Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-15
TOIstOi'S Vision

49, N - - ANtHAN ~ ~
%univer III character which must shortly
come a. pass. Their spiritual outlines
are now before my eyes. ! see floating
upon the -~uriace Of the sea 81 human fate
the huge silhoucite of q nude woman. She
is-with her beauty. poi~e. her smile. her
jewels super-Nenu~. Nations rush
madiy after her. each Of them eager to
attract her especially. But She. like an
eternal couste~an. flirts with an. In her
hair ornaments. of diamonds and rubies.
i- engraved her name. 'Colamercialism.
AS a%lluring and bewitchin- a. she seems.
much destruction and agony follow IN her
wake. Tier breath, reeking Of Sordid
transactions, her voice Of metallic charac-
ter, hike gold, and her look or greed. are 50
much poison 10 the nations who fall VIE
tins to her charms.
"And. behold, she har three gigantic
with three torches 81 universal cor
ruption in her hands. The first torch
repre- entS the flame Of war. that the
beautiful courte~an carries from city to
city and from country a. country. Pa
.%triotism answer with FLASHES III honest
flame. hut the end " a roar IL runS and
mu kcte.
the second torch bears the flame Of
birotry and hypocrisy. II lights the lamps
only IA temples and On the affairs ~ sacred
institutions. u carries the seed NJ fal~ity
and fanatici-m. n kindIes the minds that
are still ia cradles and follows them to
their GRAVES.
The third torch is that Of the law,
that dangerous foundation III aII unau-
thentic traditions. which does its fatal
work IN the family. then sweeps through
the larger world of literature. art and
stateSmmnship.
"lhe great conflagration will start
about 1872. ct nv the torch NJ the first
arm an the countries Of southeastern Eu-
rope II wil develop into n destruction
and calamity IN 1913. In that year | see
al Europe IN flame and bleeding. hear
the lamentations Of huge battlefield.
But about the year 1916 the .~tranee
figure from the nortll-a new Nanoleon-
enters the Stage Of the bloody drama. lie
IS a MAN OF little mililaristic training. n
writer or q journalist. bat in his grip most
a Europe will remain until 1925.
"Thc end Of the great calamity will
mark 4 new political era for the Old world.
There viii be- left no empires or kingdoms.
bat the world viii form a federation Of
the United States Of Nations. There win
remain only four great aiant~-the ANGLO
Saxons. the Laiins, tn Slavs and the
Moneolian-.
after the year 1925 ! see q change IN
religious sentiment. The second torch Of
the courtesan has bron.ht about the faEl
81 the church. The ethical idea haz al-
most vanished Humanity III without moral
feeling.
"But then q great r%cforqner arises. Tie
VIII clear the world OF relies of monop-
theism and lay the cornerstone al the tenn
pir n panthei-in. God. soul. spirit and
immortality will ~ molten IN "A new fur-
mace. and | see the peaceful beginning ~
an ethical era. The man determined t.
tins mission IS q Monaghan Slav. lie j.
already walking the earth-a man Of ac-
Ave affairs. ILc himself doe. not now
realize the mission assigned III him IN m
perior powers.
"And, behold. the flame of the third
torch. which has already begun to DESTROY
our family relations. our standards "a art
ANA morals. The relation between Woman
ana man Al accepted a. i pro.aic partner
ship al the sexes. Art has become ~reali--
tic deeencracy.
"Politlr~ and religion disturb the
foundation of aIl nations.
"only small spots here and there have
remained untouched IN those three d.
'~trnctive flames. The anti-national war
"a Europe. the class war of America. aud
IN race wars IN Asia have sfranulcd =
progress for halt a century. Zee II horn
'nr ri literature and art arising from the
ranks 81 the Latin, and PcrSian.. tle
world Of the tedious stuff 81 the obvionS
III ! the hight of symbolism that shall
ont lime the light Of the torch Of ON
mercLiliSm. HI place a polseamv ana
mon"sainy ~ today there will come \
poctogany relations At the Srxe. based
fundamentally on the poetic conceptions
of life.
And ! see the nations growing larrer
and realizing that the aliurIng woman ~
Their destiny 4. after aI nothing but IL
There viii a. 4 time when ~
world w1li have no use for armies. h,na.
critical RELIGIONS and degenerate arr. Life
Al evolution. an evolution 81 DEVELOPMENT
from Inc ample 10 the more complicated
forms q The mind and body.
"A see the passing show of the world
drama m u present form. how Il fades
hike the Glow Of evening upon the monn.
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