Show J I Seven Sparks I IBy S By DR FRANK CRANE Some moments moments In the history ot of m mankind have been more more important in their reaching far effects than any of The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World Such moments have been like tiny sparks setting tire fire which have spread and grown and carried their influence down to the pres present nt Seven of these spars sparks are 1 The rhe moment when the first word was spoken The transition from a grunt to a word opened up endless endless end end- less possibilities Without words ideas are sible Thinking would concern mer merly ly personal ex- ex WordS brought an opening that led to advancement in n. n thousand ways 2 The first man made fire The The instant when man held within his power the ability to control fire he had mastered the twin fears of darkness and the wild beasts that prowled In It He had freed his haunted fear brain to thinking and could come come out ot of the trees and the caves Into the open open advancement was more rapid 3 The moment when wr ting began From it spread the passing on of knowledge from generation to generation by accurate means Folklore and word word- mouth of-mouth preservation of the learning of the fathers was superseded by a more more watertight conveyance It made possible papers books and the quick dissemination dis dis- of information 4 The moment man first felt love When love loveIn lovein in the true sense first budded In the soil of appetite primitive man raised from all fours and stood A door had opened leading to Infinite 6 5 Money 1 When man first conceived the idea ideo of ot of an easily handled medium of exchange instead of bringing the cow to exchange for the wagon wagon he made possible trade industry civilization as we know It 6 6 The moment when man first appreciated beauty Up to that time he he had been concerned only with bodily comfort Then some moment when his hunger was satisfied IT happened He f lt a strange delight in the sight of a flower or a cloud or a sunset An appreciation for the thc beautiful awoke and opened new avenues of growth 7 7 When the idea of a soul began Some caveman cave cave- aveman ave ave- man may have sat up In his cave and looked around some morning after dreaming ot of escaping a dinosaur or capturing an enemy's wife He remembered all this distinctly yet he saw he had not left the place where he lay down the night before The idea that he was two popped into his head And from this Idea grew the influencing all Idea of the mankind belief bellef in a soul Such spark moments record the history of humanity humanity hu- hu manity more truly than do the dates ot of conquests the names of Incidental leaders or the min migration of peoples For they record the inception ot of Ideas which have had an influence worldwide and lasting Copyright 1927 by McClure ure l Newspaper Syndicate |