The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-05-19

| and delivered a lecture on The World
Movement" He spoke in English and
was listened to with the deepest In
terest ..tr
Beginning with an eloquent euiogy
Of the German race and Its achieve
ments. the lecturer soon reached the
main theme OF his discourse. and re-
Viewed the civilization and culture. so
far as we know them. OF the earliest
peoples and their contributions 10 the
modern world He then continued:
| A. last, . little over zoo years
ago. the movement towards a world c.viii-
nation took up its interrupted march The
beginning Of the modern movement may
roughly be taken as synchronizing with
the discovery OF printing and with that
series OF bold sea ventures which eulmi-
mated In the discovery OF America: and
after these two epochai feats had begun
20 produce their full effects IN material
and intellectual life. II became inevitable
that civilization should thereafter dlner
not only In degree but even In Kind from
all that had gone before. Immediately
after the voyage Of Columbus and Nasco
da Cana there began tremendous re
iigious ferment: the awakening OF intel
iect went hard In hand with the moral
/
Bruno, Kepier. and Calico show that the
mind OF man was breaking the letters
that had cramped "a: and for the frst
time experimentation was used as a checl
upon observation and theorixation- since
then. century by century. the changes
have Increased in rapidlty and complex
lily. and have attained their maximum in
both respects during the century just
past
Instead OF being directed by one or two
dominant peoples. as was the case with
all similar movements OF the past. the
new movement was shared by many dif-
ferent nations. From every standpoint u
has been Of infinitely greater moment
than anything hitherto seen. Not In one
but IN many different peoples there has
been extraordinary growth In wealth. IN
population. in power % organization. and
IN mastery over mechanical activity and
natural resources. An Of thfs has been
accompanied and signalized by an Inn
mense outburst OF energy and restless
Initiative. The result n varied as IL is
striking.
Conquest Of the World.
In the frst place. representative. Of this
civilization. by their conquest of space.
were enabled 10 spread into all the prac-
ticaily vacant continents. while at the
same time. by their fritmphs In organixa-
ton and mechanical invention. they ac-
auired an. unheard-of military superiority
as compared with their former rivals. To
these two facts IS primarily due the
further fact that Tor the fr-t time there
is really something that approaches q
world civilization. world movement The
spread OF the European peoples since the
days OF Ferdinand the Catholic and Ivan
the Terrible has bcen across every sea
and over every continent. In places the
conquests have been sthnfc. mat II. there
- - a..
and new coumonw~alths have sprung up
in which the people are entirely or raain-
ly OF European blood. This is what hap
pened IN the temperate and sub-tropicai
regions OF the Western Hemisphere. In
Australia. in portions OF northern Asia
and southern Africa. In other places the
conquest has been purely political. me
Europeans representing for thu most part
merely small caste Of soldiers and I'D
ministrafors. as In most o. tropical Asia
and Afrfca and IN much OF tropical Amer
lea. Finally. here and there instances oc-
cur why're there has been no conquest al
all, burwhere an alien,psopls ~ profound
~ and radically changed BY the mere I'm
pact Of western civilization.
There are Of course. many grades be-
tween these different types Of influence.
but the net outcome OF what has occurred
during the last four Centuries Is that ciyi-
lizstion OF the European type now exer-
cises a more OF less protound erect over
practically the entire word There are
hooks ana corners 70 wnich X mas not yet
penetrated; but there ~ az present no
large space OF TERRITORY IN when ihe gen
erai movement or cvihzea ac,NHy does
not make user more or less fen Ths
represents something wholly diherent
from what has ever nitnerto been seen.
In the greatest days or Roman dominion
the influence or Rome was feit over only
a relatively small portion or the worids
surface, over much the larger part OF the
world the process OF chanee ana ueVeiop-
ment was aosoiuteiy unaneoed oy any
thug THAT occrrrea N ne isonan empire;
ana those communities tne play or whose
influence was felt IN ACTON ana reacuoh'
ana IN intersection, among tnemseNss.
were grouped immediatey around tne
Medi.sifanean, NOW, however, the whole
worid u pouno tose,her az never oetore.
the BONDS are sometimes ,hose OF haued
rather IMAM io'e' out they are oonds
nevertheiess. 0..t lf
All the Nations Linked.
Frownins or hopeful. every man of lead-
.rshIn IN any line ~ Thought or efYort
must now look bevond the limits OF his