Show I CIVILIZATIONS DIE II 11 By Dy ly Professor sor GustaVc Le La Lieu Bon lon University Uni of 01 Paris When hen the time causes aro aie ale examined that led Jet to the time successive lUI ruin of ef cr time the llla various va vu- rious peoples with wih which while hl is itt concerned whether the time people in iii ques- ques lon be le the time Per Persians ians the time H Humans m ns oran or 01 an any other nation naton the time fundamental factor in the time their fall fal is always found to be bo a mt chan change e in imm time their nIh mental constitution t deterioration uton resulting a ot of time lu character I 1 cannot call cal to tl mind a sir single le people copl that thal hat has disappeared disarm IJ m d II cOI Of Jr tUo t tl ile tc ot tC v- v l For ol all al the thc civilizations cl of or the thc past the time mechanism of oC dissolution has hus cut been identical so sn so Identical Indeed that hint It I may be asked with time the poet whether which has hw so man many books hook has bul but a t Min single ll page When a people teaches u caches that degree of civilization and auth power JJ I at which ii it itis I Is assured that it i is no IH longer ex exposed tx lX- lX PO posed to the Iho attacks of its Is lei It I gums begins to lo the time o of ct peace peace and material well being wel-bellg wel procured b by wealth At Al 1 t this Juncture the time military vim vii tues times decline time the excess of civilization creates new needs a and 11 I egoism Inele Inci In- In ci ele eases cm es Having Ha m no II Ideal be beyond LimP tho hasty t enjoyment I of or rapidly acquired acquire wealth time the clU ens abandon to tl I tIme the state stale the thc ii C care lare or Pu public tj mic u-s u and amI soon SOul soon Jose JimmIe all al the time qualities that made them mum great Then hen barbarian or om semmi semi barbarian i mu neighbors whose needs are arc few hut who al are arc strongly attached to tu an aim I ideal lal invade the lie ne now civilization cl with wih the thic debris of that hint which while tile thc they have ha overt over over- t thrown h 10 W n. n In II this wa iVil way It I was that thai in spite spile of IC the time formidable organizations i of If f time the Romans and amid ll Persians time tho barbarians dc destroyed the empire of the time lC former l 11 and amid time the Arabs Ambs that thal n of tf the lie latter laler Also our h lI civi civilizations of toda today ar am are in lii danger minim from ra reasons OIN but also nisI from rom other causes due to the time evolution e produced in men's mens mm i-mm minds by hy modem mm scientific I i discoveries Science has removed our num Ideas mis and deprived our inn ur lel religious lous and all social conceptions con COI- COI of all ll authority It I has shown ho 1 man maim me tm-ic trilling place he lie occupies in iii the thc el universe e and amid time the utter indifference I of nC If nature toward to him bin lie le has perceived ld that thai what ho lie used uel to 0 term terni liberty was only oll Ignorance of time the causes of which ho lie Is 18 the slave slaw and that thal view iett of f the tho inexorable of which the Lime they arc mie time the lo tim tl be lie slaves Is time the sla cs natural the condition of all 11 living beings s. s VI Visible decadence decadence- seriously threat ens emit the thc he via vitality of tIme the majority of mf the great white nations and auth of those known as us the tho Latin nations and amid really Latin nations if not noi us mitt regards their blood at least as regards their the traditions and amid edu- edu Cation Eve i tin laV time they are losing their helm Initiative timely their energy time li will anti and time li capacity to act The satis satis- faction action of growing ma inn- wants tends to become become- their solo sole Ideal Time The family Is breaking Cm I n- n ti-n ti i I up time the so- so p I and unrest arc spreading to all elates elates- from time the richest to time the est Col poor poor- Like time tho ship that has lost its corn com Pass amid direct time strays modern Ui nit c ii c and winds man wanders han han- through the spaces formerly lii gotis desert li by science He lie has lost a it his faith and auth with H it his hopes The rime Individual Is coming t to be I ly sole preoccupied with nIh himself r n nand ate CapItulating amid is anti and nut lUt |