New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-04
WHERE IS THE LOST EDEN
From The Kansas city Independent.

From The Kansas City Independent
o,- A.;nost every spot Of the globe has had the
clsl made on its behalf that 1t Is the site of van
, Ilnsd Eoen Most persons seem agreed on the fact
question R b ha5 disappeared IRON our midst The
deny the Biblical story of mans genesis the aues-
Ton takes another form, and they perplex them
selves as to the spot in which man first appeared
! on THIS earth some evade the difficulty by saying
| thsL man appeared in many different spots-that
! ug qua not spring from one original.
40 We accept the doctrine Of the Darwinians, We
4Iet evolved must have been anything but a Gar
animasm and its food would certainly ~ not have
f srlL R9ughly speaking, therefore, there
from q divine original, but fell away from his first
and those who believe that he evnIyed @ fr tbe
mas I@ Is sun evolving 10 the greatness that no
what 1iscogdant theories. may well ask Where
The soundest scientists arc agreed that mankind
ZANE lame from single origin-whether distinct Gre
original man must have had local habftotlon
Inc Reogr&phical manuals and maps OF the Middle
OF boldness and If we go 70 tbe f Ies' ie merit
nePty: According 70 an old map OF the thirteenth
Indie. 1t is surrounded by a wall in which Is
and the W SpYng TO the west the gate is closed
Eases do not locate this happy island -''' 60
Eden lay in Centa Cbina R2ye US believe that
Sta F 6eosrapheTs so r9r as TO place the probable
or learned opinion does incline either to India
that Fia h-nnent authority supports the idea
plain watered by the Tigris and the Fnn6ratne -I
fh 19 give their vote for Armena-possi6y in
1uenSed by The tradition which says that the Ark
rested on Mount Ararat; but this tradition would
on on point to Armenia as the probable first home
Professor DeIitzsch and Professor sayce favor
6aoyyion; Helaegser fayors Palestine; Media
ers Quarefagess treating the subject solely from
and other human types point to 6e6TaI A sis
doss not decide on any precise locality.
remarked, Eden is geographically described in
manner which leaves no doubt that distinct To-
to those who think that this author was b,iId6
to know What this ocy Was Bab Se OK Wn tsrH 5
most fertile land known to the ancient world; its
q hundredfold. Its Insurance Of fruit and grain
Was 80 s[ett as 70 De a{{uaIy embarrassing.
the seat OF AsIas earliest civilization: and there
The idea OF man created perfect and living in a
garden Of fruitful IoFeIness has always had
present imperfectoas and the frequent distressing
@ tney non of the Be sforg n, men those nose
a spot for themselves. Every early mythology has
ATca9a and its Golden Age 10 It's
some persons even con jectured that Paradise had
been the earth at all, but an island
floating in the air something like the island
that the sacred spot could be submerged by the
waters OF the Deluge, and by this device they
dweIt the sacred Phoenix; the wen of life flowed
there the t elixir Of sum sBdnS waves never fell
potual summer. Men declined TO believe that
imagine that It's gates were closed them for a
season To deem that such a spot could vanish
seemed sacregiOus.
Many an early voyager and explorer had strange
dreams of discovering some earthly paradise when
he set out Tor unknown shores; dreams perhaps
not spoken but secretly nourished and strength
ened by the uncOnquerable force OF romantic super
sttion that lived in the heart of ages in other
ways so dark. Even the EhzabethanS dreamed al
ways Of some more wonderful country to be dis
covered: their tolls and perils and fghtngs had
ever the redeemng glamour Of romance. In those
days was the true poetry Of travel; there was al
ways some EIdorado. some hidden Eden, TO be
reached.