Smyrna times., 1892-05-11
THE AGE OF COLUMBUS.
A FORCEFUL PRESENTATION AND MAP.
sHALING OF GRAND HISTORIC
FACTS.
By Emilio CASTELAR,, Statesman.

Emilio CASTELAR, writes in the Ma
Century, his subject being Columbus
Il attribute the historical good fo,
tune OF this pOrtentiOus hero to hi
martyrdOm, or, in other words. to tn
virtue and efficacy involved in tn
nature of suffering.
Ihe fabulous aspects of his caree
become almost incredible. Beholdinl
how Columbus stored his mind wifi
all the gathered knowledge of his dav
how he urged before universities an,
learned men the indispensable adoption
Oh MS plans, based in part upon hi:
personal conjectures, and in par
upon his experience and research
now he staked his hopes upon mao
mates, archbishops, monks and potent
kings and queens; how learning anC
calculation entered into his plans a,
intuition and genius, MANY Dious souIe
professed to discover therein revaIo,
tlons such as God made of old to bie
prophets, and proposed to the Church
MS canonization. attribute sucb eY.
ceptlonal treatment of Columbus r.
Che IacG that discoveries and discover.
ers exert a potent effect upon the
imagination, and yet they hold lesser
place In popular history than states.
men or warriors.
THE WORLDS WORSHIP OF wARRToR
HEROES.
How much more important wouId If
oe IN our day to know who invented
the ilour mill than to know who won
the battle of Arbela ? The fact is that
comparing the volumes devoted tn
statecraft and to war. with those troot
tns oi laoor ana industry, one is as
tonlsned and dsmayed at the incred.
lOle dlsproportiOn. l can understand
why TINS should have been so in ages
Where manual toll was consideTed
degrading, and when trade. relegated
TO the common sort who were noiiti
cally uebarred from coping with the
patrlclan class, was despised Rnt
even IN our day, transcendentlv the
age OF labor and of industry when
Ghe names of great commanders arc
Oorhe on the worldwide wings of fame
those of discoVerers fall with ~
utmost ease into ungrateful Oblivion
or one GalVani, one Franklin. one
OaSuerre, one Edison, who has spread
MS renown among all classes and
stamped an invention forever with bis
name, what vast number Of mr.,
membered or unknown glories
THE NEW TYPE OF HERO.
Ihe people Of the future will no, he
so ungrateful. The first wears of tbis
century VIII grow in universal remem-
orance, not by reason of those Nano.
leohlc victories whose godlike renown
thousand poems sing, but rather he
cause OF another and better title to
glory-the vOltaic pile. imprisoning
the all-dltfused electric fluid. aud he,
Its chemicals and metals enpenderin1
currents and forces as though it were a
nilcrOcOsmic universe, an epitome of
tne alchemy whereby the great powers
OF nature produce and maintain life.
GREAT TRANSITION PERIODS.
1t is historical fact that the fifth |
the tenth, the fifteenth and the nine
leenth centuries are the four oreo, |
periods OF transition, Who can donht
That the fifteenth century was ono of
those predestined to bring aohut r.5
Ical ana profound changes? Paganiz.
.us 'hnuehces were stealing over the
to such degree that the
PoPes seemed TO be high priests of
jupiter, and religion itself an art-a
piastlc art. POetsr painters, sculDtors
rue ministers of this new heaven
'eawakened the Olden gods amid
icenes OF nature. and revived the an
;lehC ldOlatry beneath the arches of
he churches. The empire became a
mere empty show ; the German K Kaisers
eemed to be little more than besDan-
5led and unreal players; feudal society
ell OVerthrown by the successful
'oWer OF labor. The ancient Lombard
eagues, the old military framework
u society, and the Outworn fendeI
tates were succeeded by the dominion
i mercantile cities whose fleets were
uch as empire never owned. and who
o"arue1 Cnelr artists as emperor
eEer ulu. 1hese cities made use of {
heir garnered wealth to convert the s
aiaces OF their guilds and corporations
lto museums, and resting from their
'orId-Wlde barter devoted their whole 8
Xlstence TO continued artistic tour. (
eys, olympic games and poetic con- I
7sts, IN which the days of ancient [
ireece seemed to be revived, and the
fuses who perished at the foot of S
lellenic altars, to be once more restor- [
] to our world. O
He sPRINGTIME OF MODERN HISTORY. [
The fifteenth century is the spripg. .
me OF modern history. Industrial !,
It brings forth the printing press y
hlch helps to immOrtalize the 2
loughts of men; old ruins crowned !,
ith the wild thyme and the rue. give =, :,
?, like the tomb, their treasure of =
e, the perfect statue, that forms q .
odel for the perfection of newly born i
t; the dry shell of scholastic bhilos. ~
my produces, like some bright insect .,
e pure Florentine Platonism. and :,
lally, the ocean, in order that ali :;
ay be marvellous, that all NAV he u
generation and progress, brings far. ~
America to light, renovating nature ~,
elt, as if by another and greater r,
iracle, with her virgin forests and r.
r fullness of life.
GENOA. ii,
Inc gorgeous churches of Genoa pl
lde of Columbus a crusader its re