The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1903-08-08

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they renamed slaves during tn
time tina, Egypt was in her prime
and they were still slaves whel
Egypt | ecame fallen nation.
Every other ancient nation ha
! fell aud ,ts history been lost, b,
similar Means and although ib,
achiev emcnts Of hose early people
have been great. | have Away
claim 4, and will always CLAIM
that # the knowledge of the selfsi
few had been taught to the masse
of the peopl'; evolution would hav'
b.en more rapid, and retrogressloI
would never have set in, for th'
reason that the people who survlv
ed, would have carried the knowl
edge to future generations.
As regards the civilization o
those ancient people; cannot se'
1t. 1t civilization means-an op
ulent few living III luxury upon th'
labor Of thousands of slaves, | be
lelve that we can 90 them one bet
ter III these United States. If civil
lzation mean-that those who dc
the work of the world, must grove
in the dust before po:entate who
sits upon throne; they no doubt
reached it. If civilization meani
to excel in immense structures
such as the world have never since
seen; the height of civilization wa,
then enjoyed. If civilization means
cruelty to fellow human beings
these ancIents were certainly adopts
If civilization means profound
knowledge of the arts and sciences
then about per ct of the people
were civilized: and how can a Poop
pie be termed civilized, when 81
out of 100 are ignorant slaves.
A true civilization has never vet
been reached; the older the world
gets the more civilized 1t becomes.
Civilization is only possible when
liberty Is enjoyed by all OF the peo-
pie; and the nearer q people con.
form to the "Golien Rule" to that
extent are they civilized.
The third question has nearly
been answered in answering the
others. We have no proof that
these ancient people possessed a
greater KIN owledge than we have TO
day. 1t ls said that the Babylon
iaDs learnt the multiplication table
up to 100 times 100, and that the
astronomers far exceeded that point.
They are said to have taught this IN
their schools but then we must re.
member that only a very few attend
ed those school, for the great ma
jority we're slaves. There is no
doubt that there are many mathe-
matlclans IN the world to-day who
could make the best Of them
ashamed, If they bad the opportunl-
ty. The greatest and most beauti-
full buildings that the ancients have
erected would be nothing to the
present Architect and builde- TODAY
we could duplicate them in one
tenth the time but We have to paw
our labor now while they used
slaves. who would otherwise have
had nothing 10 do. The only thing
that is really wonderful about these
structures IL that they were built
with practically nc machinery what
ever.
Gradually mankind has evolved
from the savage TO the present state
of society. Many systems have
been tried, each an advance of the
one preceding 1t, until we have at
last reached political democracy.
1t was thought that when a politi
cal democracy was established. the
people would be able to take care of
their interests; but 1t has failed.
The next step IN evolution will be
30 Industrial democracy in which
every producer will receive the full,
OF his toll. Then will
come period in the history of the
world when the masses of the peo-
pie will have time to develop the
mind as we'll as the body; :lhen .
advance will be made, |
because it will be enjoyed by all OF
,he people; then will classes disap
pear for every member of soc;a,y
Will have the same opportunity to
educate themselves; In time TO come,