The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1910-04-09
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Roosevelt and Egypt.

Theodore Roosevelt has never per-
mitted his Imagination to have much
influence over his life. He has ever
been surviving for practical results and
mis- Inspirations have generally been
reduced to problems and subjected
TO such tests as the mathmetician
relies upon for solution But dur
ing the past week If his soul has not
been stirred by some new emotions;
If he has not seemed to hear the
whispers that linger as the ages roll
away. thsn there is nothing beyond
this world, and the centuries as they
pass hold no secrets in their grasp.
For he has been in the land where
the people, thousands of years. be-
fore traditions crystalized into his
tory. emerged, first upon the earth.
from barbarism into the first ele-
ments of civilization and there, alone
by themselves, progressed until with
In them the arts and architecture
were born. then a religion grew into
form; then turning their eyes up
ward, out of the order of heavenly
bodies, the first lessons in mathema-
tics were evolved, and finally the
creation OF armies and the first set
ting of squadrons in the field was
made reality. And this was all SO
long ago. who can comprehend the
time?
For centuries they wore no cloth
ing; for centuries their best resi-
dences were meager huts Of clay;
for ages they toiled on until finally
kings and priests were born, and
men rose up so sagacious and SO
splendid of achievement, that though
there was no history to record their
exploits, the traditions of them, which
were hanoed down from generation
finally took their places In history
They evolved a written language
and began to leave their records up
on their monuments and temples, and
thus hey grew and established dy-
nasties, and built pyramids, obelisks,
temples learned navigation and sail
I'd the seas, and 1t was all SO long
ago that the nation was worn out CEN
-uries before the coming of cur Saw
Jour, for since Cambyses, with his
Persians swept over the land 600 p.
c. that nation has never had a king
Of its own people.
That when the nation was grow
ing, 1t had all the graces of mod
ern nations Is clear enough Is not
the tomb still pointed out of their
great Queen Nitocris, she who built
the third pramid: the magic of whose
smile drove her lovers mad, SO super
naked spirit still haunts the pyra-
mids which she built. Then that long
array of kings and fighting men; the
hierogiyphics which tell of their
deeds still set the pulses of heroes
bounding. Then the wrecks of what
they lef-. Memphis, Thebes, and a
dozen more great cities--all this
came out Of barbarism, all grew upon
narrow strip Of soil surrounded by
deserts, all arose, eliminated and
WNht NV u'Nuy III years 81 iVihOtC
that science itself can but guess at
the date OF its beginning
| And Mr. Roosevelt has been amid
these scenes and these memories dur
ing the past week. More than once
| he must have rubbed his eyes and
| asked himself If he was not dream
ing, and only been assured as he saw
the temples and pramids around him
and the wonderful river rolling be-
low even as 1t was rolling when old
Nemesis was marshalling his armies
on Its banks and dreaming of the
glory that was to be his for all time
rever once dreaming that his mummy
would be carried away to be cur
iosity in land which, In his time
was not known to the children OF
men.
Surely the ex-president must have
been impressed as never before
Surely he must have more than once
said to himself: 1T was here thai
tyranny had its birth and fulfilled
all its desires. only to perish from
the decay inherent in itself. There
IL nothing enduring after all but lib
erty and eternal ice.--Goodwin'
Weekly.