Show civilization several kinds of civilization lave flourished on this little lobe of ours the egyptian phoenician Phoe greek and roman the word civilization is used to designate the condition of the more advanced nations as con lasted with people who make no advancement the people above named were the progressive nations of the times in which they flourished all others were termed barbarians or even savages they undoubtedly looked upon the inferior races of choir day with which thoy were surrounded much as we at this age are wont to consider tho indians Es quinaux qui maux Hoten tots and australians we love to consider our dasy as the acme of civilization and to nil ado to the people of past ages as uncivilized but did not the greeks and bobans have tho same opinion of tho people that bad sent their learned men and antiquarians into the land of egypt and phoenicia to study the civilization which once flourished as we today study the hab its and customs of the greeks and romans we shudder at many things which wo find were common practices with the comans their gladiatorial contests make our blood run cold when wo read of them but what will sonio future people under a different bind of civilization from ours think of many of our custo msT take for instance the brutal prize fights of our age tonight one at at paul thousand dollars are to be given to the man who comes out champion and one thousand to the ono knocked out IT parts of the continent special trains are run bearing the nabors nabobs of our rge who take a delight in witnessing men bruise each ether with their fists when they are the most bloody and fight the hardest then the audience feela aba most happy A man may be knocked senseless or swoon away by the loss of blood and if i S v x die his appo neut 19 applauded for his valor nor are the thousands who gather to witness the fight the only ones of our nation who delight in such barbarous sport close by the ring where the fight is to occure ing sit operators ready to flash the news to different parts of the country the camera vill be employed in securing some fine att hid m of men pum moling each other finally a full account will be givon the public at large many of whom take as great an interest in such encounters as choso who gathered to witness it and this is a parac of our boasted civilization |