The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-11-20
TOLSTOPS INDICTMENT
AND VITAL PROPHECY
Made Years Ago Before the Au-
thor's Impairment.

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silhouette OF nude woman. She is
with her beauty, poise, her smile, hel
iewels-a super-Venus. Nations rush
madly after her, each of them eager tc
attract her especially. But she, like an
eternal courtesan, fiirts with all. In
her hair ornaments, of diamonds and
rubies, is engraved her name, Com
mercialism. As alluring and bewitch-
ing as she seems, much destruction and
agony follow in her wake. Her breath,
reeking Of sordid transactions, her voice
Of metallic character like gold, and her
look of greed are so much poison to
the nations who fall victims to her
charms.
And behold, she has three gigantic
arms with three torches OF universal
corruption in her hands. The first torch
represents the flame OF war, that the
beautiful courtesan carries from city to
city and country to country. Patriot
ism answers with flashes OF honest
fame, but the end is a roar of guns
and muskets.
The second torch bears the fame OF
bigotry and hypocrisy. 1t lights the
lamps only in temples and on the altars
of sacred institutions. 1t carries the
seed of falsity and fanaticism. 1t
kindles the minds that are still in cradles
and follows them to their graves.
The third torch is that of the law,
that dangerous foundation OF all un-
authentic traditions, which first does its
fatal work in the family, then sweeps
through the larger world Of literature,
art and craftsmanship.
The great confagration will start about
1912, set by the torch Of the first arm
in the countries OF southeastern Europe.
1t will develop into destruction and
calamity in 1914. In that year see
all Europe in flames and bleeding. /
hear the lamentations of huge battle
fields.
But in the year 1915 the strange fig
ure from the north--a new Napoleon
enters the stage Of the bloody drama.
He is man of little militaristic train
ing, writer or a journalist, but in his
grip most of Europe will remain until
1926.
The end OF the great calamity will
mark new political era for the old
world. There will be left no empires
or kingdoms, but the world will form
a federation OF the United States OF
Nations. There will remain only four
great giants-The Anglo-Saxons, the
Latins, the Slavs and the Mongolians.
After the year 1926 / see change in
religious sentiment. The second torch
OF the courtesan has brought about the
the fall of the church. The ethical idea
has almost vanished. Humanity is
without moral feeling.
But then great reformer arises. He
will clear the world of the relics OF
and lay the corner stone
Of the temple of pantheism. God, soul,
spirit and Immortality will be molten
in a new furnace, and see the peace
ful beginning of an ethical era. The
man determined to this mission is a
Slav. He is already walk
ng the earth--a man OF active affairs.
He himself does not now realize the
mission assigned to him by Superior
Powers.
And, behold, the name of the third
orch, which has already begun to de-
troy our family relations, our stand |
lrds of art and morals. The relation I
woman and man is accepted as
prosaic partnership Of the sexes. Art
las become realistic degeneracy.
Political and religious disturbances
ave shaken the spiritual foundations
4 all nations.
Only small spots here and there have
emained untouched by those three de-
tructiye flames. The anti-national wars
. Europe, the class war Of America
nd the race wars in Asia have strangled
rogress for half century. By then,
! the middle Of this century, see a
eroine of literature and art rising from
le ranks of the Latins and Persians,
ie world Of the tedious stuff OF the
bvious. II
1t is the light Of symbolism that shall
ntshine the light OF the torch Of COM
iercialism. In place OF polygamy and
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