| Show IT Ii CIME CA m FROM ASIA to a 0 rather scornful refer reference reference ence In a leading journal to the Russians ns us buvin como tram from tromA Asia Afla A ln the tho Republican onu enu enumerates a n 1 lint Hot of or achievements and contrivances that nil all came camo to us from front Anla It Is a n rather remarkable list It shown most conclusively that with without without Ith out tho time gentile of ot the tho A our civilization would have huo been beon Impossible Impossible sible Among Amon the tine things for tor which WG we e are Indebted to Asia Kill uro arc such OB us our al at alphabet our numerals numeral tho the mariners compass compa g gunpowder printing paper Imper lIk playing pinyin cards chess chcK porcelain the tho Gothic arch and ami finally Chris Christianity Chrisy Itself It It taro possible to Imagine what tho the world would bo be without tho the progress tees these theme various monuments of o civilisation civilization stand forwe for tor wo we might realize how ho great our In Indebtedness i la Is I to 10 tho the tatters nations that havo have lived lIed and died In Asia Atla Ia and ami on whoso descendants we e ore uro apt to look down with contempt To mention only one ono little lit to thing the numerals which 1 with tho the Arabs that Id over certain parts of ot Europe J 1 Suppose that the thu old ohI Itoman numerals numeral had still been In lit use ucc u e co ro that wo we o had to write l Instead of SS What would that mean meal for 01 bookkeeping And how would mathematics bo be possible with such Buch a n system of ot annotation Let tho the mathematician try a 1 simple dimple problem In division with Roman numerals and then n a calculation suck such an nA astronomers have havo to make nake It Is really astonishing how ho ar consequences the tho most thing hasit has ha hasIt It 11 would be bo wrong however to con coil conclude elude clude that Asia AsU Is I the tho first cradle of or civilization U is accumulating lug ing for tor the view taken by b the tho th eminent archaeologist bl lo Ie that Hint the lino civilization of ot Asia AsU SIl originated on 01 tho the American con continents till Literature architecture arts navigation ho traces to tho tine Western hemisphere lIe He thinks that nt at ono one onetime time In thin tho very or din dim past the tho Atlantic and Pacific wore plowed l by IJ American essel that curried carried tho the products until and of ot this title country to all parts ot of tho the world This n was Ins as before the deluge delugo Our alphabet he ho traces to a n poem com coin posed on this title continent Tho rho narrative ho he thinks relate ovo is that took place hero here It Is well to remember that America anti and not Asia Aila In it all probability Is the tho cra cradle cradie dIe dle ot or civilization I It Is Ig it also Ilvo well willi to r that us IS asfar I far at as 1114 tin tha testimony t of or history goes goel no nation no race mca over ever civilized itself u used uell ed to urge urea title thin against those who claimed th the gin 1111 ot or man As far n fill as we can call nicer ascer ascertain taint tain ho argued has hail come conic noun Mint comae outward source lOure It U Itcan can rail b be traced from ran nation to nation nn as astar 11 tar far bark back a as It It la I possible to see lee by the thc light of history Nations and races men have deteriorated sail and forgotten once duce attained but Jill pro grew hat has always alway been the result of ot Unlit light from front without civilisation then thenIs U Is Unfit Itself evidence of or revelation from I God Oo since man inert round could as 1 little an DR a could master arts and without any teacher what whatever over ever And again If man II li without outside assistance to 10 go 10 from froma ft a 1 tuge of oC av aver try to one of 01 civilian lion there li Is still tl less lean possibility for tor on nil to rl rise to the el and dignity of ot Tho The lessons of or the history of ot the thu rt rise ant and fell fall of DC civilization ar nr are emus and Important |
