Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-10
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Re ne Editor 81 me gvealag
III ny last article ende saEaa ~
indicate briefly what had been some rs
|ahe paaaes AZ me intellectual and NOR
III development rg human society. VIE
|saw tlaa from slae arst, II " aar y
va could learn from history, freedom
I0s tbuu 81. waRea IL ran couhRer 90
religious beliefs, was meFciiessiy re-
pressed ~ ecclesiastical or govern
mental authority The Greek STATE did
lxot undertake to exercise control over
Iursn.s tlloughfa % long as they were
Ec0nAne0 10 artistic, literary Or psasl0s-
lpphIcal themes. Consequently We IND
& magnificent ONtburst Of intellectual
Inctivity such as no other country has
ever surpassed, especially during what
lis known as the golden o. perielean
Iage Oh Greek thought In fact e may
lhe saia that II was because the state
Encouraged free thought IN nj do
llnaIns at artistic and literary culture
Ethat athena became the center Og ev-
lgry thing that was excellent IN the
Inncient world The art-Eorms then
created we're Of such supreme excel
Hence that the modern world even to-
lday continually recnrs % them az
models of SURPRISING beauty The pray
Ter of Socrates as reported BY Plato. may
lbe taken rs the syntaesis Of their
Inspirations Beloved Pan and ali Va
GODS, who haunt this place, give ms
beauty Id the inward soul, and may
tine outward and the inward man be
lat one z
We can find no other people with
such passion for this ideal Of human
perfection and no nation haSi, ct theil
| best, such welI-poised and perfect
manhood and wOlnanhood. III IL q
this fact that they owed the pereec,
ition Of their literature and arts. We
Ican not but regret that the ethical
influence OF Christ's teachings did not
come into their lives at this period and
complete their race perfection II
that case, as we continually 90 back
to them 81 having reached the acme
lof artistic perfec Ion, 30 also we might
then equally turn to them as having
established for all time the worlds
standard Of moral perfection Il hai
been ehTewdIy remarked that the
Greeks, at the height Of their career
spread the spirit over the desla, where
as we moderns spread flesh over tbs
lspirit. Later on they reversed this
land their ethical progress was arrest.
led through indulgence in excuses
which appealed only To the senses 4
brave attempt was made to stem tht
rising tide OF nlaterialisna. but ii
vain. Theft religious teaets broke
down. The twilight os the gods, who
were merely deitEes IN human shape
set I'M; and It was ali tllis time that tbs
Prince BIZ Peace -opportnnely appeared
with His new message We know how
The was received and the martyrdon
THAT He and His disciples suffered al
1.-THE instance OF the clergy. We havs
Iseen also how. after combination 81
EcnurcE and state had made possible
1.-THE mission Of Christ, the church
adopting the philosophy of Aristotle
lassnmed the sole right to interprei
Ithe scriptures and To- censor All other
Thought. Fortunately the splendid
lh0ldness and energy of Luther and the
aother aDetfors Of the Reformation
broke the hold OF approximations and
ignorance and released the human in.
1tellact from the tramnaels BY which Il
4 had been restrained for hundreds 81
Il years, thereby enabling ii to soar Il
lany heights within TED ken, The flghl
Eis not quite over yet, but We may sas
1 that al arlnistice has been signed. II
looks as though q lasting peace viii
come from the various conferences
nov being held We need Wilson Il
impose the terms. Whatever these
fare. they must come from the English
speaking people. All the rest or the
world ii 30 wOefully behind that they
can not be allowed to exercise arg de
itermining influence on the constitu.
ltion and bylaws Of the League Of Re
Iligions to be established.
In OrientAl paTlance, let rs now
move On i perasartg and touch brie1y
upon the possible development of the
lphysical word. JAZZ the outset we ara
met ~ serious 0b6tacle the origin
lot matter. Tho ancaenfs thought
smuch on this suhsscG and their con.
cluaiOn was that the problem could