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Now nations sustain the same an art gallery; and there is no gal­
SOCIOLOGY—
relations to each other that barbar­ lery in this world, not in the V ati­
BY SAMUEL V. COLE.
ians sustain; that is, they settle can or the Louvre or any other The Nature and Causes of Progress.
(A d a p te d to th e New E ra .)
th eir differences by force; each place, comparable with the gallery
BY PRO F. F . H. G ID D IN G S.
s a ’^ th e little E th e r-A to m s , nation being the judge of the rig h t­ in every great brain. The mill­
“L e t u s c liu g to g e th e r a n d m a rc h
eousness of its cause, and its ju d g ­ ions of pictures that are in every
to g e th e r.
(F ro m “E le m e n ts of S o cio lo g y .” )
M illio n s a n d m illio n s a n d m illio n s a re ment depending entirely—for the brain tonight; the landscapes, the
we;
N saying that the establishm ent
L e t u s form a n d m arc h lik e th e waves most p art—on its strength; and faces, the groups, the millions of
of civilization is the first stage
of th e sea,
the strongest nation is the nearest millions of millions of things that
W ith sh o u ld e r to s h o u ld e r, h a n d lin k e d
of demogenic, or civic, evolur
right. Now, until nations submit are now living here in every brain,
in h a n d .
L in e b e h in d lin e of us. H ere we s ta n d ! their differences to an international I all unseen, all invisible forever! tion, we do not refer to any partic­
S te a d y , th e re ! W ait fo r th e w ord of
court—a court with the power to Yet we communicate with each ular period of time. Stages of so­
com m and.
S te a d y , m y c o m ra d e s ! Is e v e ry th in g carry its judgm ent into effect by other by showing each other these cial evolution are not chronologic­
rig h t ?
having the armies and navies of all pictures, these studies, and by in ­ al periods. They are like stages
Now, all as one of us, in to th e n ig h t !
So th e y c lu n g to g e th e r a n d m a rc h e d the rest of the world pledged to viting others into our galleries and in the growth of a tree, whose stem
to g e th e r,
support it—the world will not be showing them what we have, and and branches must attain size and
A nd th e w orld was filled w ith lig h t.
civilized. O ur differences will not the greatest artist is« he who has strength before there can lie blos­
“C o m e,” sa id th e little V ib ra tio n s-in -
be settled by arbitration until more the most pictures to show to other som and fruit, or like the seven
A ir,
ages of man, except that no nation
“ L e t us c lin g to g e th e r a n d w ork t o ­ of the great nations set the exam­ artists.
g e th e r, •
has ever reached a second child­
I love anything in art that sug­
S ta r tin g u o t off on o u r s e p a ra te tra c k s , ple, and until that is done, I am in
B ut all w ith in to u c h , t h a t w h a tev e r favor of the U nited States being gests the tender, the beautiful. hood. Therefore, in the study of
each lack s
demogenic evolution, whether our
armed.
W hat is beauty ? Of course there
T he re s t m ay s u p p ly , a n d t h a t each,
g re a t o r sm a ll,
U ntil the whole world shall have is no absolute beauty. All beauty example is a nation that lived and
May so m e th in g c o n tr ib u te —to so a r, ru n
entered into the same spirit as the is relative. Probably the most perished ages ago, or one th at is
o r c ra w l—
only now emerging from tribal
T o w ard th e one c o m m o n e n d , th e r e is artist when he painted that picture, beautiful thing to a frog is the
w ork fo r u s a ll;
organization, we have, before all
A nd m in g lin g o u r e ffo rts, th e weak until that sp irit becomes general speckled belly of another frog, or else, to observe su c c e ssiv e stages of
w ith th e stro n g ,
we have got to be prepared for war. to a snake the m arkings of another
B reak we a p a th th ro u g h th e silen c e
And we cannot depend upon war snake. So there is no such thing development. The facts set forth
alo n g !”
in a former article, then, w hether
So th e y c lu n g to g e th e r a n d h e lp e d one suasion. If a fleet of men-of-war as absolute beauty. B ut what I
a n o th e r,
should sail into our harbor, talk call beauty is what suggests to me they appeared in the history of
A n d th e w orld was filled w ith song.
would not be of any good; we must the highest and the tenderest the world Indore the C hristian era,
“ A n d now ,” said th e c h ild re n of m en be ready to answer them in their thought; som ething that answers or w hether they appear now, are
on e a rth ,
facts of the first stage only of civic
to som ething in my world. So
“L e t us c lin g to g e th e r, a n d w ork t o ­ own way.
national life.
g e th e r,
every
work
of
art
has
to
be
born
I
have
on
this
subject
of
Art
no
A nd h e lp one a n o th e r, a n d t u r n o u r
A second stage of demogenic
w ords
hobbies, no pet theories, and con­ in some brain, and it must be made evolution begins whenever the na­
In to g o ld en a c tio n , a n d sh e a th e o u r
sequently will give you not what I by the unseen artist we call the tion learns to appreciate the value
sw o rd s !
L e t us' tu n n e l th e m o u n ta in , sp a n th e know, but what I think; and the soul. Now, if a man simply copies
of unlike-m indedness in the pop­
p la in ,
what
he
sees,
he
is
nothing
but
a
way
I
understand
Art
is
this:
In
S tr e tc h h a n d s to each o th e r a c ro ss th e
ulation; the value of doubt, scepti­
m ain,
the first place we are all invisible copyist. T hat does not requre cism and denial.in the social m ind;
A nd each m a n ’s w ealth be fo r all m e n ’s
to each other. . . . The soul is genius. T hat requires industry, the value of individual initiative
g ain ;
T h en u n to his n e ig h b o r le t ev ery one
the action of the brain, and is for­ and the habit of observation. But
S ay, ‘Be of good c o u ra g e ,’ a n d le t th e ever, so far as we know, invisible. it is not genius; it is not Art. and voluntary organization; the
w ord r u n .”
value, in short, of variation and
So th e y c lu n g to g e th e r, a n d , lo, th e re Each soul lives in a world of its Those little daubs and shreds ant criticism, as causes of progress.
was h eav en —
own, and it endeavors to com m uni­ patches we get by copying, are In other words, while civilization
M an’s w ill u p o n e a r th was done.*
cate with another soul living in a pieces of iron that need to be put is established by sym pathetic and
*T he o rig in a l s ta n d s th u s:
into the flame of genius to be mol­ formal like-mindedness, a social
So th e y c lu n g to g e th e r, a n d , lo, as in world of its own, each invisible to
h eaven
the other, and it does this in a va­ ten and then cast in noble forms; organization that is no longer fixed,
H is will u p o n e a rth was d o n e .
riety of ways. That is the noblest otherwise there is no genius.
unyielding, hardening into a rigid
The great picture should'have, system that must presently decay,
art which expresses the noblest
A R B IT R A T IO N A N D A R T .
thought, that gives to another the not only the technical part of Art, but is becoming ever more vari­
noblest emotions that this unseen which is neither moral nor im ­ able, flexible, adaptable, in a word,
At the Frank B, Carpenter Dinner on the
soul has. . . .
moral, but in addition some great progressi\QB, is a pr<xluct of unlike-
Unveiling of His Great Painting,
thought,
some great event. It
I believe th at all the A rts have
‘•International Arbitration.”
should contain not only a history mindedness, discussion and agree­
the same father and the same but a prophecy. There should be ment, and of the resulting rational
mother, and no m atter w hether you in it soul, feeling, thought. I love like-mindedness.
BY R O BERT G . IN G ER SO L L.
express what happens in these un­ those little pictures of the home,
On the side of the social mind,
(F ro m D re sd e n E d itio n Vol. 12.)
of
the
fireside,
of
the
old
lady
boil­
seen worlds in mere words—be­
then, the second stage of civic evo­
P R E S U M E I take about as cause nearly all pictures have been ing the kettle, the vine running lution is the gradual subordination
over the cottage door, seems sug­
much interest in what that pic­ made with words—or w hether you gesting to me happiness, content­ of formal to rational like-minded-
ture represents as anybody else. express it in music or marble, or ment. I think more of them than ness. On the side of social organ-
I believe that it has been said this form and color in what we call the great war pieces, and I hope I ization, it is the growth of the
evening that the world will never painting, it is to carry on that shall have a few years in some such free or voluntary forms of purpos­
be civilized so long as differences commerce between these invisible scenes, during which I shall not ive association, replacing the ar­
care what time it is, what day of
between nations are settled by gun worlds, and he is the greatest artist the week or month it is. J u s t that bitrary coercive forms of a m ilitary
or cannon or sword. Barbarians who expresses the tenderest, no­ feeling of content when it is enough system; and in the relation of the
still settle th eir personal differ­ blest thoughts to the unseen worlds to live, to breathe, to have the blue individual to sexual organization,
ences with clubs or arms, and fin­ about him. So that all A rt con­ sky alxive you and to hear the it is the substitution of lilwrty for
ally, when they agree to subm it sists in this commerce, every soul music of the water. Ail art that authority and coercion.
us that content, that delight,
their differences to their peers, to being an artist and every brain gives
In common use the word “civil­
enriches this world and makes life
a court, we call them civilized.
that is worth talking about being better and holier.
ization" is applied to civic national
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