The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-12
BY HON. VIM. JENNINGS BRYAN. (CopyriEht, 1908, by Joseph B. Bowfcs. --Copyrfghf I'm Great Britain--
 All Rights Heserved.)

Bx HON. VIM. JENNINGS BRYAN. (CopyriEht, 1908, by Joseph B. Bowfcs.
 --Copyrfsht I'm Great Brifain--
 All Rights Heserved.)
 Vienna, June 8, '06.- Nothing so im- presses the vi=tor to Greece--not the waters of the Aegean sea, with their myriad hues, not the Acropolis. -lo- quent with ruins. not even the lovely site of Athens itself--as the part which little Greece has played in the instruc- tion of the world. Less than 25,000 square miles In area. less than half of which is productive, and with popu- lation of less than two and half mil lions. this diminutive nation has his- tory without a parallel
 There is scarcely a department Of thought In which Greece has not been the pioneer, and in many things she has set an example which subsequent generations have but imperfectly fol- lowed. If In Egypt one Is awed by the evidences of antiquity: if in Pal esflne he is made reverent by the spiritual association connected with Judea. GaIiiee and samaria; In Greece lie bows with profound respect to the mighty influence exefted by this single people upon cfv4ltzatfon.
 The signs along the streets recall the alphabet with which the student Of the classics struggles when he [HNEH LID the uGAQ ldaAS Qa6 C1--cAsU scs tho Greek language can hardly be called dead. for while 1t Is the spoken tongue of but comparatively small number. 1t has found a glorious res- nrrectton in nearly all the languages of Europe. Tn fact, it had so many merits that we are constantly com plimentingt by returning 10 1t for the nomenclature of philosophy. scf- af1ce and art.
 of those who stilI speak the lan- ruage Of Heroaotus, Homer. Socrates and Demosthenes, majority live outside of Greece. for the Greek col- onies planted around the eastern end of the Mediterranean form consider able as well as an influential portion of the population. Greek colonization. by the way, was of an enduring kind. Those who went out into distant felds did not go as individual bees fof5icIal or eommercial) to gather honey and return with 1t to the par ent hive; they went out rather in swarms to found cities. develop conn- tries and establish new centers for tho spread of Greek influence. They identified themselves with the land to which they went; they became an integral part of the population, and by virtue Of their apparent superior fty. they gradually substituted the language. the ideas. the customs of their native land for those which they found. So securely did they build that neither the Roman nor the Turk were able to obliterate their work The people bowed before the storm, but continued Greek. and today in ltflexnndria, Asia Minor. and Con- stantinop1e. Hellenic influence is still fels
 The ancient Greeks sought to per- feet the human form, and 1t is not to be wondered at that marble models of strength. grace and beauty have been unearthed where the Olympian games inspired a rivalry in physical development. The games were es- fablIshed nearly 800 years before the beginning of the Christian era, and during the nations independent ex- dstence they were held in such high esteem that the laurel wreath of vic- tory was the greatest reward within 4he reach of the youth of the country. Each city had its stadium, some of them of immense size The one at Athens seated 50,000 spectators. and the enthusiasm aroused by the con- tests was scarcely less than that which at Rome greeted the gladiators. By the generosity of a rich Greek the