The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-02-09
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strength. lured from the circle OF her
p!aymates and carried upon his back 10
! a sunny isle, where he did so heguile
/ her with divine cunning that she was
I fam 10 believe herself in the rnbrace
OF god and TO claim for her sors the
.athsrhecd of the great Zeus.
This cave witnessed thelr birth and
became the eonsecrated SPOT where
every ninth year his father, descending
from Olympus. taught hts sides: son
Minoe 10 invent, TO shape and TO re-
fine into purest Justice the laws that
should govern humanity, with hts
brothers AUnos departed frcrn the
earth to sit with my Rhadamanthus as
judge ia the court OF the underworld,
and LETT behind him in loneliness and
doubt tire mother who had never known
ar earthly husband.
HAD IL been god or beast that had
held her IN tende-est embrace Had
the light 81 heaven or q will-o'-the-
NonsTTous events had shs wTtEessed-~
the twilight and the birth Of gods; the
worship 81 Idols and ths crunaehns of
sitars old and new the rise ard fall
% nations and races
FALL HAS FALLEN
ALL OVER EUROPE
'"Tse might q Europe alone had
seemed - her iuvulneTaole; secure
against svarv predatory power. And
in that rr3iliance forgot my douotA
TIE brf3ilarce has faded, TIRE frrn
grorn t watch hor" ny throne is swept
away By the second delaEa, in a fog
OF blood which lies like pail upon the
whole continent. 81 day and by night
rner are bewstinw their misery and la
r1entsrr their dead. whole nations are
in rags. wasted TO skeletons; every
street and highway Ia lined with the
stck ana the naatmed. with enacisfe6
mothers w{thered brides. rale. en-
feee}eS children
May row 50 }Ast b granted thu
happy privilege OF dying And shall
! be tortured Till my last breath. even
as the wolf torrures tire poor dying
of Europss womb was oegotten by
GOD or beast. was the era bo6iment OF
In its highest expression?
Wisdom noble lady. teaches us to
interpret the venerable nyth Long
since and oft SO long as man has in
hahited The earth, even before one of
it's provinces was called Phoenicia- has
many a strong OK with slistenirg skin
and flashing eyes been worshipped a.
an offspring ~ heaven. The delicate
hands OF raaidens have plated wreaths
ACoul HIS EoEbE aGG Qpofi MS eEs
shining back great nations have
packed the burden of their fats as
though this were mere worthless
freight to be exposed to the hazard of
the widest storm
ANCIENT EUROPE
FULL OF EXAMPLES
Not always has he safely borne his
burden TO the shores Of q Crete. From
every part of the ancient world I can
quote you names OF such idolized bulls
when they stirred their limbs, the
clang OF bronze rent the air, and the
cry Of their throats was rs the roar OF
a thunder machine. while their hoots
tran1pled the fertile fields planted by
man
Even when the Son OF Mary had
lived His gospel to the bitter end upon
tie cross and so had created the i'm
perishable example OF heroic sacrifice
for others. the example Of divine re-
dem ption. even then were they stili
worshipped as heroes and eni-gods-
Your aftnes was a hero 10 his peo-
pie after he had built feet and had
thus been the first to. organize sea
power; and yet TO rs his divine descent
becomes credible only because he
stsove for justice and built a ermer
abode for Righteousness than any state
had ever found FOR Il before.
For this, Europa. IN the way that
leads upward. the only way IN which
the human can grow out OF the ami
maj and become the image OF the Di-
vne. What have been the morstrout
! happenings, great and painful, which
/ your eyes nave behold these thousa nc
years but an eternal seeking and crop
| ing after this way
| NATIONS HAVE pAssEDt
THRONES CRTMBLEI