| Show a An eastern the question whether the world to 19 grow lag bitter And tako the side l contrary to 10 the views Ie that often are Some historical facts facto are referred to toas all as evidence The lo Is naked 1 whether It Ie I that auch a retinue as Charlie Charls II ot of England Ingland had ever eer again receIve public recognition ot of a kIng or that the of the houte boo of Hanover should ever r rei return urn The relevancy of this evidence ape ap appear pear rather weak The corn com hould not be made between the klass and courtiers and historical per lOuel ot of years ea and tM the prot pm ent and The real II this whether the morality lb the piety the honesty ot of the great areat mu of the people are re more pro now Iba formerly It If we want to ascertain whither the world I Is growing ollIg morally better Jetter or we must compare the people of put peat Umes with Ith thou o of the present anti not merely the few individuals Individual who are at atter atter ter all merely a email part ot of the world History may not be a perfectly rella relia reliable ble guide In that Inquiry for the tea nt on ion that It Is II only In later times that the doIngs ot ol the people have been round found worth while recording Much of the ot of the put past I 1 concerned about the sets acl of hinge d potentate au aa It If the he people wore wert but bul toots tools In th lr hands handl AT than the morals ot of the ma of at the ot of th Ih earth nurr today titan thAn they ware Ire a hundred 1 yeara a ego oT instance what would be the verdict were wert the records ot of the divorce courts and criminal courts consulted on that Ot Of course our e the ot of morality may be high higher or er no now than formerly sad and that Ihal circum stance should also be taken Into con alteration In on oa respect the human race cot seems to have ver very much and aDd that Is II In the ever narrow narrowIng lug Ing circle ot of barbarism CivilIzatIon I There Ther II I less IH In Inthe Inthe the world than there thre was I at the begin beginning In ning of nt hi The New no make It a rule to eat their brAve enemies huts hearts In order to a as their qualities among Indians Is now almost almot unheard ot 0 the wild a ire belIeved to ha hays give up the her hor horrible tibIa practIce In war I still wed waged for or the of securing staves Ilan and nd human haman civilization i iI I ii rapidly raphUr penetrating the beart ot of that once onre dark continent antI before It can cannibalism I will 11 recede and ancl become extInct There Thre I Is on one feature of the of mankind which can be ob observed d served Whether the morality ot of the Ille world and par t the part pari oC o It I Is irn I ii A different question A eav lit at tribe may mar give up th the revolting practice of HUne esting human hub an and yet t Hot attain a higher moral level then It lIed had before Civilization does not always purify |
