Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1920-12-28

as In the days OF Plato, and as eager
after novelty as In the days OF Paul
Their thirst for knowledge is indeed
quite remarkable. as well as their apt
ness to earn. Boys will put themselves
to any discomfort In order TO get ia
school.
Greece has an admirable legal sys-
tenn, which Is the one good thing II has
got from the Bavarians. IL is based
on the old Roman law, with modifica'
ton drawn from The Bavarian and
French. Liberty Of person and doml'
ellie Is inviolate; no one can be appre'
hended, no house can be entered, nc
letter can be opened without judicial
warrant Criminal and political Of
fences are tried by jury. The com
mercial code Is identical with that OF
France.
The religion Of the people and Of the
state Is that OF the orthodox Greek
church. In fact, the Greek rite is not
only the national religion. but per
haps the deepest and most creative
factor In the nationality Of Greece II
self. Men OF Greek blood who do not
belong 10 the Greek church do not
Identify themselves with the Greek
people The moslems OF Crete were
the stenest oppressors the Greeks
knew, and the Latins of Syros sided at
the revolution with the Turks. yet both
were OF the purest Greek descent. and
what makes the Greek and Skipetar Of
the modern kingdom all equally Greek
is their sympathies today In their com.
mon profession Of the Greek rite. But
all other eligions are tolerated in
Greece.
The early history OF Greece is the
first chapter In the POLITICAL and intel.
lectual life Of Europe In contrast
with nations still in the tribal stage
the Greeks have already the life Of
cities; I'm contrast with thu despotic
monarchies Of the East they recognize
the principle that no personal rule
should be unlimited. From the first
they appear as people obedient to
reason and TO n native instict OF meas.
ure. In the political sphere this leads
them to aim at due balance of pow
Frs and tendencies in the state. at the
definition OF duties aud the prosction
Of rights. In the intellectual sphere it
leads them to explore causes, to inter
pref thought in clear forms, to find
graceful expression for the social feel
ngs and sympathies. The historical
interest OF Greeced oes not begin there
fore only at the point where details
md dates become approximately GER
ain, but with the first glimpse of that
ordered life out of which the civiiiza-
ion Of Europe arose. At latter stage
he Greek commemorative offer the
most instructive study which the AN
lent world affords In the workings If
ibigarchic and democratic institutions.
Then, as the Roman power arises, cul-
innate and declines, Greek history as
'umes new character and new in
crest. From Alexander the Great
lates the beginning Of n modern
Greek nation, one, not In blood, but in
seech and manners.
Two main threads link together the
,arlier and later history OF civilized
nan. One passes thru Rome, and Is
Latin; the other passes thru the new
Rome in the East, and is Greek.
Six periods may be distinguished. l.
The prehistoric period, down to the
Hose Of the great migration. .. The
Early history OF the leading states
down to about 800 b. c. 3. The Ionic
revolt and the Persian wars, 502-470,
/. The period Of Athenian supremacy,
i7S-431. Z. The Peloponnesian war,
i31-40i, followed by the period Of
Spartan and then Of Theban ascend
lncy. 404-362. O. The reigns Of Philip
md Alexander, 359-323 b. c.
Next week l will continue with the
history OF Greece, down thru the first
,reat wave Of migration, thru the sec
md epoch Of migration from Phryg-
an highlands, thru the Ionic and Dorlc
,eriods Of Greece and their effect upon
Irt and literature Of modern times.