The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-06

weird answered IN Sheir lives to Gema nd
which went before them. 10 conditions
which determined their activities and
fame.
Civil and political order is one O. the
necessities Of mankind. Il was dernau5es
Tor the further evolution and oroeresz
Of the race.
The antecedent conditions Of Rome
were prepared through ages OF time. A
division OF mankind adapted to so great
work was prepared and imported from
distant lands. The old kingdom was pre-
empire.
The subordinate parts OF that immense
fact called Rome. issued as II by birth
from the paternity OF the ages. Cinein-
natus and Regulus. Seipio and Marius,
Pompey and the bald-headed julius. who
conquered him. all the Caesars poets,
lawmakers. historians and orators. who,
from Augustus 10 Constantine from Con-
stantine 70 the Palaeologi. rose and pass
ed across the stage Of that tremendous
drama, were but the transient actors IN
a scene, which. extending through twenty
one centuries of time. was itself bat a
single act in that world drama that alb
serbs the energies and enfolds the destia-
les OF all men. ali nations.
The same exempliication OF the laws
OF the individual lie OF man in his rela-
ton 10 the general movement OF the race
may be seen in every age OF human
activity"
The subject Of the grafton Of A. W An
derson Of the college at Saltwater. was;
The Handwriting IN History" It told
the story Of the empires Of the past which
rose and. being found wanting. we're
stricken with decay and darkness. Pecul-
larry. the orator held that his own eoun-
try might find exemption rom this long
custom Of empires. for ne said: "Our own
republic has developed in accordance with
the law Of national growth. In the be
ginning we were poor ana hopeful. Amid
untold .hardships We faced periis on every
side-perils Of land and sea, perils Of
famine and storm. perils OF internal
feuds and foreign wars. Our fathers
marched through the valley and the
shadow OF death TO establish the princi-
pie of the freedom and equality OF men
Their hopes have been more than realized.
The republic has lived on and grown
great Today we behold the dawn Of n
new century even more promising than
the one that has passed. The star OF
hope shines even brighter than before.
Can 1t be that this star. too. will 60 out
in clouds and darkness? Can II be that
all the nations OF earth are destined 20 a
common fate? Can it be that the nations
that are. will one day lie down to rest
beside those that were? Can 1t be that
prosperity and wealth must always be
precursors OF decline and death? Can e
be that on the scroll OF some distant
century our posterity Will see q myster-
ious hand inscribe the words: Thus far.
but no farther?'
Surely, this conclusion Is not newt
able. Surely 1t does not follow that De-
cause Babylon and Tyre and Spain have
persisted from the earth, our own republic
must live It's little day and then be but
a memory. II we believe that Through
the ages one Increasing purpose runs II
we believe that progress. development,
ultimate perfection constitute the grand
scheme of the universe--and what else
can we believe and not hold God a myth
and Providence fairy tale-then we
must believe that some time there will
exist on earth nations 50 wise. so just.
so righteous. that they viii stand tin all
things human pass away. Why should
not our nation be one Of these2 In form
It Is no doubt the final evolution Of
human government II is the heir Of All
the past. For it, in a sense. have lived
all the civilizations that famed forth ike
Ike. went out In darkness. II only u will
learn the lessons so richly spread before
it, IL only It will avoid the pitfalls into
which he laundering empires or that
older time fell II only It will purge itself
OF corruption and be clean. II only. re-
Numbering the fate Of Babylon and Tyre
and Spain. Il viii deal Justly with lts cid
zens and do righteousness. II Will live as
long as time endures.
1T IS now apparently pushing forward
10 a civilization far grander than any
thing that man has hitherto attained.
Whether its advancement shan be con-
tinuous and its civilization permanent de-
ponds after ali upon the individual cii-
zen He IS the custodian Of the rights OF
his countrymen, and Of the destiny % his
country The common man In our re-
ru5uc has gone forth 70 his coronation.
His power s. supreme. With him : the
making OF the men vino Immediately
shape ihc course OF events and control
the affairs Of state. II r. his - gay
whether small men or large men. honest
men or knaves. clean men or corrupt men.
men devoted 10 the common veal or men
devoted TO self shan sit IN the seats Of
the mighty The growth and stability %
government depends upon the sort q men
who control Is affairs and this IN turn
depends upon the body - the nations
citizenship. VIII the individual citizen
rIze 10 bis duty? VIII he note and re-
member The political wrecks az the pact
as danger signals for tire present ans
future2 VIII hs determine that - fsr a.
in him lies. justice and hone1ty and pug
ity shall abide b. az the affairs o. slater
II he does this. our future viii be bright
indeed"
Miss Wayne a Psrksr's Grafton was
IN The Puritan and Cavalier" u xas
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two AEIrss. the Puritan and thn cavalier
These are tire master spirits ahca
made possiala the thrilling story of sue
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