Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-31
The Wonderful Century.

\ miracle-working century Is at an end. In
a few hours a span of years marked by
world moving events and achievements will
have passed and Few century, awaited by
a quickened race with the utmost eagerness,
Will have dawled. 1t is pardonable for
those who anticipate wonders from
The twentieth century to survey the past
with complacency. What has been done
in this period closing is enough to
stimulate the most apathetic. to heighten
the ambition of the most satisfied.
Time and space have been virtually ami
Inflated by the machines man has made in
;Eis century. Distances which were pre-
viously forbidding have been reduced to the
point of a few days. even a few hours of
travel. Lands regarded with mysterious
awe account of supposed remoteneses
have been opened to settlement and Guilt
Walton. Railroads now penetrate the waste
spaces of earth and steamships pillow
through seas once deterrent to all but the
hravest souls. The lightning has been har-'
messed to mans service and a new science.
yet only in its infancy, has been born.
Human voices pierce great distances and
are recorded permanently for future repro
dCction. Information flashes in the twin
king OF an eye across continents. The
world has been bound together by net
work of cables and wires until there
but few regions from which instant infor-
nation of events can not he had Etheric
waves as yet only partly understood have
dissolved the solid tissues OF material sub
stance and permitted a view of things never
before seen. The body of man is now made
transparent through this wonderful agency.
Machinery has multiplied mans comforts
and sent better food. shelter and clothing to
millions. The earth has been made to yield
her treasure in a startling aggregate to
keep the wheels of industry in motion and
:" fill the multiplying demands of COM
merce. Neither heat nor cold now deters
man from seeking the rare metals and min
erals of the planet and swarming humanity
al the veritable ends of the globe now
demonstrate the prodigious energy of the
race.
As result of the mocha meal advances
achieved in this wonderful period nations
have been made to understand each other.
PrejUdceS have been broken down. The
human family has been brought to a state
of union never before conceived as pos
Sibe
Principles Of Righteousness and good faith
in international dealings have taken
stronger root, despite commissions and ca
l'mities. Conditions which in a cruder.
wider time would have inevitably led to
wars are now adjusted to prevent strife.
owing to the speedier means of eXplana-
ton and preparation and the exercise of
the wisest judgments of the time. That
wars still occur. that man remains a fight
ing animal. that the savage spirit is often
carried to the point of force. il fact de-
piora5lc but not sufficient to offset the
notable advances which have been made in
this century toward a state of international
amity approaching universal federation.
Education has been broadened and sent to
the depths of society. The barriers between
Individuals and power through learning
have been shattered, doubtless forever A
great equaliZing wave has swept over the
earth, lifting the worthy and lowering the
falsely exalted.
\ spirit OF greater tolerance in religion
close to one another that in this last de-
"ade of the century congress of the
worlds religions was made possible and
brought fruits In quickened mutual ap-
probation. Dogmatism has been weakened
and the doctrine Of purity of action and mo-
i:te has been strengthened in all quarters
II the globe.
similar span of years. The total of achieve
mentS ID 50 vast. astounding in it's mean
ing ami in its prophecy, that the world
may We'll pause now To marvel at the pros
pectHe outcome of the next hundred years.