The Atlanta constitution., 1901-02-11

| organized evil enables bad leaders to
carry men away as with Il flood.
History. they tell ". repeats itself.
! "That which hath been, it is that which
shall be- said the wise man. During the
worlds fair I visited the exhibition
grounds one morning early entering az
the midway plaisance. This street of ma
tions was lined with stands and pavilions
of peculiar people who came from be-
! yond the seas. speaking various lam
/ guagcs and arrayed in rainbow hueS. As
/ the vast throug filed through the gates.
! the exhibitors nearest the entrance be-
| gan TO beat drums and for a small sum
/ Of money promised to regale the spccta-
/ tors with marvellous sights \ large
number turned I'm al the first tent. In
few moments they came out like a flock
/ of sheep and passed into the next. and
/ SO went the rounds. At one time they
/ were I'm the big menagere. little later
/ they stood amid the streets OF an Inn
proviscd Cairo: after that they listened
/ to the music of the bagpipos and in fancy
walked the Scottish hills. I saw these
| tents in turn crowded and rendered va
| cant l found myself unusually inter-
| csted in that which most attracted 9TH
/ ers.
Thus move men and events. We pause
and give TO some point in the circle
/ more than n passing emphasis. II We
should ask in what tent are we today.
/ the conccnsus Of opinion would answer
m9terialism. We are dealing with things
/ that can be seen and handled: not spec
ulation. but demonstration is the burden
/ of the hour This age would dissect It's
! own mother II refuses 20 heed the die
/ tation of mummes. tt knows truth was
/ never hurt by the scalpel. II Is hYpoc-
risy. not character. that mathematics
! the microscope We have discovered that
] s-.,Fs fa
| Much that came over labeled truth proved
| on analvsis 10 be 1.-THE baseless fabrlca-
tion Of n dream" We have determined
| "a be very strong on proving all things,
/ even IL we have to be q little weak 10
/ holding fast that which Is good. II Is
/ an age Of marvellous inventions. accumu-
! Ioted wealth national alliance and church
union. The word separation has lost cast.
/ Preach against combination and you VIII
/ he n hereto in religion, an Obstrucuonist
/ IA rolittcs The church universal iS
! ashamed Of her little struggling sects ana
/ nations aspire to send up their enSigns IN
| al continents and on every sea Inc age
/ has been summed up in the following
/ beautiful language;
/ coseor the horse: We bequeath the bl-
cycle. the locomotive and automoolle'
We received the goose quill and bequeath
tho tvnewriter. We received the scythe;
We baoueath the moving machine. we
/ received the sickle; we bequeath the mar
| ,-oster We received the hand printing
nress: we bequeath the Hoe cylinder
nress We received the tallow dip; we
! baoueath the arc light. We received the
oaIvanic battery; we bequeath the dy-
nomo we received the flint lock; we
! booueath the automatic firing maxim
Gun We received the sailing ship; we
beaueath the steamship, the greyhound
or Tho sen. We received the Constitution.
we beuueath the battleshlp oregon. we
rooaived the beacon signal fire; we be-
c,,oath the telenhone and wireless teleg-
ronhv. We received wood and stone for
our structure; We bequeath tWehtN-Sto-
ried skV-SCraperS of steel
Good for our material accomplishments.
am clad we can ride faster talk farther.
uft heavier burdens and live in stories
so high up in the sky. but how about
/ men? We Judge ages and countries by
! the kind of men they produce. We in
/ berit from the nineteenth century Dam
| iel Webster the immortal eXpounder of
| the constitution of the United States;
we inherit Thomas jefferson. author of
/ the declaration of independence, the most
| sublime document that has been penned
| since the inspired hand fell pulseless in
| the grave Now, In the name of Just
| balance what statesmen can we offer
in their stead and maintain our self
respect? This has with justice been called
a scientific age. Perhaps We have learned
| more about science in the last 100 years
| than in any previous millennium. We in
| herited from the eighteenth century La
| mark Humboldt. Lyle. Huber and Ca
vier. During the first twenty-five years