The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1895-06-12

thought and a free investig ation Of
all subjects followed and resulted IA
almost a complete transition Of the
world from darkness to light Now
grave time Oh bis onward course has
well nigh transferred another century
70 that dark, deep sepulchef, known as
the past. A glance down the long
vista Of bygone ages reveals the fact,
that never was there an era ID which
the mind Of man wroaghtIso much of
good.
Never mall that majestic march OF
humanity from sayagery to the ciyilf-
zation of to-day, did it take such Won-
.derful strides toward that goal Of slhu-
man attainment, the highest well be
ing Of all Invention Of, and improve
In, the instruments Of production,
have surrounded us with useful and
beautiful art, which iii former ages,
did not exist. even in the dreams Of
genius. Man has 50 manipulated the
forces Of nature, as to increase the pro-
Effectiveness Of his own labor many;
fold. Not only have the forces Of ma
ture5 beef made slibseryient to man i;
but It's obstacles have been almost
overcome. Space, formerly a great
hindrance to local, nationaland inter
national commerce and cd4nmunica
ton has been virtually annihilated.
To-day message is sent fland from
ocean to ocean, Of meath Ihe waters
from hemisphere, to hemisphere with
| the rapidity Of the Tightening, which
flashes from cloud to cloud. /.
The clear smooth water lies sleeping
in the old canal, undisturbed by the
beautiful white boats, and boistrous.
driver and the. tired horse. The
clumsy stage has ceased to roll
along the government road, loaded
with passengers, dreading the jour
| ney, because of the slow and tiresome
progress; but in their stead the huge
locomotive goes dashing through space.
On its track Of steel with the sWiftness.
of the eagle upon the wing.
The sea is as broad and deep as ever.
The storm is as fierce and wild as
ever The waves roll as high and roar
as loud as ever. The night SO dreaded
BY the seaman Of old, stfIlscomes !; but
every night thousands of steel-armor-
ed vessels struggle with the gale, mil
lions of brave souls are out on the.
bosom of the deep. The ocean lashed
to fury by the angry night winds, is.
defed BIZ the modern invention, dark
ness and efury of the elements have
lost their terror and considering rela-
tive time distance is not what it used
to be.
The races of man, once so widely
separated by the dark and perilous
waters have been brought together.
the sea rolls, whether
it be. on the coast Of frigid Alaska, or
of tropical Papua, there is the steel
steamer in majestic strength and
proud defiance, ministering to the
wants Of man, carrying the Caucasian
civilization and religion to every peo-
pie, fastening the time, when on Sab
bath morn, the solemn music of the,
bells will call the inhabitants of every
land to the temple of theS2true God !;
when the steam engine anG the print
ing press will be in the hands ofI3every
people.
g 8 The great Columbian Exposition
is striking illustrationSof both the
material and intellectual growth in
id this age.of the Caucasian world
There was exhibited every thing of,
note, then known and obtainable that
man had invented or made, from the
first Egyptian Dynasty, down through
all the ages Of that time. There was
effective ant from the needle, with
which the seamstress hems an apron
Ito the great modern war vessels, with
which nations defend themselves, the
grandest and sublimest architecture
and painting ever placed before human
eyes. Not lGreece1in the palnly days
of Pericles, nor Rome I'M the golden
age Of Augustus, nor any ether age, or
people In the knowledge of. man, has
been able TO make such d display of
the grand, useful and beautiful in art
and invention as that. While other
races and other ages were represented
there, it may be truthfully said that
If was an exhibition Of the Caucasian
.ciyilizationof the nineteenth century.
Although the other brancesof the hui
man family are not abreast of that
grand, onward and upward march,
they are following in the broad way,
which our beneacent forefathers pio-
neered for them. Here and there ge-
Mus has erected a milestone BY the ]
Wayside, and the long gone MARTYRS of