Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-07
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''neVs nations one from another and !
the "old'' nation some from another.
Most of the great societies which
have deyeioped n hjgi, civilization and \
have played dominant mart I'm the |
world have been-apd are-artificial. \
not merely in social structure. hut in |
the sense of including totally differ. |
emf race types. A great nation rarely |
be,onys IN anv ono race though its
ci,izens generally have one essential. !
" national speecb. Yet the curious
fact remains that these great artif |
ciai societ,es acquire such unity that
in each one all the parts feel sub.
tIe svmpa,by. and move or cease to
move. 20 forward or go back, all to-
retber in response to some stir or
tbrobbing. very powerful. and vet not
10 be dlscerned by our senses. Ma.
t,onaI unity ia far more ant than race
unity To be a fact to reckon with.
until indeed we come to race differ
onces No fundamental AS those which
divide from one another the half.doz.
on preat etbpic divisions of mankind,
when they became so important that
differences of nationality. speech. and
creed sink into bitterness.
WHY do great artificial empires.
whose citizens are knit by a bond of
speecb and culture much more than
nv bond of blood. show periods of
ex,raordinary growth. and again of
sudden or lingering decay? I'm some
cases VIC can answer readily enough:
In o,ber cases we cannot as vet even
yuoss vba, the proper answer should
no
1 Now. as to al, these changes we
can nj least be sure of the main
facts. we know that the Hollander
remains IN Holland though the great.
ness of Holland has passed: we know
tina, the Latin blood remains In Italy.
> wbetber In N greater or less extent:
ana that the Latin culture has died
ont IN the African realm IL once won
while n has lasted I'm Spain and
/ France and thence has extended Il.
.e,f m continents beyond the ocean
| In tho world of ant,ouity each great
emnire rose when its Predecessor had
already crumbled. Nv the time that
Rome loomed large over the horizon
of history. there were left for her to
contend with only decaying ciyiliza.
lions and raw barbarisms When she
conquered Pyrrhus. she stroye against
the strength Of but one of the many
fragments into which Alexander's
kingdom had. fallen When she con
Z quered Carthage she overthrow foe
against whom for two centuries the
single Greek city OF Syracuse had
j contended on equal terms: II was not
the sepoy armies OF the Carthaginian
plutocracy. but the towering genius OF
the House OF Barca. which rendered
the struggle forever memorable.
u On the contrary, the great expan
sion Of England has occurred. the
! great empire Of Britain has been
achieved. during the centuries that
have also seen mighty military ma
! tions rise and flourish on the contin
ent OF Europe. II is as II Rome. while
creating and keeping the empire she
won between the days OF Scipio and
, the days of Trajan. had at the same
time held her own win the Nihe'el
OF Sargon and I1giath, the Esyp' %
Thothmes ana HARNESSES and 'n'
Kingdoms OF Persia ana maceuon u
the red hush OF ther "arrior'oa"h
Rome fell by attack from without
. only because the ills within her owl
a borders had grown incurable. Wha
Is true OF yonr country my hearers
Is true OF my own while we snou''
be vigilant against Toes from w',hou'
!, yet we need never reai'y iear 'ne" =
!, long as we safeguaru ourselves "sa"'
the enemies witnm our own NUS ,'
holds; ana these enemies aro Jul ~"
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