Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-02 | Page 6 | An Old, Old Story

AN OLD OLD STORY There Is nothing new in this taxing monomania of rulers and its catastrophic effect on peoples who submit to it Dr James Henry Breasted the famous American historian in his Ancient Times A History of the Early World gives us this picture of ot life In Rome in the third century century century cen cen- tury A. A D. D Staggering under his crushing burden of ot taxes in a state which was practically bankrupt the citIzen citizen citizen cit cit- cit cit- izen of every every- class had now be become become become be- be come a mere cog in the vast machinery machinery machinery ma ma- chinery of the government He Ho had no other function than to toil for the state which exacted so much of ot the fruit of ot his labor that he was fortunate i if it proved barely possible for hh him to survIve survive survive sur sur- vive on what was left The uTho century of revolution which ended in the tho despotic reorganization rear rear- by completely complete complete- ly destroyed the tho creative ability of ot ancient men in art and literature literature litera litera- ture as it likewise crushed all progress in business and affairs In so far tar as the ancient world was one of progress in civilization tion its history was ended with the accession of Benjamin De Do in Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles Examiner