
privileged Glasses. The time had come
for the enamel patton OF the mind and
soul OF humanity. The factors want
ing for It's fuldllment was the new
world and Its discoveries
God ALWAYS has I'm training sor,a nom
mandino gsnius for tbe corfroi of , vo,,i
crisiseg In The Affairs Of malone onJ
peoples. The number ~ tbesa iaa6 IL
are less than tbe csnturieS hi 49,.
lives nre tbe bistor, nj L,,,,,,, ,e,.,,,,,,',
Tbrougb C',psnr mi C,bori.',,,,, 80
HiIdebrand and Trtbe,. onJ fViiii i,',a
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and NH tbe enorh nai,o,s ,,.,,,,,,.',i
Europe for the event ana contrit,
TO the result the ligbts which illmrnl
Inc our Ornament TODAY arr Columbns
the discoyerer, WASHINGTON tbe
founder. and Lincoln mo saylor
piNeitber realismno,. ro,ponc, t,,,,-
nishes a more strilging and n{ct,,rosano
aoure than that Of CRrIstnrho,. CAM
bus. The mystery aboui his o,.igi,
helghtens the charm Of bis story That
no came from AMONG tbe toils,.s nf Nc
time Is in bnrmony with tbs st.,,l,s,ia5
of our psriod Eortv-fonr ,,,tLsnti,,
portraits Of him have de.csnded
10 us. ,and no two nf them a,,a
counterieits Of tthe same person.
Each represents cbaractor ne
distinct as its canvas Strength
and weakness. intellechiaiitv ana st,.
pidity. hiph moral nurposa and brntal
ferocity. purItv and fntionsnass the
dreamer and tho miser. inc nitrate and
tbe n,itan n,.n tbn t,.,,, w f,i p,"'o Sl
we may select our hero. We dismiss
the painter and piercing with the clar-
fled vision Of the dawn Of the twentieth