The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-17

Frowniag or hopeful. every man or
leadership N any line OF thought OF
effort must now look beyond the limits
OF his own country. The student OF
sociology may live ia Berliu or 81.
Petersburg. Rome or London. or he
may live In Melbourne or san Frau
cisco or Buenos Aires. but In whatever
city he lives he must pay heed 70 the
studies OF men who live in each OF
the other cities.
When In America we study labor
problems and attempt 60 deal with
subjects such as life Insurance for
wageworkers. we turn TO see what
You DO here in Germany. and We also
turn TO see what the faron common
wealth OF New Zealand IL doing.
When n great German scientist Is
warning against tho most dreaded en-
emies Of mankind. creatures u infin-
itesimal size which the microSccpe re
veals in his blood he may spend his
holidays Of study IN central Africa or
In eastern Asia. and he must know
what Is accomplished in the labora-
tories Of Tokyo. just as he must know
the details 81 that practical application
OF science which has changed the 18TH
mus Of Panama from n death trap into
what IS almost health resort.
Mankind Knit Tosether
From new discovery in science to
a new method OF combating or apply
ing socialism. there Is no movement
OF note which can take place In any
part OF the globe without powerfully
affecting masses OF people in Europe.
America and Australia. In Asia and
/ Africa. For veal or for woe. the peo-
pies OF mankind are knit together far
| closer than ever before.
\ hundred years ago. when this uni
vcrsity was founded. the methods OF
transportation did not differ in the es-
sentialS from what they had been
among the highly civilized nations OF
antiquity. Travellers and mere handise
went by land in wheeled vehicles or
on beasts Of burden. and BIZ sea in
boats propelled 10y sails or by oars.
and news was conveyed as It always
had been conveyed
What Improvements there had been
had been in degree only and not in
| kind. and IN some respects there had
been retrogreSsion rather than advance.
/ There We're many parts Of Europe
where the roads were certainly worse
/ than the old Roman post roads. and the
Mediterranean sea. for instance. was
by no means as well policed as in the
days OF Trajan.
! Now steam and electricity have
worked a complete revolution. and the
| resulting immensely increased ease OF
| communication has I'm its turn com
pletely changed all the physical ques-
| tons Of human ne
! Moreover. the Invention and use Of
machinery run 10y steam or electricity
have worked a revolution in Industry
as great as the revolution in transpor-
tation. so that here again the differ
encc between ancient and modern civil
iization is one not merely OF degree.
but Of kind
In many vital respects the huge
modern city differs more from all pre-
ccding cities than any 81 these diff
fcred one from the other. and tho
giant factory town is Of and b. itself
one OF the most formidable problems
Of modern lie
Steam and electricity have given the
race dominion over land and water
such as IL never had before and now
the conquest OF the air is directly i'm
] pending. - books preserve thought
! through time. So the telegraph and
telephone transmit it through the space
they annihilate. and therefore minds
are swayed one by another without
regard 20 the limitations N space and
time which formerly forced each COM
munity 20 work in comparative isola-
| ton
II Is the same with the body rs with
the brain The machinery 81 the fac
tory and the farm enormously multi
plies bodily skill and ylgor Countless
trained injclliScnces are 40 work 70
teach us how 20 avoid or counteract
the effects OF waste