The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-28
The Worlds Greatest Romance

The World Greatest Romance
A great continent in temperate
zone, with marvellous resources III
forest, field and mine, toward whose
shores the millions of Europe had
turned their steps and in whose future
rested all their hopes-sucb was our
own America a century ago, when
material civilization received great
awakening, -.
The power of steam had come to
give emancipation to the world. The
erstwhile beast of burden stood again
erect as in Eden and became man.
Countless devices were invented and
wealth multiplied as the W heels went
round.
The iron horse shifted the very air
of freedom, snorted in the wilderness,
traversed a score of binding
them into an inseparable union-and,
in the words of the poet, exclaimed:
"Harness me down with your iron
bands,
Make sure of your curb and rein,
For I scorn the power of your pupy
hands
As tempest scorus chain.'
Then new fire from heaven was
given US. Wires and cables bound
the world together. Thought was
triumphant Distance was no more.
From the ends of earth came the cry
of the oppressed. America made
answer, and manhood stood forth
clothed in robes of light and was
free.
Niagara has been harnessed, the
tides of the Ocean now serve master
and bear blessings as they come and
go, and even the sun itself through
the benign influence of its rays has
been made the direct and immediate
helper of man.
New metals have been discovered
and by new methods they are extract
ed from the earth. xr'7
The shipwrecked sailor whispers
his distress and all the world hears.
Science has made the human voice
immortal, and through such achieve
ment, had it been realized in the
morning of our civilization, we might
now listen to Alexander, Caesar and
Napoleon in a single evening, or hear
i'll awe and reverence the Sermon on
the Mount.
Unequaled natural resources null
tiplied by unparalleled scientific
achievements produced undreamed OF
opportunities. The world marveled
at America for her simple story " as
it's greatest romance.
In the age of Elizabeth workman
could make twenty pins in a day, and
perhaps get two for his toll. Today
it is said, he can make seven millions
in the same time. Truly our goddess
Yields the magnician's wand.
From these conditions have come
fortunes and forgetfulness. The
simplest luck of time and place has
made many a millionaire.s%And wher
to the time and place was added gent
us, most fabulous was the result.
| But military genius without ar
efficient and sufficient army spells
, Waterloo. And commercial genius
without the people could produce NJ
fortunes. The Indian chief, monarch
of the plains, was millionaire minus
a market. He lived the simple .lift
and knew not breakfast food =:. ~ y
/ Then the white man came, and tn,
! maiden. In the wood and on thu
plain they reared for themselve'
homes. And their tribe multiplied
They titled the field, dug the min,
and felled the forest. :@.is !, 1:=# II.
Prosperity reigned The great mel
Waxed rich, and, clothed with til,
4 power Of pelf, forgot all else. No
4 it caus 8 for wonder that the solcist!
1 concious Of their own portance ane
i with souls d dicated to Their owl
! parts, should forget the chorus. NJ
But there comes q time when5th
4 voice Of the mul titude browns DIT th,
Headers Il il the day Of reckoning
|. 4 the cleaning off quick thought. ia
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