The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-06-09

Oxford, EnglAnd.-BefoFe an audi
sacs OF distinguished men and stu
Dents Of Oxford university. Theodore
Roosevelt on June delivered the
Romanes lecture. his subject being
Biological Analogies in History" The
lecture had been scheduled for delivery
% May Is, but Of course was post
poned on account Of King Edwards
demise II was given In the Sheldon.
ian theater and Lord Curzon. as chan
csllor Of the university. presided and
Introduced the lecturer.
In seeking to penetrate the causes
only mankind but all life. both in the
present and the past. said Mr.. Roose-
welt. We see strange analogies in the
phenomena Of life and death. Of birth
growth and change. between those
physical groups Of animal life which
We designate as species. forms. races
and the highly complex and composite
entities which rise before our minds
when We speak of nations and civil
lixations. It II this study, he assert
ed. that has given science its present
day prominence. and the historian Of
mankind must work in the scientific
spirit and use the treasure-houses Of
science.
To illustrate, the lecturer took sew.
eral instances of the development Of
new species and the extinction of spe-
cies in the history of mammalian life.
Allowing that in some cases the causes
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AnAlooies In Human History.
Cont,nu,n1 Mr. ROOSEVELT .aid IN
peFt:
Now, as to all of these phenomena In the
evolution OF species, there are. II not
homologies. at least certain analogies. In
the history Of human societies, in the
history OF the rise to prominence. Of the
development and change, Of the tenn
porary dominance. and death or trans
formation OF the groups Of varying kind
which form races or nations.
As in biology, SO In human history,
new form may result from the speciaiixa-
ton Of q lonE-existing and hitherto very
slowly changing generalized or nom
specialized form; a.. for instance, when
. barbaric race from 4 variety of causes
suddenly develops Q more complex culti-
walton and civilization. That Is what oc-
Cured, for instance, in western Europe
during the centuries Of the Teutonic and
later the Scandinavian ethnic overnows
from the north. All the modern countries
Of western Europe are descended from the
states created by these northern invaders
When frst created they could be called
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me Gnahses which nave gradually. out Of
tne nttie sia' communities OF the forest
mo tne steppe, FORMED the mighty Russian
umpire OF To-Day.
"New" and "vouno" Nations.
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merely a splitting of from ! ,or.p..tehs
ished. highly develonea and sn.o,a,tss.
nation. In this case the nation = n.n.I1,,
spoken OF as a ..younr and !. cor-sa.i',
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sense Of the difYsrenc. hetrs.r ,shs ses -
described in .uch case and u,h.t .s a. -
scribed nv the same term IN "na.L.. u 9.
a civilized nation inst dsv.ioneS III ..
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