The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1910-05-20

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So much Tor tho geographical side
the expansion ~ modern civilization. Hul
only few ~ tho many and Intense AL
uvIiics ~ modern civilization have found
their eNpfcssIon on this side The moved
mont has been just as striking IN its con
quest over natural forces. IN its aenrchlnt
inquiry into and about Tho soul of thlngat
Conquest over Nature.
Tho conquest over nature has included
an extraordinary Increase In every ford
Of knowledge ~ The world W. live In. and
also un extraordinary Increase IN the pow
~ NJ utilizing forces NJ nature In bott
directions tho advance has been verf
great during the past four or nve cen.
turtles uni IN both directions II has gont
ON with ever Increasing rapidity durinf
the last century Aftcr tho great age n
Rome had passed. tho boundaries n
knowledge HhranF. and In many cases II
was not until woll.nigh our own timed
That her domain was once again pushed
beyond the ancient landmarks. About th4
year 80 4 - ptoleny. tho gcogra pheI
published his map NJ central Africa and
tho sources ~ the Nile. and this map wat
more accurate than any which we had nt
late aH no 4. D. More was known n
physical science. and more ~ tho truth
about tho physical world was guessed az
In tho DAYS ~ rllny, than was known u
guessed until the modern movement BE-.
| ran. Tho case was tho same na regard
military science A. tho close 81 tho MIDI
de Ages tho weapons were what they
/ had always been sword. shield bow
/ spear and any Improvement In them wat
! more than onset hv tho loss In KNOWLEDGE
N military organization, In the science u
/ war. ana In military leadership since tho
days Of Hannibal and Caesar
| hundred years ago, when this uni4
yerTlty was founded. the method, Of
transportation did not diner In tho ss4
| srn,isis from what they had been amon.
| tho highly civilized nations ~ antiquity
/ Travellers and merchandise went by land
/ IN wheeled vehicles or on beasts Of bur-
/ den, and by sea In boats propelled BY
| Fails or by oars. and news was conveyed
| ne n always had been conveyed. grad
unte ~ your university today can go 70
mid-Aala or mid-Africa with FAR less con
! sciousnesH NJ performing feat Of note
/ than would have been tho case n hundred
years aEn with student who visited
| Sicily and Andhlusia
Moreover. tho invention and use Of ma.
/ chinery run by steam or electricity have
| worked a revolution In industry NJ great
M the revolution In transportation. a.
that here again the difference between
] ancient ana modern civilization IN one not
| merely ~ degree but OF Kind. In may
| vital respects tho huge modern city differ
/ morr from all preceding cities than auY
| Of these differed one from tho other; AID
/ the giant factory town n 81 and by itstlf
one Of the most formidable problems q
steam ana electricity have given ~
race dominion over land and water such
NJ II never had before. and now tho con
quest Of the air II directly impending A.
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the telegraph and tho telephone transmit
II through the space they annlhiiaie. and
therefore minds hre swnyed one by an
! other without regard 90 the limitations of
space and time which formerly forced
each community 10 work IN comparative
Isolation. N h the same with tho body a.
with the brain. The machinery Of the FAC,
tory ana the farm enormously multiplies
bodily skin ana Vlgor, Countless trained
intclllEenvea are NJ work % teach as how
10 avoid or counteract tho effects Of
waste.
Tho advances In the realm ~ pure intel.
lcct have been Of equal note. and they
have been both Intensive and extensive
Great virgin fields ~ learning and wis.
dom have been discovered by tho few
and az the same time knowledge has
spread among tho many 60 degree never
dreamed 81 before. Ola mon among MS
have seen In their own generation the
rise of tho first rational science ~ the
evolution ~ ifr. The astronomer and tho
chemist, the Psychologist ana the Ms.
tOrinn. and al their brethren I'm many an.
fcrout fields 81 wide rndeayor. work with
training and knowledge and method
which are In rrrct instruments NJ pre-.
cislon dinerentintng their lahors from
tho lahora ~ their predecessors as the
rifle Il differentiated from tho bow
The play ~ now forces ia as evident In
the moral nnd spiritual world aa in the
world ~ tho mind and tho body
One Danger OF Civilization.
! ono NJ the prime dangers ~ civilization
has always been ltH tendency t0 cause
the loss ~ tho Nirlle lighting virtues. Of
tho lighting edge. when men grt too com.
Portable and lead too luxurious lives thsre
II always dungrr lest the softnrss eat like
an ucid into their mUullness NJ nbrr The
barbarian. because ~ tho very conditions
u his NE. IL forced 10 keen and devotion
certain hardy qualities which tha man Oh
| civilization tends Co lose. whether Do be
clerk factory hand merchant or even /,
! certain type ~ farmer Now I will not
assert that In modern civilized society
these tendencies have been wholly over.
come. but There has been much NOR.
ruvCCssful EFFORT 20 overcome tnrm than
was tho case In tho early civilizations
This H. Curiously shown uy the mIIItar,
history NJ the Graecu. Roman period 1s
compared with the history uf tnr last fopr
or hNo centuries here in Europe and
among nations " European descent In
the Grrviun and Roman military listory
the change was steadily from ID citizen
army 10 an army ~ mrrrrulrIys In tIs
DAYS % the early greatness No Athrrs
Thches and Sparta, in me days when ths
Roman republic conquered what world n
knew, the armies were rllrd with Citizen
soldiers nut gradually tho citizens Pc.
fused 20 serve In the armies. or hrram.
unable 10 render good service The gra.u
states described by pulyhlus. with buf fe,
exceptions. hired others On dn tHrir HsIt
iuE fur them The Romans ~ tho dava ,l
Augustus had utterly reusrl to rrBIaI
any cavalry, amt we've rapidly urlslus 3.
furnish any Infantry 10 tNr IaE.rra AM.
cohorts. when tho civilization uama Q,
an end, there were mo- longer cIt.rrDs DO
the ranks OF the soldiers The rh.,r,
from tho citizen army Co tra army IN
mcrccnarlcs had been completed
, Modern Citizens Armies.
Now tho exact reverse has been "a.
case with MS IN modern times A feV
centuries ago tho mcrcculry soldier MA.
! ! tho principal figure iu most armies. and 10
great numbers % eases the mareou1r.
| soldier was an allen. In tho war. of n.
ligiou IN France, In tho Thirty Years
= war ln Germany IN tho wars that hmm.
Z | dlntcly marked tho beginning M tr
breakup ~ tho great Polish kingdom I'M
, regiments and bHgades OF foreign al
, dlurs formed a striking and leading lea
! | turr in every army. Too often the pieI
OF tho country iu which the nrnung tooi
] place PLAYED merely the IrnnbT. u.-t i