The Washington times., 1920-12-26
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AVA ny, Of course, can soc only what
dir direct. ssy, s be dr.. Il. ss ass
a. whole.
Human beings, painfully climbing up toward the
ight Of SCIENCE truth and civilization have oesn soe
o sss only that which Wa directly before tnen'
each age.
In this picture Mr. ksoay show. You nvs great
outstanding personalities in the worlds history or
rather In the history Of men nhAbiting the globe Inc
history Of the world itself goes back hundreds OF
millions Of years before there any mon to con-
quer the animals and esch other
Concerning his cartoon Mr. McCay writes: i saw
the other day . new moving picture called Buried
Treasure not yet publicly exhibited. believe that
picture which millions will soon see, must arouse IN
tellsent interest in the human race as . whole and
intense and passionate interest in our own
past, IF, individually, we have had past, on TINS
earth suggest that you write about the nve creatures
typifying humankind and its struggles that show
climbing up tho mountain Of superstition and ignor-
ance."
Men onoe were moro or less like the monkeys, &C.
oordng to scientists They climbed the trees for safety
Becoming sufficiently powerful they climbed down and
stayed down. Then, instead of climbing with hands
and feet, they began to climb slowly upward by an
effort Of the brain.
At the bottom of the picture and the bottom Of the
human raoe you SEQ your original ancestor, the cave
man.
in the damp skin Of some freshly killed animal in cold
weather lived the life Of brute ignorance. His Ian
guage consisted Of few words, plus grunts whistles
and yslls. Slowly he raised himself. and tho entire
human race went upward with him.
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Second, Mr. McCay selects in man 8 upward climb
the famous heathen conqueror, Attia, chief Of the
Huns coming down from the far northeast to invade
Europe He called himself boastfu1y the "scourge Of
God," and warned trembling populations As he cut
them down. my horse puts its foot grass never
grows again"
Brute ambition is the driving foroe in Attila, whose
motto was II have gold for my friends and iron for
my enemies
A. he advanced against the kings and smperors of
Europe, and against the Pope at Rome, hs sent
ahead . messenger with this message: "Attila, my
master and THY master, commands thee to prepare
without delay palace for his reception
Attila, exponent of brute ambition, died the death
Of brutal man. Fighting and conquering, he made .
mistake, when he was little old and married young
girl Of conquered territory against her will Some say
she killed him on their wedding night, say his
own excuses at the table and otherwise killed him.
Anyhow he died on his marriage night. That nm
ished him.
While Attla belongs in point Of time to our era
and came ravsging and conquering 800 years later
than Alexander of Macedonia, Alexander conqueror
was far above him. For Alexander gave time and
money to encourage the studies of Aristotle His NOV
ing force passionate desire for conquest.
As much Of the world as he could travel over he
saw and he conquered. To SEE to CONQUER with
him. You may read Of him in histories a. . mag
niAoent noble creature, a lover Of knowledge Moro
accurately perhaps you may read how he caused him
self to b worshipped a. god and almost believed in
his divinity He was generous with those that he
conquered respectful Of tho religions of Others nsrosy
cruel with those that conspred against him.
In 4 drunken bout he killed his best friend and
foster brother Clitus who had saved Aexanders life
at tho battle Of the Granicus.
Soon aftsrward, whom Alexander was only thirty.
voysan DID, he died his great empire crumbled That
ended the youth who all things but himself subdusd"
Next in the upward climb Of the human rsos you
- Caesar highest exponent Of military politics, who
fought In far of lands, with eye always Rome
Because Luoullus had conquered in Asia Caesar went
oonqusring In 0aul Al with Alexander, there was no
limit to Caesar ambition And he, who had been abba
to endure every hardship in his great wars was
able TO endure success. His friends killed him for the
good Of the country or thought they did, and HE
passed.
Next McCay shows you Napoleon representing per-
sonal ambition. He dreamed of glory when he wa q
poor sicky, half starved lieutenant in Paris watching
Rsvol,ntion and having IN h{maAlf s'Hor~ e.y1v