The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-09-01
THE MINERAL TWO
AND HISTORY

the German Emperor, Wilhelm H.,
comes under what the Greek phil
osopher Pythagoras called "the evil
principle" This refers to the num-
eral two" which has been an UNI
lucky number in dynasties.
Pythagoras, as will be recalled,
believed that the essence OF all
things rests upon numerical rela-
tons; numbers are the principles
of all that exists, and the world
subsists by the rhythmic order of
its different elements, a belief re-
garded by Aristotle as scientific
doctrine" in the Pythagorean school
of mathematics.
One, according to this theory,
represents Deity, a unity with no
other parts,
Two, the principle Of evil divers
ity and disorder, in evil and strife.
Three, perfect harmony, the god
head; the whole, beginning, middle,
end
Four, perfection, the perfect
square; that is, q 2 equals 4.
Five, the great number in nature
and art; leaves, senses, an even
plus an odd numbers; beauty and
symmetry in nature.
Six, justice.
Seven, the medical number, iclim-
acteric in diseases, and the ufusical
number, the seven notes.
The second month was dedicated
by the Romans to Pluto, god of the
night or of the grave. The second
day of the second month to the
names of the departed. Two was
the recognized fatal number. Ev-
cry abstract idea is a number, ell,
strife, each surnamed Two" Wit
ness the present case of Wilhelm
IT,, the red promoter of the present
world conflict.
Add other cases of history:
Charles II, (the Bald, fourth
King of the Carlovingian dynasty,
when France was called Gaul. He
had an inglorious reign, the begin
ming of the feudal system in France.
Ethelred H., called the Unready
(978.) Under the influence of his
wicked mother Elfrida he held the
reins of monarchy, guiding the An
glo-Saxon race through the most
disastrous period of its history. I'm
der his sway. London was taken by
the Danish King, and Ethelred be-
came a fugitive.
Harold H., King of the Anglo
Saxons, was killed at the famous
battle Of Hastings. Q066.)
William II. of England, ruthless
and unprincipled; his body, pierced
by an arrow, was found by a char
coal burner and was conveyed to
Winchester in a lowly charcoal
cart. 0087)
Henry II. of England suffered
from the rebellions instigated by
his sons, obliging his sons to fight
for his crown. G154.)
Frederick H., Emperor Of Ger
many, deserted by his allies, was
accommodated, his wife weighted
with disaster even after he was de-
throned by the Pope. 1215.)
Edward II. of England, the first
W EtCeiFe INC lIll6 TT1uCe Vi
Wales" disgraced his reign, and
after his defeat at Bannockburn
was imprisoned, guarded by ruff
fans and murdered.
John H., King Of France, was
captured at the battle of Poitiers
and brought to England by Edward,
'the Black Prince" 1350)
James H., Scotland's King, was
killed by the bursting of a gun bat
terry at the siege Of Roxburgh.
G444.)
Charles IT. of Anjou was in cap.
tivity most of his life, and the sec
ond House of Anjou was extinguish-
ed. 14S1D
In the sovereign family of the
House of Savoy Charles II. died at
the age of s. 1496)
Henry II. of France. who con.
cluded the disastrous peace, La
Paix Malheureuse, April 8, 1859
was MORALLY wounded in a tilt by
Montgomery, a Captain of his
guards. (1547D
Francis III, of France, son of Hen
ry II, and Catherine de Medici, hus-
band of the beautiful and unhappy
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