The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-06-11

and England. The differences between
these new" American and these old
European nations are not az great az those
which separate the new nations one
from another and the 'old" nations one
from another. There are In each case
very real differences between the new and
the old acknowledgements both for good
and for evil; but In each case there 10
the same ancestral history to reckon with.
the same type of civilization. with fts at
tendant benefits and shortcomings: and.
after the pioneer stages are passed. the
problems to be solved. in spite Of superb
cial differences, are In their essence the
same: they are those that confront all
civilized peoples. not those that confront
peoples struggling from barbarism Into
civilization.
So, when we speak Of the death" OF
tribe. nation or q civilization. the term
may be used for either one or two totally
different processes; The analogy with
what occurs In biological history being
complete. Certain tribes Of savages. the
Tasmanians. for instance, and various 1T
tie clans of American Indians. have within
the last century or two completely died
out; all Of the individuals have perfshed.
leaving no descendants. and the blood has
disappeared. Certain other tribes OF
Indians have as tribes disappeared or
are now disappearing: but their blood
the white intruders. or Of the black men
introduced by these white intruders: SO
that in reality they are merely being
transformed into something absolutely
different from what they were.
A like wide diversity in fact may be
covered In the statement that q civiliza-
ton has died out"
Phenomena That Puzzle.
In dealing, not with groups of human
beings in simple and primitive relations.
but with highly complex, highly special
ICED, civilized. or semi-civilized societies,
there Is need Of great caution In drawing
analogies with what has occurred in the
development of the animal world. Yet
even In these cases It IL curious to see
how some of the phenomena In the
growth and disappearance Of these COM
pick. artificial groups Of human beings
resemble what has happened in myriads
of instances In the history Of life on this
planet.
Why do great artificial empires, whose
citizens are knit by q bond OF speech and
culture much more than by bond OF
blood. show periods of extraordinary
growth. and again Of sudden or lingering
decayf In some cases We can answer
readily enough: in other cases we can
not az yet even guess what the proper
answer should be- II In any such case
the centrifugal forces overcome the osn-
tripetal. the nation will Of course ~ TO
pieces, and the reason for its failure to
become dominant force II patent to
every one. The minute that the spirit
which finds its healthy development In
local self-government, and in the antidote
to the dangers Of an extreme centralixa-
ton, develops into mere particularism.
into inability to combine effectively for
achievement Of common end. then It 10
hopeless to expect great results. Poland
and certain republics OF the western
hemisphere are the standard examples of
failure of this kind; and the United States
would have ranked with them. And its
name would have become q byword of
derision. II the forces of union had not
triumphed in the civil war. 80 the
growth Of soft luxury after II has reached
patent to all. Again. II needs but little Of
the vision of a seer to foretell what must
happen In any community II the average
woman ceases to become the mother Of q
family of healthy children. II the average
man loses the will and the power to work
up to old age and to fight whenever the
need arises. II the homely, commonplace
virtues die out. II strength Of character
vanishes In graceful self-indulgence, II the
virile qualities atrophy. then the nation
has lost what no material prosperity can
offset.
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