The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
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and surround themselves with an en-
vironment conducive OF good citizenship
and work out . scheme for better civili-
zstion among their children. Three fac
tors are necessary in worxing out this
scheme and we would call them: edu-
cation, inspiration and association. The
ZANE principle applies in domestic life
for man surrounds himself with three
physical essentiais OF civilization and
these We feel free to call environment
They are the beast of burden for trans
portation. cereals for high productive
living and iron for implements of war
and high productive machinery. This
then would lead ne to believe that the
Indian had exhausted his possibilities on
this continent when it was discovered.
He had the cereals for living but neither
beasts of burden nor iron for impliments.
There were beasts of burden in Europe
and western Asia and the combination
Of what the Indian had with what wac
in the East was necessary to broaden
civilization. Man Was social then from
. standpoint Of expediency. Expediency
is q great factor in civilization. We
shali casually consider environment
from q biological point Of view. Herr
we <hall have TO take into account tn.
great force of evolution. Where then
does this enter in? We are safe in adding
that II 10 effective in both sources OF
variation and development of numbers
which are direct results of a a doubl.
ancentry. Parents are different 30 vi
conclude that the offspring will be varied
Every person has an inward heredity
There 10 then a choice of race or parent
age Even in the lower animals this is
brought out. cat likes to associate
with q cat and a dog with dog and it
u an old adaxe but q true one that birds
of . feather will flock together. What is
in man that makes him evaluate as TO
choice? Ii 10 the consciousness of selfrace
and without which man would be AMI
mai only. IL is natural and divine that
this should he so or the sheep would not
be Pivided from the goats. Separation
then, because of differentiation, is hu-
nanity prompted by nature when the
lower animals are considered. What 10
it when one individual or race tries TO
practice this separation with another
race or individual? IL is that cyclic ten
dency OF that agent who practices such
~ revert TO the barbaric characteristics
OF the man in the lower stages Of develop
ment. He reconciles his actions on the
survival OF the fittest theory but the
survival of the fittest is not al
ways the survival of the best no more
than the survival OF the best 10 always
the survival OF the fttest It's the
highest type Of endurance that generally
succeeds or the individualistic strong
for that particular thing. Too often the
strong man stands alone and the weak
initiates the same principal both hop
ing ID win ont There must be some
sort OF sympathy and that sympathy
should prompt unity. That leads us to
AK. does civilization depend on any
psychological basis? This leads ne 70
ask then what is civilization A. an asset
% civilization? Is man human then
social, or social then human? We shall
answer this fuller when We discuss for
you the question: what is Man7'' at
some future time. Too often We might
say, that, consciousness Of kind sets the
pace on which TOO many Of US attempt
70 build q civilization. And when this
10 true the true ssset-the volume Of de-
sire-is neglected. What is conscious
ness Of kind in terms Of social psychoIo-