Show = = = = OUII TlVlf Ail > ITS rIsItIscv What ore the real Indncl 01 Sl45kCO modern conditions of life Tlila lo 1 an appropriate question at the n1 of thH ° 2 In many respects the imft mnnrkable century of the worlds hlstorj There t Is a restless rush I In ever > direction 44 by magI one wonder after another 4iYj I beIng conjured up on litetogesc 4i2k4 copied by scientific research mid nB tt t ° liI consequence our civilization has lie ° com ° OR omplex n the mot 1IIlrlcnie and < deUcat mohlnery ever Innnl1 I Are w 5 biilldlns on more solid foundation f founda-tion than did II nnclenln or Is I It P probable that the structures of our nse ylll decor and go the way of their predecessors decessors To many It appears as nn axiom that modern clvlllzatl Is I permanent They cannot fonceive of the posslblllly of a turning point In tin forward and up 5 cki54 word course We ho odvantnge nt Jojed at no previous time hj fie hu mon rare our ever rowing knowldg of the world they argue enables us to fj5 4h4 f utilize Its material and Intellectual re Ik sources and prevent II recurrence or catastrophes that overtook ancient nations wholly unt rppared for them There Is I no danger of etng I overrun Iy wild animals or image hordt ond all the energy available can be applied to ward Ihe achievement 01 tteorezolts for civilization for inoBrcfs Thin Is I 4t the view quite general hell < There Is howeler nnolher tIde 10 tho question and this was recently presented pre-sented bj the London Spectator Thin Journal doubts that Intellectual ac tiO tMty Is I as great or powerful among us as It was In great unctions of the ancient world I asserts that heaver age private clllzen ot Athens for In stance was Incomparably abler than tho average member of the ngllsh parliament BtartllnB ns this proposition 4 771 l7 proposi-tion mai bo to some It Is I held to be I true and tho Spectator while arguing tlut there Is I no doubt tho stress of c1 modern lift develops Intellect Insists that this Is In tho mass not In a profound pro-found sent In Ihe modem IVorlil there o Is I n crowing dearth of the rarer nod deeper kind of Intellect and tho Ire sure brought to bear oil tho few that iimi do exIst la not favorable to brie de cIOImenl we do not prodaronlunI ° or a Spinoza only critics who write bout Iho mew and ran give On oU the latest views we have not the minds whose operations mOle In vast orbits 4 rt ° but we have the eager minds which comet like dart Into eight astonish by their luster and quickly dlrapixtr The article In the Spectator concludes DB follow The real truth poems to us that tho world Is 1 i BO made that we have to lay II heo 5 nice for cveijthlnE Ihe Ireeks 1 pill a tremendous trice > for i5 j their ultra IndMduallsm and devotion 4 eg to art and specul UUo Intellect We aro I i paying and shall tar more and more r5 te4 a very high prlco for our recognition O50 of the supremacy of science I which trhillug J ug r after all does not cover the I whole I of human life Wo have to di nit only with that whlih I < hut with that which ought to be with art anil religion re-ligion with the twin Ideals of right an 1 jo774 beauty I and life will never bo roundel Le 7571d44 and whole civilization will never be r < rJ 5fl secure until Ihew are orellnaled ji it7 i4 rlt with that keen donlic to know which all al 171ii In I at the root ot our nclentlllc eoncep r i I Ion or surietl i I if II II In the dlFcunslon of the question ot t t4 the merll 01 toolrrn selnUn IIrogre 11 jil l as comiared with ancient rculallon 1 I It Is curious I lo notice that notwithstanding fi de s standing the I admitted buperiorlly oft 1 of-t 4 our age In this rap < cl n > called I nn 1 J i clent follfel Deem actually to revive 4 1 t P and gather new strength t an know ledge ltl In Inreaes Alehem hlrotnnney as l4tU r1Ith I tiology theosophy and Various occult fi sdenceti find probably more devotees I 1 now than ever People turn 0 ilk np 434 I I arent Flncerltj avvaj from Ihe lear 4fl t m 1 heal doctrlncH ot tho scIentIsts to nnd iF i wisdom In Ihe old misterlm uf Iludd t I hliin Cuntuclanlsm and other ancient 1434 M4 cults Crowds Illl tho halls where tho f 5 ll1t alleged mm v clous feats of occultlMn I J I n are cxhlllted Becletles ore ring formed In Ihe civilized worl claiming 4 lo hold < Ihe keys ot Ihe nusterlcs or t I h ancient mythological deities and tern I I lies of learning are being erccled devoted 1 1t i > > i de-voted chiefly lo the study t of tho unknowable l J un-knowable The result la alparcnljcs I 14 Ye I scientific Know ledge Is I Increasing super ti 4j dillon 1 Is growing too and rather nt I 4S I J 1 an alarming rate tooThn wheat and iI j tares both nnd nourishment li modern 4 ° Fl t 11 I conditions ml In view of this fact It Is I rccwuiry lti I II M t to remember that hnowlcdea nlone Is I nol a guaranty 01 Iho Ilermunrney 01 441 4a our civilization It U I the Intelligence 03q j that goes hand In hand with lodnes that Is I elevating ever lifting the bu man race upwards here one of the two I crlpplel 0 111 I laevltnl > le na I tho 0 with Ih bIrd nllmptln I11ght h11 011 01 Ihll wings IB ouIII ell nnd Ih Colt wIll b alt Ih more droulrou the lotupr Ihe olUludo IroOi blh It I mode The 110101 tanl lues tlon Ihererore I lhat Is Ih tOIUS of tho moral nalure Ihot I dleloplng Tb keenl oro nol lree Com L Ireland rpoted to hovo sahl c cntl thaI h believed Ihot O1oral ond 110 < 11 pUlly penonollnlegrllY Ih re presslon at piBston > nu 1 tlw po scs lon of hlaher alms of life nnd citizenship ore on Iho declIne It Is not Iteslcu 1 Ism to elate this It Is I to point out a fact which no amount of sophistry con oneal i Hut after nil there la I hope In the fact that a question of tills kind receives attention for It proves that the worlds I world-s growIng conscious ot lossllle dan ocr and thin chIt bo averted It It be lolnted out clearly fearlessly and In Umc |