The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-06-09

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very ronl differences between tho now and
tho u'I nation differences both fur good
md for evil: but In each case There is
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tcudant benefits and shortcomings: and.
after the pioneer stages are passed. the
problems To be solved. I'm spite Of superb
cill differences. are In thrlr essence tho
same, tnrv rrc those that confront gIl
civilized peoples. not thus. that confront
peoples struggling from barbarian into
civilization.
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Tlsmanluns. for instance. and various 1T
Ito clans ~ American Indians. have within
tho last century or two completely died
out: all Of tho individuals have persisted.
leaving no descendants, and the blood has
disappeared Certain other tribes OF
Indians have rs tribes disapuoarod or
are now diaappCarlnC. hut their blood
remains, being absorbed into tho veins OF
tho white lptTlllprs. the llnrfg mon
introduced by tbcge white Intrulcrs. so
that IN reality they arc merely being
transformed into something absolutely
different from what thew were
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Phenomena That Puzzle.
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tn''e 70 "''u OF Ereat caul"" III urh"InE
Gha'oEleS WIN what mas occurred IN me
u'Nt'"pinrnt OF inc animal "orld. Yet
even IN 'h'Se cases u Is curious 10 500
now some OF inc Phenomena IN inc
CROWN anu disappearance OF these COM
PICK uf'H,lhl groups OF human beings
r'H'nh'' "hut mas happened IN myfihlA
OF instances IN uc history OF NE on lhls
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Why do great artificial empires. whose
citizens nro knit by bond OF speech and
culture much more than BY a bond OF
blood. show periods Of extraordinary
growth. and again OF sudden or lingering
decay? In some cases we can answer
readily enough, in other cases we can.
not as yet even guess what the proper
answer should he II in any ouch case
the centrifugal forces overcome the cor
trlpe'ah the nation VIII OF course ny 70
pieces ana the reason Tor It's failure 10
become dominant force Is patent 10
every one. The minute that the spirit
W",h mus itS h'althy drFelopmrnt IN
l"'hl sen government ana IN the hhtidote
10 '"' "nn~'rH OF an extreme rehtrnilzh-
,Inh "'Iri"pS INTO moro pafu'Aidr'sm'
nv" lh"p'l.y 10 combine cHr'lNelF Tor
H'"',N'H'ht OF common emu then u ~
.
"'u ''''n'" I'Pu"H'H OF the western
u'tn'Hpnri' are inc standard examples "t
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"""'' h"N' ,'h"'u VAIN lheil' ana 's
NUN" "ouiu nave become byWnra OF
urI'H'"n' u inc Iorccs OF union had not
uiulupAcu IN me clvI war. SO the
grow. "' S'it luxury hii'f II mas Tea'h'd
" ,'i."n point becomes f" hhlnhai Danger
| The Vision of a seer 10 forcfclj wbat mus,
! happen In any community Il the average
woman ceases to become the mother OF a
! family OF healthy children, II the average
! man loses the VIII ana IN" power TO work
/ up TO ola age and TO night whenever the
| n0"d arises. II the hnm"ly. commonplace
| virtues die out, II strength Of character
van'Ehc7 In graceful solf-iuducnncc, II the
| VIM" qualities nirophy. then the nation
| has lost what no material prosperity can
! onset
But there are plenty OF other phpnOrn.
| cna wholly or partially incxpllcahla. 1t f.
/ easy 10 see why Rome trondod downward
! when great slaye-tlllcd farms spread over
| what had once been IA countryside OF
| peasant prnprietors. when greed and Ink.
| ury and scnsuallty ate like acids into tho
| flhcr of the upper classes, while tho mass
| Of tho citizens grew TO dopeud not upon
| their own cxertions but upon the state
| for their pleasures and their very liyelI
hood But this does not explain WHY the
| forward movement stopped at different
! times, 30 far as different matters were
| concerned: Mt one time as regards litora
| ture mt another time as regards architec-
| ture at another time MS regards city
| building We cannot even guess why tho
| springs of one kind OF energy dried up
| while there was yet no cessation OF an
| other kind.
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Take another and smaller instance. that
| OF Holland. For period covering q
| little more than the seventeenth century.
| Holland, like some OF the Italian city
states at an earlier period, stood on the
| dangerous heights OF greatness beside ma
tons so vastly her superior In territory
ana population as TO make II inevitable
'nat sooner or later she must iall from tho
Eiorious una perllous emihehee TO which