The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-28

that stretches between, nor overcome the
effect of the diverse conditions in which
mankind is placed; yet, after all, the diff
flcu1tles are not as great as they seem,
than in his na ture.
Through the same morning gate OF
birth We enter upon that devious path
of thorns and roses sunshine and shad-
ow, known as human life and. at its
close, through the same twilight portal
that men call death we pass out to
the ampler life beyond.
What the infant is to the mature man.
in respect of capacity and development,
the human savage is to the members of
civilized society. His faculty of observa-
ton is limited to those things that daily
and closely concern him, and he can
count only upon the fingers of one hand
But after ages of experience and con-
tact with the world he develops into a
Copernicus, Kepler or Calico. And
now he has learned a new law, and
new science has been established that
bounds all distances and sounds all
depths of earth and sea, and reaches out
to measure the orbits of innumerable
stars. But the aboriginal savage and
the learned astronomer of today are
brethren of one great family. and have
been DEVELOPED in accordance with one
on riscent design.
In infancy the savage learns to initiate
the swimming of a fish. Soon he perceives
the advantage of support, and out of a
hollow log he fashions a canoe. Then
comes boat propelled by oars. Later
nlasts and sails are added Another law
has beer discovered. and navigation BE-
comes a science. and is practiced as an
art. From the Spanish port the caravels
of Columbus set out to discover and de1i-
cate to freedom and fraternity new con-
tinents beyond the sea. And still the
work of improvement goes on. until the
giant 'courserS of the deep bid fair
to cross the Atlantic in 100 hours. afford
ing safety and luxury to the last degree.
But the savage swimmer and the skilled
navigator are brethren and parts of the
great design.
One hundred and thirty years before
the Christian era Hero Of Alexandra
used steam as motive power in some
simple device. For ages little if any
further use was made of it, In the sew
enteenth century Slavery began to apply
it to useful operations. Then came the
discoveries of Watts, Stephenson and
Fulton; and. finally, the wonderful de-
vices that have almost annihilated time
and space and revolutionized mechanical
operations; while labor-saVing machinery
bids fair, sooner or later, to take away
the curses pronounced at Edens gates,
that by the sweat of his brow man
should eat his bread But meanwhile
Hero and Fulton clasp hands across the
intervening years in token of their serv-
ice under the same design.
The savage observed the habits of
wounded birds and beasts and learned
from them a few simple remedies: then
came the medicine man" with his COM
bination of magic and rude art and later
Esculapius and Galen; and now we be-
hold and enjoy that perfect blending of
| science and art which unfolds the Sc
crets Of the human system as an open
| book. and operations of such delicacy
and skill as to challenge the admiration
| Of the world. But the wounded savage
| and the accomplished surgeon are breth-
rem. though widely separated in the great
| design.
| In the savage state man dug his cave
| or formed his hut less skillfully than the
| beasts and birds built their habitations;
: but observation and practice enabled him
! later, to construct buildings of which
| shelter was not the sole purpose Grad
! ually architecture became a science, and
! temples, palaces and stately piles. devot-
| ed to every useful and artistic purpose