The state herald., 1897-03-26
tlerein as I've arc in thlngs tempornl.

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challenge the proof that / said, ipt.
mated or that the general tone and
spirit" OF my piece conveyed the idea to
the mind OF any, except the most imag
NATIVE, that had firm belief that the
nation is in. its decline. DO believe in
what Mr.. S. is pleased to term the "dog-
ma" "Hislory Repeats Itself" The ex-
preston is automatic rather than dog
matte.
As Mr.. 5. admits like conditions pro
duce like effects" which is another con
cess.on in my favor, comment is unnec-
essary. When our nation differs from
those that e"repealed" was ignored
because irrelevant, and as all relevant
facts are conceded "ignore" them again
Howmuchsoever condlti6is differ the
facts remamthe snme. Just -aa tue facts
remain the same in regard to the trees
whose condition differed. have neither
affirmed or deuied ihut nation, 10 per.
petuate itself must have Freedom,
wealth and power" hence irrelevant.
"lhe abolition ot individual poverty
"the abolition Of involuntary poverty
aud the "many theories as to how 1t can
be done and much more Is entirely for
eign to the subject pretended TO he dis.
cussed, 1t hus no counec ion and is ouly
intended TO bclog the reader. Ii Mr. s.
desires to bring another Rubject before
your readers lie should do 30 in seper-
ate article and not try to misead 10y pill
Ing together couglomerate Of various
aud varying topics. cannot well un-
derstand how one could suppose | 81 olic
Of the history OF Greece "in general
way" when referred 10 IT only as re
public. While | admire the paregyrics,
AUDITORY Of the Grecian artists, so.iicra
* C, 1gnore" them as thcy prove moth
ing pro nor con IN the case at issue.
MIR. $. says The marked difference be-
tween Phmoh's wurkmen and the Ameri-
can worlSmeu however poorly paid is that
the former was owned by some one else,
while tue latter has the legal nsht to
own himself II the choice lies between
being a hall clothed, half starved self
owner and being we'll fed aud we'll clad
with ownership vested IN another. the
latter condition would he preferable. |
cau see now "thu mad race ior wealth is
lOr the advancement of him that gets
ahead, but how aOout the otEcr"Iellersy
Mr. 5. ueed 20 back but a few centuries
IN the history OF Euglan 10 iind the ed
ucattuuul cuuditiOus referred To, hope
Mr.. y. viii tS,e no oirense when | say
that Ike rnts ileu, when Yon put yUui
| finger Gu hm no isn't there A few
weeks ago the aucients wcro ignorant,
superslilious, UarbIrogs ISc, but they
nave suddenly become CIVILIZED, enlight-
ned intelligent and rducuinI. We are
aware Of tbc latter fact else Homer Vr.
~, Ceaser ~, would not DO read ia our
modern institutions Of learning Nor
Aould ar have trausiatiDns of sEcn ora
turlcni productions rs those of Brutus,
Caesar, lacuz) an other masterpieces
IL the, were so ignorant We would not
near oar most eminent juri-is quoting
JusiIcian or Justinian law. II thu mn
clients were as ignorant az Mr.. s. at
iiist represented them, why is 1t that
millions would be given to the iny,n r
OF a power that would remove tue lrsat
stones that compose the great nncieni
pyImids, or that would transport tucm
to the distance oi the quarries whence
.hey were taken? And why would 9th
er millions be given Tor the restoration
OF the lost art oi emUalming &c. But |
need not mention these things MS Mr.. $
hns suddenly learned that lnstead o be
ing ignorant, as he first Thought, they
were learned and owned great libraries.
Notwithstanding Mr.. JeiTerson's pattern
there are more custcs or grades in SCOT
ety and more widely separated socially
in this boasted democracy than in any
nation on earth. Proof iH challenged
to the contrary. admit that may not
have had the favorable opportunitlea for
studying ns deeply as my erudlte young
friend, | ihcrfDre can't comprehend how
1t Is that N printing Office that requires
80 hand. to set he type, II a maehlue ia
introduced that rcquirrs but one TO Op,
rrato 1t and make It perform the work of
the 30. how the Improvement eventual.
" goes buck TO the landowner" That
~ hurder To solve than EuclideS ourckn
problem. Neither can / SEQ where tho
"brrHd aud dinner" comes in tor the %
thia labor saver knocks out. ! opine
they would prefer Il would not save
quite 81 much. No, friend sprgue do
not belong to the scho1l that teaches
parndoxen, but TO the one that teaches
that by ptopr distribution II labor
thoie would bo n more Just distribution
NJ wealth md by giving employment 10
a. who drsiru II there would bc lo.s suf.
teunp and iewer pnuperr While there
arr enough Ia perform by hand nll labor
necrtHaty IN any branch OF industry cY,
~ mnchino that takes the place oi onr
~ more mrn aud displacrs thcni, robs
them by depriylng them Of tho means pt
Gaming a livelihood That's my school.
A mnn cuu't earn brcni by looking on
aud soTiug Fomobldy or snmcthing else
do tho work Mr. y ragno'a perpfaiiuu
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