Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-06-09
Give AND LET LIVE"
Commencement Essay 10y Miss Florence l..
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which man may draw supplies for
every need Of his body; air to breat the,
water to quench his thirst, food to
satisfy his hunger, material for his
clothing, gold and diamonds for his
adoinment, and all natures forces
to be utilized for his purposes. LII
short, everything for MANS comfort
and enjoyment. When the founda-
lions OF the earth were laid, man
seems to have been the central Oh
ject in the mind of the great Archi-
tect, for erything seems to have
been made, for him. With all these
preparations and with life bubbling
up within him, the most natural
thing for man is to live. He holds
life as his most cherished possession,
even tho his intellect be small and
his nature low.
In al life we find that there has
been a struggle for existence, even
from the lowest forms OF plant life
up to man.
Among different species OF plants
growing together, this struggle is
going Oh continually tho notalways
noticeable. The large strong plants
overshadow the smaller ones, c' ovid
ing them aside; thus the weaker give
way to the stronger. Each seems to
be trying to absorb all the sunshine
and nourishment for itself and to
propaga te it's own kind.
In animal life this same principle is
shown. 1t is their nature to eat,
drink and care for their young From
instinct animals of the same species
will keep together as much as posi-
ble and protect each other, bur this
is all. They have NJ sympathy or
feeling for other animals outside OF
their own kind. The larger and
more powerful ones overcome the
weaker and there is a survival OF the
strongest
In early types Of human life we find
tAis same selfish tendency, and man
trying tc rise on the ruin of man. In
many parts OF the world, in prehis-
uoric times, we believe that mans
condition WAS that OF the lowest and
most brutal savage. Probably lie
stood apart even from his fellow maui
in selfish iso!a tion, if so he waS bound
to be tribe, acknowledged no chief,
obeyed no law. All his interests were
centered in himself and in the little
group which constitut ed his family.
In every INSTANCE OF dispute might
made right.
Later alter the people had formed
them selves into tribes, we see how
the American Indian fell upon his
weaker brother the mound builder
and after a time the latter ceased to
be, leaving only his works us proU
OF his existence. In the Old world
this hostility wa, shown between the
different Arian tribes, which poured
in successive waves into Western
Europe; each driving the clans AMI
tribes before it.
In the valley OF the Nile, although
the Egyptians We're acquainted with
the Sciences Of Arithmetic, Geometry
and Astronomy, and made great
progress in the ar0 of coloring glass
and had such success, in initiating
tie hues of insects and stones that
W. have not yet been able to equal
item, and ;althouy h they made great
advancement in many other ways,
vet this Was not true civiliz;, ton;
there was one important factor
wanting; they We're wanting in love
AMI sympathy for their fellow-men
There was no equality. Rigid classes
existed, the lowest were looked upon
as no better than beasts and life Was
considered Of little value. Those
mountains of stone heaped together
by the Pyramid kings are proof that
they were cruel oppressors OF their
people and burdened them with USE
less labor npon these monuments OF