Show civilization AND PROGRESS an anti inti interesting resting question to is discussed by elisee resins IV be abe contemporary review dies civilization mean rest reek the latter he be defines as a complete development of the inal the improvement or 0 the physical being in ID strength beauty grace brace longevity material enrichment rich ment and add increase of knowl ouge pa aud and he be adna adata ta that there here are reasons lor for doubting doubling that civill civilization has bai conferred on 1 mankind all the benefits claimed tor for it he says eay the primitive peoples have been able to attain their more contracted idea of a well bai aacen and happy life while the human race as a whole is very far from the idea I 1 it dreame of in n ulys ration of this the author refers refer to the condition of various tribes rhe negritos Negri tos of the philippine oe islands island regard themselves as brothers and each As AB absolutely devoted to the common interests int creste the or are described an aa lebbe abe most affectionate of meo beings of ic incomparable comparable modesty and discretion 7 in these aud and lo iu many other jaseps oases a condition of mutual justice well being and has baa been at talked greatly aur surpassing passing that of a un adern society urged on by a con movement of renovation the condition of ef primitive man mr reclus thus describe deeon bec the man in a state more nearly approaching pro aching nature than the civilized man also possesses another immense ad advantage an he is more intimately acquainted with the animals and the plants planta with the powerful scent of the earth and the gentle or terrible phenomena of the elements elemente he has baa remained in direct communication muni cation with the planetary fifoot life ot which he is the product and chiew chwe we only ha be f see separated from it by the artificial life in which we are shut up he feels in perfect un unity ity with all ail that which surrounds him and of which in his way he be comprehends the life as if all things moved with a rhythm which he be himself obeyed we are no longer able to understand the invocations which he makes to the spirits of the air and of the forest and it il is ia with great difficulty that we interpret the dances dance in which the savages celebrate the stars and the men seasons symbolism conceived in natural things very difficult to understand in our days because we live in a conventional world is among primitive peoples a sort of spontaneous stive language age A real friendship is thus born between men and jaural things thanks to a survival of a far aft past the walloon peasants still wish a happy now new year to tile the trees of the field finding these objects an integral part of their surroundings without any thought of freeing themselves from them the primitive races are absolutely resigned to destiny and surpass civilized men speaking generally in the simplicity with which they meet death that floe fine end of life which in certain historical personages appears to us so admirable because it is equally exceptional is in the ordinary way of dying diang among savages taught by necessity they conform themselves naturally to things death is for them the simple continuation of life they die in all tranquility of soul without seeming to think that their exit will make the least void in the universe to such buob people he be argues tion means the opposite of pro progress grow it mean the approach of destruction and massacre the society of today contains aiDs allabe all abe previous societies in the state of sui survival vival 10 IO the difference in ia style of life between the privileged and ola olalea aeA ts greatly increased and renders the un tortu or man mire unfortunate in a primitive tribe he says the starving and the sick have only their bodily pain to bear among our civilized peoples they have also to sustain the weight of 0 humiliation and even of pub public 1 I 1 0 1 albing being nearly always a Y a inexorably fated to conditions of lodging and clothing which reader them in appearance sordid aad repulsive notwithstanding this the writer bo be cleves that in the final outcome it will be evident that civilization has been a benefit to we race taken as a whole the problems pow to Q polye sp are first that of providing broad bread for all providing education borall for all and then to secure a universal brotherhood civilization alone however will never solve these problems leme without the divine foroe force it to la an aa powerless power leee as are apparently the rays of the sun BUD striking the surface of the moon where the atmospheric conditions are not favorable to the production of life morality is the most powerful factor in the progress of mankind it has baa been demonstrated repeatedly in the past and it will be demonstrated again that no structure of civilization however artistic artie tio in its architecture wll will remain unless the foundations are laid in obedi eLca to divine law |