South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-05
IS YOUR WORLD FLAT2

vova- the successor OF DowIe, announces serl-
ous'y that the world is fat. great floor OF which
tho heavens are a dome and the and stars hung
Ike pendant lights fin great cathedral
some hundreds or thousands Of his trustful fol
lowers who trust his omnscience. believe in him
and the rest Of the world laughs.
Before you laugh too heartily this sutocrat.
who turns back the clock Of history. It might be
wen 10 remember that the world has been round for
lass than 500 years
Untn the day Of Copernlcus who not born
until 1879. all people believed that the world was
level thing hung IN space by some miraculous
power and that if men journied enough they
would come 10 rs edges
Il was hereticaI to believe otherwise and the
writings Of this scientist. who evolved the theory
that the Is the center OF a great system and
that the world planets revolve about It. we're among
the forbidden works for years after his death
Up to tho day Of this Prussan scientist, soldier
and jurlst 10 al purposes the world was fat
because men believed Il 70 be fat.
vonvs now lives and thinks and plans for
world that IS gone
Before you condemn him entirely and completely
II might be well TO ask whether he is alone In re-
verslng tho almanac
How many exploded theories OF history are you
clinging TO or turning 20? How many denials OF
truth you making each and every day In your
own Hfs2 How many errors are YOU advancing al
The old law Of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for
a tooth" was destroyed nineteen hundreds of years
ago BY the truth that all brothers and that
love. not hate. Is the rule Of life
Yet in private affairs and i'm rubIic policies re-
venge is one Of the most common of passions and
the angered heart turns for satisfaction punish
Ing those who offend
The papers are filed with tales OF murder of
betrayal, OF jealous strife that prompted by
this ancient error which was once true to mankind
but n longer
The old doctrine of Ito the victor belongs the
spoils' was once the truth until civilization reached
che stage where It recognized plumber as not only
immoral but improbable. Today greed revives the
Old discarded error OF force and hate and applies
50 20 the settlement OF privte conquest and ma
tional disputes.
The divine right OF kings once true 10 the
world until America proved its falsity by demon
strating thai men possessed Of the inaIienable
right 60 rule themselves Yet the world still yields
IT'S homage Of hatery, Of fawning interest Of sub
servisnt obeisance TO those who claim royal blood
those who call themselves Americans.
The world once believed that the aim in life was
possession until there came the truth that st Is
more blessed give than to receive"-and yet the
ancient error OF greed stll rules in tho heart
and there too few who really live according to
the light Of truth.
Many things have happened between The day OF
COpernicus and Voliva. Between these two lies the
whole story Of human history that was changed
wtr the shifting OF the little one-masted ship in
which Columbus tested the truth Of this first be-
lever In a round world TO the great steamship air
plane, steam engine.
Between the two lies the difference between the
struggling villages and the great cities made pos
sible by modern transportation; between the print
tive agriculture OF the river valleys and the wide
planting OF far places; between humanity in which
education was tho privilege OF the few and one in
which Il Is the right or the many.
Has the day vet dawned for you when all the
exploded errors OF centuries are really gone and
gone forever C. does your mind work with volva's?
DO You 1--we IN a round world or is yours fat?