The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-06


~ latest authorities on tire subject an
ar careful to commit themselves q
Iite Hs rus sibic. tn, au'aor. too "
fancy rs not q historian aut q Hcllcuisl
who employs history fo throw light vi
me tex h" L. interested ir. at any rat
he s., ms to lack the mag nation tina
should cnaul, him To- pres NJ he fact
M heir true perspective. Both m tn
h5-raphi,al and N tho historical pur
'ions ~ hi tory h. dw'lle ON minute
details which. huW,N,r useful the,
may be- &" special students. 5 ON to be
lt,i" IN" Nturuau state ana tao char
a,tcr of D"mos'hcnos.
II needs poet To- conceive 4 The
glory that Wds Greece aud there is
something lUlorouS TN the attempt t.
compare Athcuau history aud lnstitu-
tlona with those OF modern times rs
Mr.. rIckard-Camhridg" docs. He cam
not hut feel a certain contempt for a
people ignorant of British pariiamer
tary methods and destitute uf the lido,
81 representative government. mud his
iudam"ut "t tho rule ur tho people
seems hor-n and uu.ympath,tic. tn,
Hellenic idea. of government wcr.
mplv not uilT~. Trr nearest auprnarh
to It that We but.. had ,,.,.. IA, tI,. ,.rc,,
cite, II ltaly. and tn , ,.rt.iu drsroa
y; Germ,uv. N tie ,at. Middle No-y
and 'hc Renaissance Tho rTall,s TIA,
his houucathcd 70 a.. it, literature rs
J,..losupbv and 20. irt WI IL. lara.r
than the Greece nf tn-J,v ,oIIcr.
ton n. LIZ I-l nm, t,vcrs o.,., s,,,,i-
ing ont for H.. own indopcpd,nce and
all rchfinl ono ,untrar ,, t,ru,tr.,
alliance with k,lc.doscopi,, raridttr
Tor certain periods i'm then. hisiu,.y a..
have q ,.uud d,,i ~ rnrtonpor,ry ir.
formation. for Ions, intervals W. b,,s
no information whatever Far tho
period dealt with i'm tbia bn,l, f,r an.
stance. We have no cont.n,u,r,rv his.
turlcal account. r. We arc r,t mis-.
taken. only what an 10 derived from
the urdi.nnv of p.up.thcn,. and his
fellow orator. aaJ from sn-,, r.sual
references. the nearest Lt,.ori,us ,r
rillip and Alexander arc pjodor,,s
S.tulus and Dion, sins If Ii,l.rsrua.sii.
VINO wrote in tho rci,.n nf Atiru.t,,.
three hundred wears Iafor Tho author
puts down what bc can find rbioav ,
disheartcniug record If no,tv .uu,lilos
between towns. most nf which arc lor-
fprcottcu for rap.,r. eliza, ara, y.,n,c-
tines stated and sor,ct,uos r.G>
Z. lossed AT aud pf I'm. trivial no.. .,,,,t
politics within th,. towns. n,,,.. r, ,..itI,
these are events If re-. ,,,,,,,co and
tho effort. - e,,n who o,,ountcd -
somethyus. The ro1d.,. il. l.ft IA ard
on: r:nrn is which
The system Of ,,oyorp,ror, r., >,t,..,,,
pu..nnC enough T., u,nderr reader.
seems ia -ta,,ger tho ,,,,l,,,. alb, -,
more time in wondarirr INN. +, ,,,,II
work at all than i'm o>nl.i,inc b,o. a.,
did work Tho sunron,, ,,u,o, ,.,,
I'm the sesomhl, ~ all tb.. AN, .,,,,
zens: these numhorod al non -, mo
parti,ui,r wear An nfi,i.l.. ,~,,.r, a..
military commanders v,ro ,bo..r I,,.
Iot. The rich wera paturaIlv il, -
mncttv and could ,'va,,- lao o,,,,,od
by the moor. no,tbor d., ,.,,,,din.. -,
tho author Va. sctuatcd bv any bich
ideal The beat mon triod to leen IN,
OF oolitics Tho ,ss.r,tlv mot abo,,,
once a week and .,cn ner.on u,s maid
a small sum for attendance I}nt no..
had district ar dome ,ssor,hIios h.
sides. which supgcsts or,,ri,,,io,, a,.,
the Offices general, fcu IN vol tn IL,
men. The system ,u snito nf tho die.
i'm ,ur oves n,us, ,,,c hoo,
workable. for Athens lived under A. ,or
centuries. prospered extendad h.r
power and Tin, individual Athopians
were able tn acquire vualth. to cultivate
tho arts and literat,,re and IN acbioyo
fame They seem TO have got aInnr
too in spite Of the practice of brinpipg
Ia trial mon who became too nromIncp,
In spite nf partisan urtes and in sritc
nf referring laws tn tho assembly for
mod ificatInn or repe,I accordinp IN tho
mood of the moment Tho form y,
under which Dcmos,bcros
and his opponents swayod tho peonIc IN
The days of tho downfall of Athens yas
In substance the form that prevaiIed
In the days of conquest and glory II
was the decline of the military sn,ri,
and power of Athens and the hlunders
If the men who directed the state that
made II easy for Macedonia with ite
new and effective machinery ~ mar
20 subjugate her and the rest ~ C;reece
The author might lust as well have
found fault with the institutions 30
Sparta or OF Thcbes.
The sketch of the developmert Of tho
power Of Macedon under phl,n io
'.earor and more congenial. for in this 4,