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Some school historians and teachers decry the effort to mingle with the political history any study of Greek art. But to the writer's mind that would be a robbery of the children. Our modern life is so saturated with things almost purely Greek in origin that our budding citizens, who may never get elsewhere a glimpse of the origins of so much that is beautiful, ought surely to get such glimpses now. SOME SCHOOL HISTORIANS AND TEACHERS DECRY THE EFFORT TO MINGLE WITH THE POLITICAL HISTORY ANY STUDY OF GREEK ART BUT TO THE WRITER'S MIND THAT WOULD BE A ROBBERY OF THE CHILDREN OUR MODERN LIFE IS SO SATURATED WITH THINGS ALMOST PURELY GREEK IN ORIGIN THAT OUR BUDDING CITIZENS WHO MAY NEVER GET ELSEWHERE A GLIMPSE OF THE ORIGINS OF SO MUCH THAT IS BEAUTIFUL OUGHT SURELY TO GET SUCH GLIMPSES NOW
ve. The exclusion of foreign (even Greek) settlers from citizenship, save in exceptional cases, was entirely contrary to our ideas. And the existence of slavery in the person of captives in war and of poor debtors was a fatal blot on the democracy and the welfare of Athens, as of all the Greek States. The social struggle, with its various mitigations of the lot of the very poor parallels the political strife. Our children are breathing in from the papers and from current discussions the idea that our social inequalities and our contest between capital and labor are a new phenomenon. They ought to learn that such contest is almost world old. We have new elements such as the vast individual fortune and the part taken by the corporations, both unknown in old Greece, but the essential features of the struggle were the same. And the tendency of twenty-four hundred years ago as well as of to-day was and is to give larger right and opportunity to the common man. Greek Poetry and Architecture. SS OF THE EXECUTIVE THE EXCLUSION OF FOREIGN EVEN GREEK SETTLERS FROM CITIZENSHIP SAVE IN EXCEPTIONAL CASES WAS ENTIRELY CONTRARY TO OUR IDEAS AND THE EXISTENCE OF SLAVERY IN THE PERSON OF CAPTIVES IN WAR AND OF POOR DEBTORS WAS A FATAL BLOT ON THE DEMOCRACY AND THE WELFARE OF ATHENS AS OF ALL THE GREEK STATES THE SOCIAL STRUGGLE WITH ITS VARIOUS MITIGATIONS OF THE LOT OF THE VERY POOR PARALLELS THE POLITICAL STRIFE OUR CHILDREN ARE BREATHING IN FROM THE PAPERS AND FROM CURRENT DISCUSSIONS THE IDEA THAT OUR SOCIAL INEQUALITIES AND OUR CONTESTS BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOR ARE A NEW PHENOMENON THEY OUGHT TO LEARN THAT SUCH CONTEST IS ALMOST WORLD OLD WE HAVE NEW ELEMENTS SUCH AS THE VAST INDIVIDUAL FORTUNE AND THE PART TAKEN BY THE CORPORATIONS BOTH UNKNOWN IN OLD GREECE BUT THE ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE STRUGGLE WERE THE SAME AND THE TENDENCY OF TWENTY FOUR HUNDRED YEARS AGO AS WELL AS OF TO DAY WAS AND IS TO GIVE LARGER RITE AND OPPORTUNITY TO THE COMMON MAN GREEK POETRY AND ARCHITECTURE
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