Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-06-11
ARTS At THE FAIR
Mechanics leads Them Al Wish
q Great Display
WONDERS AND MIRACLES.
whss Hss Esea Accomplished la sri.
~ars. fhy-is- snd Hathe1ntste-
Siaoc the Tine az Colsmoa&

Which h ne creates, Of ne arts IS
proved ~ tAls grsa, sxllihitions
khorit tzy tA4t uleshzuies stiI led
az she 4rts Aboat everything NC have
foazd oat IN astronomy ALd physics
stren gtisens the vtaw - tsahlco ana
keppisr. that the u.rsnanieal mothsAns
plust BE known frat before anything
eaa % dem0astrated. Mathematics ~
Dat the Key - mechanics The law OF
gravity Is only one 90 tAs andlngs,
aud sat s-qasnt astroaony has rae
ehsnlcs TOR ~ groundwork. Given tas,
inaaens.e 81 bodies upoa each other.
sheis siss. density. etc. and tho hyuro
they describe Ia their mot.oa viii be-
known The detection OF . tistsna
BODY without visible cauae indicates
al invisibie canse, bat tat i still sa.
ether star, Which forthwith wr seek
sta oar telescopes 90 ascertain, sad
tha. our orethren ~ the planets have
sometimes been discovered only be-
cause ~ felt their tcarerce and lad
newer serE their face. kneryy. the law
Il DE- unixerse. l. slso tie law 81 this
exalbisian. Tbs stu paintings. even
tA.,-e which seem % have the ieasz
energy. Ike those cf TIE french arts,
M.ilet. required AL the energy 81 his
being u make them The Immense
usashines invented for steam. cieetrici-
4 and hydraulics an. power testify -
The satne great fact. that tAe world i "a
mechanism and o mechanic together.
Perhaps the greatest triamphs ia thss
exhibition aad evidence Of uaEl,
prorress are The TELESCOPES materials
90 these having rsfsTcnce - optics,
which. a. y sficace. j. bat the lamp to
al cl5ss hidden mechanism - us. All
tbr gToaVinR Of Spino<a and many
more - defy the gigantic forces in ma
iur-. without prrsonilyiuz them. seems
70 .tu move toward the source Of
energy
Here l. . eity standing BY these
triamphS OF ar aud science. which Is
suggestive 70 as 81 th- failure of all
grrat citie- In the past - do more
than reefgd knowledge and leavs IL
Tee multitude ia Chicago. like the
u.uititutc in Ephesas, and every
wacrc knows bat smstter 81 all this
knowirdFe. and goes on pursuing its
pleasure and excitement. Yet the
force II The exhibition upon such a
rluitstnde must De greater than any
force we have known In the
past The oldest university Ia
the WoFla Is said ~ be eight hundred
year old Here Is an exhibition
whoss fr.. modern preiecesscr was
eonunaneri only about forty years ago.
OBe cannot help feeling. IS hs looks
aronft' ftuul these tr.urphs and
IE,,i.sures lis og.n comprehension 81
thew en1 that Of his iIames.iato neigh.
bors. that discipline aud freedom are
the swo greet powers which should go
hand ia hand; that freedom without
discipline il q very willful possession.
Ike man travelling with n Wild
beast. and .aaz discipline without
frcesion hriays intolerance, almost
equal - Tie forms II intolerance with
which knowledge has been contend
ing
The utility ~ nations makes n study
as We HOAX through this FAIR The na-
tsous here appear 20 better advantage
thar almost anywhere. because none
% them. uuless ia be little Chilli. or
s.,rne tyspc ptic power which has drunk
bloo1. eac~ mot come here % compete.
A. the last Frcnch exhibition the Ger
mans pat a poor appearance. Ger
uany aad France are here side by side.
Ia es, al favor with our people. II is
marlfesl -1at Europ. has disease n
viii b. long tune being cured Of, and