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

ing deliberately in fearful war without
thinking of their first duty. the essen
tial duty of being right-minded and abol-
ishing warfare
The aged master expressed himself
with quiet conviction in slow, grace
voice. l imagined that st. Paul. preach
ing to the Corinthians, held them with
just such language as that which I was
now hearing
" There is no doubt of that l said
| But this war is a fact. Without seek
ing its causes. without apportioning the
responsibilities, let us face it as an es-
tablished fact. An end to it is inevita bic.
Is not human progress interested in what
this end Will bring about in the matter
OF civilization, and is it not desirable
that those factors of humanity which are
most advanced should profit by this pow
er to reach the laggards?
Yes, l know, ii is thus that many
reason. and this reasoning is convenient
for the justification of all UNDERTAKINGS.
However. | admit this reasoning. agree
that civilization carries with it an active
and educational power But where is
this civilization? Why do you wish that
| should place it in Europe? Because
the Europeans have created artificial
needs and employed their genius 10 sat
isfy them Because they have invented
the railway, the telegraph. the tele-
phone. so many other things? All these
requirements Of pretended civilization
seem 10 me the inventions of barbarisn
They serve and iatter that which is low
est in man. I do not see that they con-
fer any moral superiority whatever upon
him. I do see. however. that the use ne
makes Of his intelligence is most often in
tine way of evil not of good
However, I INTERCEPTED he does not
create merely the tools of war or the in
struments of material pleasure. He fash
ions also machines which lessen his
fatigue, which shorten his exertions.'
Yes. things which economize his
work. But work is good and wholesome.
II is an excellent, agreeable. interesting
thing
The labor of miner is certainly
frightful servitude.'
THE RELATION BETWEEN HARD
WORK AND APPETITE.
Hard work comes Of strong needs
Restrict your needs and YOU will save
much fatigue 10 a multitude OF Your fell
low men. 1t is not necessary 20 abolish
work. but TO restrain appetite. And mod
ern inventions. in developing eppetites.
have only aided in perpetuating servi-
tude'
'TolStoi continued To speak simply on
this strain with precision and gentle
forcefulness. Later IN the evening he
returned tn the subject.
'No. no. he said. 1t IS not by mod
ern inventions thst it is necessary 70
judge the development OF human mind.
! am not at ali reasonable about the
railways, the telegraph. ali these con-
quests by which man thinks 10 demon
Strate his progress. We wonder az the
pyramids. and We ask ourselves: For
hat did they server" All these tnven-
tions OF civilization are our pyramids
believe that in thousands OF years a peo-
PIE viii come who. discovering our re-
mains. viii say: What strange beings
were these who imagined that travelling
al high speed from one place to another
was an essential ~ life They will be
right | have never understood the use
fulneSs Of travelling. Journeys seem only
70 make men lose time; they are an
obstacle to work
However. / pointed the japanese out 10
him as unfeelins. cruel hostile to strans-
ers. quarreiSome. fond Of dispute: as
practising corporal punishment: IS hav-
ing borrowed from Europe only its ships, i
its guns. the essential materials OF It's 1
and political establishments-
arms whereby TO strike her the better |