Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-11
Copyright. 1879

picture what actually HAPPENED globe
sands of centuries ago.
Imagine enormous mammoths long tusIs and
red hair and little eyes, exceeding power and bulk the
modern elephant the elephant of to-day exceeds ordinary
buffalo.
Then think Of the biggest powerful of the giant beasts
the leader of them ALL you have the monster of this picture
drawn by clever English artist and illustrating the death of
that giant scientists tell it occurred
It was bitter winter in those distant days of half formed
earth before had appeared in their shape to-day
Driven by cold the mammoth herd migrating in search
of food
giant with long leader And
it him decide the should
the frozen marsh.
Hunger pushed forward caution held back The
heaviest giant of all made the test first foot then the other
big front foot
Then the whole weight the reacherous up
mud and water, of grasses, roots and bog.
For WHILE cautious and trembling balancing his big body
he went forward then the eacherous spot where
animal below perhaps forced way up breathe
And the giant caught helpless and hopeless the
marsh
This striking picture shows the last hour Of the tormented
creature.
Slowly spite of his struggles his weight pulls him
The and other little that he could
by dozens his onward march gather the they
too driven by hunger and the marsh upholds their light
weight.
Forward backward and sdewise the mammoth swings his
The animals biting ears eyes, at
the big harOveed lips and the trunk quick enough
strike them.
Finally the battle against Fate ends The eyes, the mouth
sink below ice the the struggling
wolves the flesh of the big trunk and gorge themselves
until it disappears from sight
bog over; herd in safety
turns in another direction Indifferent to the leaders death
Centurs-thousands of them-ro by And the
collect the bones in the bottom that bog and
descendant of the strange animals that lived that day.
makes this picture of the mammothS death.
the fate of this mammoth ruler of the
earth and invncible power memorythe
ed curiosity of the museum-thoughtfu read
encouragement.
ruling giant disappeared from the
earth so other giants in their turn will disappear
While the mammoth lived and ruled every creature believed
that of course he would live and rule forever
The first tmd monkey like human beings that
moth by crashing his through every obstacle had this
thought Always shall flee in
terror when hear that crashing sound and always that great
animal will rule this earth apowerul nvncbe despng the
weak"
the mammoth GONE and his power and rule have
gone.
And the that feeble half monkeys half
rule the earth They have conquered the big animals
and the small conquered the lightning the conquered
time and space-AND WILL ONE DAY CONQUER THEM
SELVES
We creatures powerful than the mammoth
and feeble compared with what shall be- feel toward certain
forces of evil tmid felt toward
They said That mammoth rule forever. power
makes it certain"
And say, injustice cruelty poverty and anxiety
rule forever. Such monsters be destroyed"
But they will NOT rule forever THEY WILL BE
DESTROYED.
power of thought has killed off the big monsters The
of science which is mehodcal thought is KILLING
OFF THE MISCRoSCoPIC ENEMIES, DISEASE BREED
ING GERMS MORE DANGEROUS THAN MAMMOTHs
And thought and the conscience of the kill
ing of the moral monstersnjuc brutality selfshnes
Those monsters of power and cruelty will disappear
carried down by their weight destroyed their
confidence this DESTROYED long ago
when the earth young
Now his body reconstructed with accuracy
in the to teach lesson children students
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