Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
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Nor all your tears wash out ono
word OF It
But facts rs DR.. Holmes says. AL
ways yield tho place Of honor to
thoughts about facts And 1t is nj
ways proper to analyze at least our
own symptoms and to take our own
mental temperature. 1t would be futilo
to attempt any diagnosis OF tho disease
OF Europe. or to prescribe tho proper
course OF medicine for America. but
tho time is ripe for Il modest attempt
TO apply the lierbartian method in an
investigation OF our own apperccp;ion-
masses: TO use Il logical method Of
induction from our own experiences;
10 think OF the war in relation to our
selves.
LIKE. ULYSSES. WE ARE PART
OF ALI. WE HAVE SEEN
This war has educated us as no
former generation was educated. Like
ULYSSES we are a part OF all that we
have seen: and. like .t;ncaS. we have
been Il part OF the great world tragedy.
Lord Beaconsheid said that thctc were
only two events i'll history: the Trojan
War and the French Revolution. Tho
Trojan War was the central drama N
tho old World, and :!.e French ReNo-
luton was tho opening act of the nod
crn age. The con'iict OF to-day may
we'll he the tpirl event c. tho 'vo-ioS
history. aud the tloucht and feelings
that il has hruarht have made each
,one Of us potential Ulysses in VI .de
cSpcricnce. or Il potential Napoleol IN
world strategy.
~ am we'll awrn ,hat In treating the
world war merely III its educaticni
value for ourselves. a speaker rs open
TO the criticism Of narrowness and
eGotism. 1t is case where
.tN, Il Al n ~
ward.
Moons wanc. suns rise and set
r.arth whirls. and all hut to prosper
\ poor little viri:t.
Vet tho fact remains that we AZ"
receiving the right classical education
The ancient Greek received ms culture
through his active interest IN puoilc
,fIairs and his view Of national move
,r,r,S through the sight of the ath-
lctic contests and the experience or
camp life; through hearing tr"SeuE
or SCphocles or listening 10 an oratloh
OF Periclcs. His active mind iel tne
diut az speech or the stress OF plea:
his kuowledcc was enlarged. and his
sv,unathies were hroadcued by the /
direct appeal OF life itself, and his
c,lsarness OF thought and directness OF
speech and action came from first
hand education iii world AFFAIRS
or KNOWLEDGE
FIRST tLEht'Nt w W ~ I
Thus. would name as the first Gle
,uent Of our war education the Nttallz- /
inc OF our knowledge Mathematics is /
no longer a matter OF dead symbols /
and formulas. but dread and living |
science Of range and trajectory. Ihe |
metric system itself becomes interest
ing when spoken from the mouth OF
the French seventy wives and the Ger
man iorty-twos. Geography Is no |
longer RELOCATED 10 the grammar !
schools. but has become matter of |
WORLD wide Importance, 50 mat we
have learned the difference between |
Tho Marine and tho Aisue. we have dis |
Balkans; and the Nosses and the Car
pathians have risen 10 he mountain /
ranges Of the first class In language,
We have learned--or think We have /
!earned--to pronounce PrzenySl and .
End Ve-dun; - know the 'poilu and !
th- 'Taube. and TO recognize the .
great part that speech plays IN ma
5ional life.
"Chenlistry IS no longer = mere mat
- - -eto-,s and reagents. but dead
= matter - gases and explosives. or /
business matter u drugs and dyes. /
History i our daily handbook Of ref |
creme e-ou- s=archliGht that We throw .
us--7 Jhs dark clouds OF war. ouI /
.-GS-irl by which measure sue /
cess and defeat, Psychology mas be- |,
come . woTld-wide science, in which /.
,rs study the mental reactions cf rulers /
and of peoples, and trace ;he impulses
aid iuh.h;lious ot national traits 4
Fasos5uhy Is cur crucihle, IL which /
v. ds,l our facts and opinions. our
.var- and hopes 10 some consistency /
and -=ai.;: and truth
T'rus he whole range % our knowl /
edge mas been viialized by the dread
tel.h ~ wa- and there can be no
duuh, Mat ths spur If necessity has
given fresh iupetgS 70 many depart
mems - human thought Tn. Greek
4-.ra o- ne Roman forum never Of
f-r@l more striking examples OF plead
Ing and appeal u logical attach and
defense than DO The columns Of our
daily PAPERS. and ethnology and
sociology arr living issues IL Europe
and am-r,e to-day
The suffrage movement. the prohibi-
tior movement. the eihnic movement,
and above All, he Socia!!s. movement,
have gained added life and power
from he war
HAS CAUSED DEVELOPMENT