Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-03-08
Modern Towers of Babel.

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Some thousands of years ago certain
persons began to build tower on the
plains of Shinar whereby to climb to
heaven. Everybody remembers the
awful disaster which came to them for
their innpudence the confusion of
tongues a disaster which has worried
most people, especially schoolboys,
wrestling with foreign languages ever
since. Several more or less systematic
efforts have been made to remedy this,
but up to the present time they have
been without avail Volapuk is not
extensively spoken and perhaps never
will be. Habit is too strong, and while:
a language universal would be a great
boon and a vast CONSERVATION of time
and energy it is not likely to eyentuate.
1t is said that in his polyglot district
Hon. William SuIzer Of New York
must address his constituents in TWEEN
ty-nine different languages and dialects
in order to have them all drink in his
eloquence. He can come as near doing
that stunt as the next one, for he has
the gift of tongues at least of one
tongue, which he uses with much dex-
terity and with which he accomplishes
great good for the human race-for Sui
ger is a cosmopolitan patriot.
Notwithstanding the calamity Of the
plains of Shinar, people have not given
up the building of tall towers in fact,
they seem to be just beginning. The
Flatiron building in New York is in its
way almost as great curiosity as the
leaning tower of Pisa and much more
useful. but some ambitious person is
arranging to build one in Gotham for
ty stories high. 1t is not claimed
that these modern towers of Babel are
built for the purpose of getting closer
to heaven, but because real estate on
Manhattan Island is so costly. Only
think of enough people zoe, 900 ITO
form congressional district being at
work in fifty buildings, which all told
probably do not cover more than two
or three acres of land! We are GER
tainly improving on nature with
vengeance.
Perry BeImont's Publicity Propaganda
"Many men of many minds was a
copy the old field schoolmasters used to
set for their pupils Just at this time
many minds are busy devising ways to
purify elections.
OF the many fine things said BY Lord
Brougham none is finer than this:
..There have been periods when the
country heard with dismay that the
soldier was abroad. That is not the
case now. Let the soldier be abroad.
In the present age he can do nothing.
There is another person abroad, less
important person in the eyes of some,
an insignificant person, whose labors
have tended to produce this state Of
things. The schoolmaster is abroad
And trust more to him, armed with
his primer than do to the soldier in
full military array, for unfolding and
extending The liberties Of bis country ]"
The sch0olmaster is still abroad, and
his great coworker, the editor, is also
abroad, thank God the editor of the
magazine. OF the metropolitan daily
and Of the country weekly. He teach
eth and preaeheth constantly, Precept
upon precept, line upon line. here
little and there a little. OF course en-
tirely too many papers belong to those
who are plundering the public, but
there are many inhought, unpurchasa-
bic ana unmuzzledt IN publicity lies
our hope Of success publicity Id court
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