Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1913 — CIVILIZATION. [ARTICLE]

CIVILIZATION.

Civilisation is as if it were the grand emporium of a people, in which all its wealth, all the elements of its life, all the powers of its exigence, are stored up. It is so true that wo judge of minor facts accordingly as they affect this greater one that even some which are naturally detested and hated, which proves a heavy calamity to the nation upon which they fail, say, for instance, despotism, anarchy, and so forth. Even these are partly forgiven. Their evil nature is partly overlooked if they aid in ?>any considerable degree* the march of civilization. Wherever the progress of this principle la visible, together with the facts which have urged it forward, wo are tempted to forget the price it has coat. We overtook the dearness of the purchase.—Francois Guizot '