Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02
SIMILAR CASES.

There was once n little animal
No bigger than n fox.
And on ilvc toes he tcampcrcd
over Tertiary r,oks
They called him Eohlppus.
And they called him very small.
And they thought him OF no value
when they thought OF him at all.
For the iumpiah old Dinoccrua
And coryphodon 80 slow
Were the heavy nristocracy
In days OF long ago.
Said the little EohIppus
~ am going to be a horse'
And on my middle nngar-nalls
To run my earthly course'
I'm going to have n flowing tall
I'm going to have "A mnne'
I'm going to stand fourteen feet high
on the paychozoic plalnl"
The coryphodon was horrifcd.
The Dlnoccrua was shocked.
And they chased young Eohlppus,
But he skipped away and Knocked.
Then they laughed enormous laughter,
And they gronncd enormous groans,
And they babe young Eohlnpus
90 and view his fathers bones.
Said they, you always were as small
And mean as now we see.
And that's conclusive evidence
THAT you're always going to be.
w uAAA w n kNNAAH NuNlf NANhh'uAN bfAAhs
With hoofn To gallop onf
Why. you'd have to change your ma
ture,"
Said the Loxoiophodon.
They considered him disposed OF.
And retired with gait serene.
That was the way they argued
IN "the early Eoccne"
There was once an Anthropoldal Ape
Far smarter than the rest.
And everything that they could do
He always did the best.
50 they naturally diHlikcd him.
And they gave him shoulders cool.
And when they had TO mention him
They said he was fool
Cried this prctentious Ape ono day.
Tin going TO be Mani
And stand upright, and hunt, and light,
And conquer all | cam
I'm going to cut down forest trees,
To make my houses higherl
I'm going To kill the Mastodonl
I'm going to make u fret"
Loud screamed the Anthropoldal Apes
with laughter wild and Kay;
They tried to catch that boastful one
But he always got away
So they yelled at him Ia chorus,
Which he minded not a whit.
And they pclted him with coeoanuts,
Whleh uiuht seem 10 MT.
And then they gave him reasons
which they thought OF much avail.
To prove how his prcposterouA
Attempt was sure to fail.
Said the Hagcs, I'm the first place,
The thing cannot be donci
And second. n II could be,
II would not be any fun
And third, and most conclusive,
And admitting no reply.
You would have TO change your nature'
We should like TO soc you tryl"
They chucklcd. then, triumphantly.
These lean and hairy shapes.
For these things passed aa arguments
with the Anthropoidal Apes.
There was once Ncoiithlc man,
An onterprisinE wight
Who made his chopplng implements
Unusually bright.
Unusually clever he,
Unusually brave.
And he drew delightful mnmmoths
on the borders Of his cave.
To his Ncolithic noiFhbors
Who were startled and surprised.
Said he. my friends. In course OF time
We shall be civilizcdi
We are going 10 live In citlcel
We are going to tght In vars
We are going to eat three times a day
Without the natural causel
We ulf kNlnF 10 turn llit hfalue uoNn
About a thing called goldl
We are going TO want the earth, an'
take
As much as we can hold
We are going to wear great piles o
stun
outside our natural aklnHl
We are going to have diHcases'
And accomplishments and Hins'll"
Then they all rose up In fury
Against their bonstful friend,
For prehistoric patience
comcth quickly Ia an end.
Said one. This " chlmericall
Utopinn' Absurd"
Said another. what a stupid life,
Too dull. upon my word"
Cried all, "Bcfore such things can cont
You idlotlc child.
You must alter human nnturc
And they all sat back and smiled.
Thought they, AN answer to that lai
II Will be- hard to findi'
II was n cllnehlng argument
To the Ncolithic mindl
NOTES.
When any scheme for an oconom
and social system founded upon n
principles of human brotherhood HI
been propounded. II has been met vii