The Forrest City times., 1910-05-13


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 So much for tEe geographical slte at ths expansion cf modem civilization B5t only 8 few af The many and interse ae- -Ivi-'-s e, modern ciEil. zatton have found tEs.- expression or th.s sH8e The maze= -Ee1t A<z EsEa just as striking iu fts con- quest oser natural forces. h It's ssa-rEf7g inquiry isse and about the soul of things.
 Conquest Over Nature
 The conquest over nature has i-rlaHs1 an extraordinary incresee fa every form cf E01wzs1ze cf he world we IIse .a- and also aa sztEzaHz-zl-a-y .azEeaze tH 'Ha rHH- sr of utilizing far~es c. nature. IH hz.z l directions ne advance las been teFF great during The past fasr CT five cen t=rles and Hu both directions st has e-e ea w5sz e=a= Increasing HsH4a5ty sarlaz tEa lac: eka.z-s.- After thA great age = Eam- aaz passed the boundaries = knowledge skfa-k. and h many cases | Tas r.ot rz.#t weli-nigh or own tines that hsr domain was eHze again pHsHa5 1 bsE1-a tHa ancient landmarks Ahdut tHe year ID < Y Pt1ie-ay. tHe eeorrap pHer l pat '.sHaa his map f central Africa and 1 tta se=s=#es - tHe ,;#ie and .h#s map =az l more a-===s =sas= tAau are #H5=a We had i late as tzz5 < D. Ha-e waz known = i physical sr srre. and more ot the truth i about tEe HH#sIrai world vas guessed at 1 ln the aass = p.irv. tEaa uss known or l guessed HHta fHe raatera movement be- l gan Tn case was tHe game as regards 1 ulitary science At fhe close ot the Md i sie Ar== the weapons xere what they 1 had a.Tazs b-e--e7.rr4- shield. bow. l spear and any improvement 5a them was 1 more thaf afseat hF tsze i=ss t- k1dwi edge 1 af uilta-s HgaaizatsaH5 n the science of l war. and 2 military leadership since the i days ot Hannibal and Caesar
 1 hundred years ago WEen this mi l vers!tF Uas founded. tze methods = 1 .ra reprrtza5au d.G not differ ir tre ee-
  1 lie t-~#i= civilized nations Of antiquity H.ase safz sz## 1Ezzze went tv land l n whe@l I eaH.5les or on beasts of bur 1 den. and a= sea ir boats propelled bT sails or k= azas and Eezz Eas conveyed as it @tvsa.= had Are7 conveyed. 4 grad Ha'e nf Hear university today caa go to mjd-As5a er rn8a-Afriea wita far less cqn- l se{o1sfe=z 6f Ferfasra#ng { feat of a3.e an waHa3 haze been tHe= ease 2 hundred l years a=H wf=h a student who visited ssri'y and t1faius.a.
 Moreover ffe invention ard Bse of ma l rhinsrE fHH b. steam or electricity haze worked d revolution in Industry as great 1 as the revolution Tn transportation so 1 'hat here again the difference between ancient and Ezadern eIEiI zatlon Is one not merely af degree but af kind Tn many vital respects the huge r4odarn city differs more from al preceding e#FIes than a1. 1 5f these differed one from tte otser. and fbe rtan- faa.or@ towr Is ef and hv itself one of the most formidable problems Of modern life
 Steam ard electricity have given the racc 6orazrIan over land and water sch as Y never lad before and now The con quest af the alr Is directly ..apending As hooks preserve thought through time so 1 The telegraph and tue telephone transmit 1 | tfroaga tae space they aaHihllate. and l therefore minds are swaged one bv an- 1 other without ragar1 to the limitations of
 
 zach community to work f7 comparative isolation T. Is the same with the body as with tIe hr.sln. The machinery Of the fac tory and flse farm enormously multiplies bodily skfll and viro- Countless trained iHtclIgenecs are af work to teach US how to avoid or ccunieract the e~ec:s or waste
 In the Realm of Intellect.
 The advances n the realm of pure intel Get Nave teen uf eruai note. and they have been both intensive and extensive Great virgin fields of learning and wis dom have been discovered by the few. ard at the sarue time knowledge has spread among the many to degree never dreamed of before. old men among IS have seen in their own generation the rise of the first rational science Of the evolution cf ffe. The astronomer and the chemist. the psychologist and the his- teriaH and all tfeir brethren in many dtf- ferent felGs et wide endeavor. work with trt Hias and knowledge and method which are in effect instruments of pre- cisiou dtffererf.atag the5r labcrs from ttc laborg et their predecessors as the rife Is difsfeHta'ed from the how
 The HtaF Cf new forces is evident tn fhe moral and spiritual world az in the world af the mHnd and the body
 One Dsnger Of Civilization.
 One of tAe ps4re dangers of civilization las aiVaEs teen f's tendency 70 cause the Ices af f5e yf~'ie fighting virtues of the hrhtiae eaea When men get too com foriahie and lead tao luxurious NYes there .s sl"ax= danger lest the softness eat Ike an acid into tHe.r maulness of fiber The ! harbaTiaf4 #heea8sc nf the very conditions 1 1f hls life. ts forced 70 keep and develop certain hardy qualities which the man of civilization tends 10 lose wIct.er he be clerk. factory hand. merchant. or even A rertain typo ot farmer Now I will not 1ssert that ta modern eIr.,. zad society these tendon ies have been wholly over come. hut there has been much more successful effort 10 overcome them ttsa was The case sn the early civilizations fHts Is cnriouslv shown by the military history uf th" Graoea=K Roman period as .4wp7red with the history of the last four cr five centuries here jn Esrep4 and among nations of European descent In fhe G-eeiaa and Roman military history tac change was steadily from a citizen army 10 an army of merceuarics h the AaHs of the carly greatness of Athens. f.ehfs. and Srarta n the dlvs when tHe Roman rerGbttc conquered what world r zrzen. tHe arr4ses were filed with citizer szt.liers EHt graduaIl. tHe citizens re- fsSs.l to ~sfse Tn the armies CT became
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