The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-13
Do We Live
in a Cycle :?
p, xoRA COLE SKINNER.


a, i,dividuals we make our ad-
,.., into this world. act our part
,ooJ or bad on the stage OF life.
"a u,as out. Others follow. and
A. rl,rwise. Nations we know In
a, pss' nave arisen, grown into
.,,r- and influence. become old
!,d weak in luxurious living. and
Ss,rn,4red. crushed by more
.ir, 90 ignorant race. VIII oar
,s,ioa and other great nations of
H. ,,5r,d do likewise? VIII our
s,eiization and all of it's varied
s.bisyercnts be obliterated, forgot
,sn ana unknown to peoples who
'o,JJ Tbere arc some people who pro-
,ces t5 believe this is true.
tudrIug the future only by the
,ssf irry point out that archaeolo-
slsts delying into the mysteries OF
,hc ancient and prehistoric ages
have tncarthed evidence from
h,ricd cities that flourishcd in those
Ssys showing that u high state OF
c,yul,atnn existed, and that the
,oopie rf that time possessed
Enoy,l.iso OF tho secrets of nature
snj science which we from time to
1m, AFRO now only rediscovering.
turthtrmure. the signs OF the
pucs arc right for such cata-
Gysrr The world war almost en-
eilf,d rl,il zation. and since then
,berc has been such unrest, such
disresparr for law In all nations,
and such breaking down OF the
moral conceptions of the people, as
IN point 60 q collapse OF civilization
As We know II. and it's eventual
eclipse
such s the talk. But should We
be unduly alarmed?
Il is true there were great ma
Bons In the past. and they exist no
more. Their civilization was OF a
high order. The languages of the
Romans and Greeks we're superior
10 our own. and VIC make them a
study In our schools today. The
iireeks cNCelled in sculpturing and
architecture, and Aristotle Is still
lhe worlds greatest philosopher.
Vet the best that was in those
ancient civilizations ras been
|. handed down to us, and we have
built upon their ruins. And their
NE was a simple life compared to
Inc complex and varied civiliza-
Jon that we have now.
There are today too many agen-
ties for the disse minatton OF knowi-
edge to give serious consideration TO
The possibility of our civilization be-
Ing wiped out. The printing press,
The telegraph. telephone, wireless.
and even the movies. all combine to
scatter knowledge broadcast and
you can't confine It. bottle 1t up,
and suppress It, as you could in
sncient days.
A child today knows more than
the brighteat ancient Greek ever
dreamed of--and by that II is not
meant his mind liz stronger. Every
little village in America has nature
harnessed up and put to work that
souli cause ancient Rome to gasp.
Recently ! took dinner at a certain
home. and n little boy of IL years
ald sat near me with some sort o;
contraption fastened about his
head. And as we ate he called off
ihe game. nlay by play. in the world
nries Wireless telegraphy! Mira
,les Of miracles. Blot 1t all out IN
pne fell swoop; forget 1; all! Impos-
ahle.
The danger II danger there was,
has passed.
The German dread would nos
rave destroyed civilization even had
Germany been victorious. for Ger
many is an educated and scientific
nation, and these things would have
been encouraged even though the
moral fiber OF the world had been
lowered. our real danger was from
| Russia, Had bolshevism covered
y he earth as completely as 1t COW
sred Russia. then indeed there
would have been black day Tor
civilization, and IT would have been
olotted out.
Fortunately for us. the alarmists
give us plenty of time to prepare.
Tho signs OF tine lime is simply
Earning-but the debacle not yet,
hot yet Perhaps not even in our
vneration. Then why worry? suf-
tcient unto the day IL the evil
4 hereof With Louis XIV we can
Sy: After us the deluge."
But VIC can even do bettcr than
mat We can all put our shoulders
to the wheel, work hard, try to cor
rect the faults OF the world and
make 1t a little better place In
which to live-and then. perhaps,
lhe "de!usc" won't take place at all.