The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-05-01

is big, hideous plague, that all which
combines to bring it about is to be con-
| demned'
For the first time 1 see Tolstoi glow
with ardor. His words spring from his
lips. his voice quivers his brow con-
tracts. His eyes CLEAN and I see his
great chest heave with the force with.
in. He is radiant
=" No, no. there is nothing more fright
full The world has never seen the like
| of IT. In the days of Genghis Khan those
who wished to slay were the only slay-
ers; men had the right to remain in their
homes, to till their lands to live in peace
and to do good. But the civilized world
is today more ferocious than Genghis
Khan. Men are ordered to kill, whether
they wish or not, and If they refuse they
are punished as for a crime. How can
one accept such state of affairs? Why
does not conscience revolt against il ?
Why II there such blindness to this
bloody tyranny? What is to be done.
what is even to be attempted, | ask you.
so long as these things shall endure ?
How may we hope to ennoble souls while
they yield 10 such servitude? 1t is deep
ly distressing.
If knife were placed in your hand
and you were commanded to cut the
throat of my granddaughter there under
pain OF death. you would not do il be
cause morally. it would be impossible
for you to do K. II Christian DUTY was
at tho bottom of conscience. it would like
wise be impossible for men to take up
firearms and turn them against their
fellow-creatures.'
The voice Of the master grew calr-
and he now spoke with great sadness
and on infinite pity. little while after
wards he concluded:
Man has always on his lips this fine
word liberty But he does not rear the
thing itself. does not establish il. he does
not organize il. The whole problem T.
to suppress violence. to end it, then lib
erty will arise,
To put an end to violence viii it not
first be necessary 10 suppress man him
self7'
VIOLENCE NOT FUNDAMENTAL IN
MAN
Do not say that Violence is not
fundamental in man. because know men
who loathe it. and l conceive 4 society
IN which it would be prescribed You and
!. for instance. realize the uselessness ~
violence between US because We have al
our disposal a superior aSeEt-reason. II
rust not be said that violence is ever
ready In man. nor that he requires Il.
for Ii is forbidden in advocating the doc
trtne of ending IL. One sect exists which
realizes the existence OF violence entirely
Fe
Wha; they have accomplished has been
by deliberate adherence 10 their reason
Why should not humanity attain 70 this
IL its turn7'
Through how many ,orTnents and IN
what distant future
To what does time amount. Human
evolution IL q slow process hardly per
ceptibie 20 our sense. bat unceasing. coz
tnuous. Our irnpatience IS II blame fer
error We Judge things by ourselves. b.
hat small span % tine which measures
Or years Reject upon the thouss ads %
yezrs which have gone before Is ard TIE
-Aousa nds yet 20 come. When one lrokx
3eEr from this height Il IL reasonable 10
bore How car ore deny human PRO-
greSs, Whist concuests OF primitive bra
tality have not already been sccoas-
I.ished? Man has risea above torture
above s,.very-is this nothing. re Ioos-
sns his bonds little By little each day
The time viii come vhez h skzr b. NJ
.erly free
But. indeed 50 many hGr6re1s %
centuries viii have passed that PERHAPS
he earth viii By that tine hare
achieved cycle. aid that TITS rai bel