The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-21

1t is probable that the Roman was
closely akin to the Celt He had be-
meath Roman sternness the instability Of
the Celt, which caused the downfall of
Rome. He loved bureaucratic forms of
democracy. In religion he loved the
same thing. He had a respect for ex-
ternal show and material effects. He
had not the ideal concepts of faith. A
Roman would die for the state and re-
spected only established forms. One
sees the influence Of this in what are
called Romance countries.
After Rome itself had met its fate
from the time when the north and
south met in conflict, Rome began to
wane, even though the glory of the
Caesars came after this.
The second phase of Roman history
came in the thought of that pontiff
who seized on the heads Of the Chris
tian church and made Rome the ruler
of the whole of the church. Again
came from the north the second oppo-
sition to Roman influence. One would
have thought that the city, thus for
the second time shorn of its world
power, would be no more. But the
school men took up what was most
powerful of what was left, the Latin
language, and again Rome ruled It
almost succeeded in binding the world,
came the knell of this third Rome.
This is not all, however. When Latin
passed, one question was settled, but
1t did not satisfy the school men, and
an attempt was made to force 1t on the
growing population, and we still hear
in our schools the echoes Of the lost
conflict. Almost contemporaneous with
this another attempt was made. Men
of science took up Latin, abandoned by
the church, and by the schoolmaster.
attempts were made to bind science in
the bonds Of Anticipated Latin.
If we look into the history of Rome
we shall find that in architecture and
art, except in road building, they We're
subordinate to the Greeks. It was in
their political judicial systems that the
art of Rome went out
The ancient Romans were not ideal
istic, the vein of cyricism ran through
them. Rome became the great train
ing place for the rest of the world oniv
after it was touched by the influence
of Greece. The Romans were perhaps
to blame for the present condition of
Southern Europe. The Romans have
been infiu entail in art and literature
through what we read of it. We make
1t greater than it really was Rome
forget how to be great in literature in
being great in citizenship The later
Rome in literature and in art is great
err than the older Rome Dante was
greater than Virgil: Michael Angles
works are greater than aught Of ancient
Rome.
Against this civilization has been set
IN contrast the civilization of the
Monguls. One finds hints In the monu-
ments of Egypt and Babylon, of hordes
OF savage people swooping down and
attempting to destroy civilization, and
until the hand of Russia was known
this was kept up. These people prob
ably had their first home in the noun
tains of China. There was an empire
rudely constructed. an empire on
wheels, probably, but adapting them
selves TO circumstances, formed an
empire which became the terror of Eu-
rope BY 1925 or Whereabouts they had
intringed on India and Tamerlane es-
tablished there the great Mogul empire
in India. This Mogul empire was one
Of the wonders of the world 1t lasted
from 1925 especially in Delhi and the
surroundings, until the English drove
them out
1t was ruler of this nation that
built the Tai Majhal at Agra, the fair
est work of human hands from the be-
ginning of time until new. The work
Of rude race, schooled in the desert,
anu III q lew CENTURIES the people whose
names were used as scare words in all
nations, rose to such a height as to
build this work of beauty.
1t is from this same people that the
civilizations of China and Japan
sprung. The Chinese people consist of
very mixed tribes Five thousand
years ago, perhaps, is the time when
their civilization began. One finds that
very early Chinese civilization was
stable. 1t was agricultural and peace
full. Cities were established early in
the history end the city organization
in China began at an earlier history
than that in any other civilization. The
later aspects of China show a foreign
influence which did not tend to build
up the country. The Chinese are the
only people who have written down
that their ancestors were sayages.
That they lived on the trees. 1t is in
teresting to read in Chinese encyclo-
pedias their account of the history Of
man. The story is consistent with
their life. So much are the Chinese
filled with the idea that war is bad.
that it is not farms and the man" that
is sung by the Chinese. No Chinese pe-
ct ever sang of war, but all lauded the
gler:es OF peace.
Cannot one hope for that people
which sang of peace and of husbandly
and turned the enemies swords into
ploughs, future? When they come
to be recognized as men and brothers.
there is one spot in the world where we
may look for a civilization which will
surprise us in peace, as Japan has sur
Drised lis in war