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Show Proving Civilization If a savnne suddenly remarked to his neighbors that a new comet was in the sky, they would look upward up-ward without seeing it. When he explained that he saw it through a tube, fitted with glasses, they would call the chief priest for tho purpose of prewiring a fire lest. If the astronomer Insisted that in three days, he would tell them its size, where it travelled, when It would be closest to the earthl and that in thirty days they could sec it with their eyes, the savages would probnbly burn their companion compan-ion alive. Or.ce we were like the savages. Nowadays, thanks to inte'ligrnco nnd a general appreciation of the sciences, such nn announcement ditise.'i little general interest. No enc doubts the truth of the scientific scien-tific astronomer's statement. Such .discoveries hapiien every year with out comment or terror on tho part of the people. Civillmtlon, it would seem, is moving forwards Progress can be seen when we compare the attitude cf i.rimitive people townrti.i thnt of ndianced )eople. The moral is: Just bccau.N-c the iwipers are filled with murder, divorce, di-vorce, scandal and graft stories, don't forget that the world and Its people have improved and are improving im-proving cvrry day. |