The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-15

without committing an injustice, extract
names from the notable list of artists,
engineers and contractors who were the
artisans of these marvels. The universe
is associated with France in this gigan-
tic enterprise, and the government of the
republic fulfllls a very pleasant duty of
hospitality and gratitude in expressing
its thanks TO those sovereigns and chiefs
Of state. The visitor to the exposition
will owe TO the friendly people who have
shown so much eagerness and goodwill
in receiving the invitation to visit the
exposition the miracle of being able in a
few minutes to make a tour Of the
world. The types Of all architecture
grouped side by side on the two banks Of
the Seine will captivate his imagination
while pleasing his vision, and by
natural affiliation Of ideas this pictur-
esque display will give birth in his soul
the reflection that however distant they
appear to be from one another. by edu-
cation, custom, and prejudice, all the sons
Of Europe, citizens of diverse nationali-
ties, belong 70 tie same family, and their
duty, like their interest, is to work tow
ards increasing the common patrimony
Of science and of art.
what progress can be realized, what
transformations brought about, in the
space Of only three genera tons, a glance
at the centennial exposition would reveal
to US. The time will come when other
voices, more authoritative than mine.
will make the inventory Of the artistic
treasures enclosed in these edifces. I
vii limit my ambition to recalling how
IN a hundred years the face Of the ma
terial world has been renewed. Words
fail me to express the grandeur and ex-
tent of this economical revolution under
our hand We have seen the forces II
nature subdued and disciplined. Steam
and electricity, reduced to the role of
occult servants. have transformed the
conditions Of existence. Machinery has
become the queen Of the world. Installed
in power in our factories constructed Of
iron and steel, she has replaced by slow
but continuous invasion the workers of
flesh and bone, Of whom she makes aux
iliaries. What a change in human rela-
tons. Distances diminish to the point Of
disappearing. In a few hours are de-
voured distances which were formerly
| only accomplished at the price of days
| sorcerer, brings to our ears the words
and even tone Of a friends voice, sepa-
rated from US by hundreds Of miles. The
intensity and the power of Hfe-of death
itseIf-recou before the victorious march
fthe human soul The genius of a
! Pasteur, pure benefactor of humanity.
whose glory is not overcast by any shad-
ow, increases a hundred-fold the power
Of surgery and Of medicine. The malady,
| seized at its origin and isolated, ceases,
and there appears on the horizon the
/ happy period when the epidemics which
ravaged cities and decimated peoples will
| no longer be anything but terrifying
memories and legends of the past. Thus
does science multiply with admirable
| prodigality the means which she places
at the disposal of man to bend the ex-
terror forces to her laws or guarantee
him against their hostility.
| she renders him a more signal service
in giving up to him the secret of ahe ma
teriaI and moral grandeur Of the So
cieties which can be described in one
word solidarity We are the heirs Of
| faults as well as the meritorious points
OF our fathers, and we are already writ
| ing the history of the solidarity OF our
sons and of our ancestors, and why
should we not do so in the cause OF our
! contemporaries. We must not forget
| these physical conta gions, the houses OF
the poor, where the morbid germ OF I'M
| cultured brains are sheltered, where
! superstition and hatred ferment, consu-
| tuting perils of which far-seeing intel
ugerce is destined to convince US. We
must hasten their disappearance, til
uruph over ignorance and conquer misery
| What higher. what more pressing, social
duty is there? II the most generous
altruism and the sweetest Of sentiment
find in themselves, their reward and
diffuse in personal interest its most thor
ough justification, imagine the outcome
of mutual assistance Of syndicates and
associations of all descriptions destined
TO group themselves into one sheaf, re-
sisting individual weakness, so many
proofs of human solidarity. II aims &c
lessen in the bosom Of each nation the
shocking inequalities resulting from ma
ture or from the regime 1t proposes t
unite in the bonds of real fraternity
! the children OF a same people. But lis
effects do not stop at frontiers. Inter
ests ideas and sentiments interHinglt
and cross each other the whole surface
NJ the globe. Ike those light threads II
which human thought hOats-benencen'
complexity which permits US already tc
discern a new era Of which only yester-
dav a noble initiative forged at The
Hague conference the first links Yes
more strongly than we could have done
ourselves, interna donaI relations have
shaped themselves from the multiplicity
Of news and the stability OF exchange
besides. we have reason to hope and be
IiAvA that a day will come when the
world will know only the profitable
rivalries peace and the glorious
struggles labor.
20 labor, labor. Creator. Sacred Crea'
tor. II IS Thou who ennoblest- 1t i
rhou that consolest Under Thy FOOT
stems ignorance is dissipated and pair
fees. BY Thee humanity has leaped over
the barriers Of the night and mounts IN
ceasingly towards the luminous and Sc
rene region one day, will be realized tbs
Ideal and the perfect accord OF the powe'
OF justice and good
NJ. Millerand's address was receiTeS
with rounds Of applause which ettsineI
\ verltable roar at its conclusion
President Loubet then arose and deliv
cred an address which was also warmth
icheered. NJ. WaIdock-Rousseau was, VI
10 the last moment expected TO speak
, but hs changed his mind, and wael
President Isoubet concluded. he Remained
seated. The orchestra then rendere'
Saint Saers' Hymn 10 ictor Hugo an
President Louoet descended from n
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