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Show !':!. !;: .;:iJi-.n '-; iti;( (iitu 'I':.': i co.--.j.-:- :i! in a tower on the 'nil of Mi- - m -1 : . . 1 1 City and thumbed an iiiicii'ii M.oi.. 'J'ln: hook euutaiu- i 1 1 1 e n - j t , 1 (,i man's achieve-lintl.U. achieve-lintl.U. .-r,ii-i-s u-l-i-o i.ui-prisingly few. On tin- ' yellow page were two '.vi.i'i; "i ,' ilkcuvvri-ll." The Sec on-l emry, obviously made many een- ' l.tii-r. ua-s equally Icrso: "The wh.-. 1 oiscovere.1." It was evident linn tho recorder t'lok uo notice o. trii:-, ant! mane . nlries only oi. I i. (..-:; i ; i i- occasions wlien men took a Meji torward. 'i n' re v,;-..- it brief note concerning tli icMiM it);; of organized goveru-iit.tn'. goveru-iit.tn'. I 'ien men yaci iliced personal iWiy in .iu sai .i.v, and another to iiii'i'A tin' beginning of democracy. Vie- discovery nt' prinliug received I hi' e lines. 't he : 'i r i r thumbed the pages "(' "s I., .ok and jawnid. And even as Ik savvm-d th re was si .ureal stir en I lie iMi'lh below and a war was in progress. Nations girded themselves for the conflict iind youiiK men marched In coiiiiili ,;s millions, (iuns bellowed, K." ( s crept along ( he ground, mighty shies were shattered. Orators denounced de-nounced the evil that had been let loose in the world; idealists pictured pictur-ed ii world free from human nature; valiant men died without whimpei i'lg because the:r causes seemed just Cities were destroyed; children were starved; fields lay idle. And when the orgy of killing was over, m.-n gathered up the shattered remains oi the civilization they hau been so long in building, taxed them .selves to pay for their follies and wrote their memories. The world was dotted with now graves New hatreds had been engendered; engen-dered; new prejudices rormed. The maimed hobbled on every street. The rocoriiVr. leaning on a window win-dow sill, had watched the commotion with soil ; show of eagerness. Appai en fly he had hopes. Hut when the world had returned to its accustomed way he yawned and closed his book. A me senger appeared at the door with a question. "Toll him." said the recorder," that nothing has happened." -Hem-et News. |