The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-27

COUNTTOL LSTOPSWARPR
Document that is Interesting the Advanced Thinkers
All Over the World.

courtesan has brought about the fall of the
church. The ethical idea has almost van
ished Humanity is without moral feeling.
But then great reformer arises He will
clear the world of the relics of monotheism
and lay the corner stone of the temple of pan
theism. God, soul, spirit and Immortality
will be molten in a new furnace, and / see the
peaceful beginning of ethical era The
man determined to this mission is a Mongo-
lian Slav. He is already walking the earth
man of active affairs He himself does not
realize the mission assigned to him by
Superior Power.
"And behold, the flame of the third torch,
which has already begun to destroy our fam
ilv relations, our standards of art and morals.
The relation between woman and man is
cepted prosaic partnership of the sexes.
Art has become realistic degeneracy.
Political and religious partnership have
shaken the spiritual foundations of all ma
tions.
"Only small spots here and there have
mained untouched by these destructive flames.
The anti-national wars in Europe, the class
war of America and the race wars in Asia
have strangled progress for half a century.
BY then, in the middle of this century, l see
a heroine of literature and art rising from
the ranks of the Latins and Persans, the
world of the tedious stuff of the obvious
at is the light Of symbolism that shall out
shine the light of the torch of commercialism.
In place of polygamy and monogamy of today
there will come poetogamy-relations OF
the sexes based fundamentally on the poetic
conceptions of life.
"And l the nations growing larger and
realizing that the alluring woman of their
destiny, is after all, nothing but an Illusion.
There will be time when the world will have
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degenerate art. Life Is evolution. and evo-
luton is developed from the simple to the
more complicated forms Of the mind and body.
81 see the passing show of the world drama
in its present form, how it fades like the
glow Of evening upon the mountains. One
motion of the hand Of commercialism and a
new history begins"
The late author-reformer opened his eyes
and looked at me slightly confused.
Had gone to sleep?" he asked me. 81 beg
your pardon"
When read the vision to him he listened
gravely and nodded, saying that it was cor
rect. Upon my request he signed the doc
ument and handed it to me with blessing.
l left him the same day, and Immediately
upon my arrival informed the car of my
readiness to him.
l was received at the court in an informal
wav and led into the czar's private study.
handed him the paper. He opened it ner-
vously and read with pronounced agitation.
"Well, it's very interesting" he said. will
make a copy for myself and forward the
other copies, with translations to the kaiser
of Germany and through him to the king of
England. The original shall be kept in my
private archives. shall ask the kaiser and
the king not to make any comments on the
matter, as l do not like to figure an in
termedary between them and the old man
whose seditious writings l do not like gen.
orally"
1t is because have heard that one Of the
royal principals is going to include the secret
message in his private memoirs that take
this opportunity of publishing the whole
truth about it and how received the unusual
document. The czar has told me repeatedly
that the kaiser of Germany thinks it is one
of the most impressive literary prophecies
of this age.