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Show TWO KINDS CF KEN. ! , Civilised man makes roads;, the savage does not. That is the safes: ' test, of clviii.ition. AmoiiK us. in all communities, are individuals who are not really civil-: ized. They do not take any interest in roads. A man's scale in civilization is very correctly tested by his attitude toward to-ward the stone which has rolled into' the road, or the tree which has bio n j down across it. The man who drives around the obstacle day after day is one sort of man, the one w ho st ps his team ahd rolls or drags it away is another. And a person passing along a road which he does not expect to retrace, who removes the obstruction for the sake of the stranger who comes after him, responds to a very high test of civilization. lie feels socially. This can be applied to rubbish rub-bish that accumulates in front of your store and residence. To remove! same means that you are the right j son of a man. Tolet.it remain and be removed by another, is just the opposite. Many times an accident has been prevented by the removal of paper, boxes, and the like, from public places. |