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Everything seems to have been sacrificed to that. When the classes come to the glories of the Athenian golden age, it will be well to point out that while she has her scores of names which are luminous in art, literature, science and philosophy, from the annals of Sparta the world knows mainly Lycurgus, the lawgiver, and Leonidas, the hero of Thermopylæ. EVERYTHING SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SACRIFICED TO THAT WHEN THE CLASSES COME TO THE GLORIES OF THE ATHENIAN GOLDEN AGE IT WILL BE WELL TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE SHE HAS HER SCORES OF NAMES WHICH ARE LUMINOUS IN ART LITERATURE SCIENCE PHILOSOPHY FROM THE ANNALS OF SPARTA THE WORLD KNOWS MAINLY LYCURGUS THE LAWGIVER AND LEONIDAS THE HERO OF THERMOPOLY
How could little states so near together as Attica, Laconia, Arcadia and Bœotia come to differ so in their characteristics? Why were they not all developed nearly along the same lines, like the people of the United States? Let the children be brought to see that the lack of means of communication, in contrast with our post and telegraph and newspaper, goes far to explain this. This isolated development, in spite of the common language, games and festivities, was the perpetual weakness of Greece. Sparta; Her Strength and Her Limitations. Sparta, unlike Attica, was essentially a military State. Her chief town needed no walls because it was always an armed camp. Botsford well points out that in earlier times the Spartans were probably the superiors of the Athenians in culture and refinement; but their self-imposed discipline made them a race of soldiers. We know that the Periœci were successful artisans and traders; but the controlling passion of the little nation was military efficiency. THE PART OF PUPILS IS HOW COULD LITTLE STATES SO NEAR TOGETHER AS ATTICA LACONIA ARCADIA AND BORECIA COME TO DIFFER SO IN THEIR CHARACTERISTICS WHY WERE THEY NOT ALL DEVELOPED NEARLY ALONG THE SAME LINES LIKE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES LET THE CHILDREN BE BROUGHT TO SEE THAT THE LACK OF MEANS OF COMMUNICATION IN CONTRAST WITH OUR POST AND TELEGRAPH AND NEWSPAPER GETS FAR TO EXPLAIN THIS THIS ISOLATED DEVELOPMENT IN SPITE OF THE COMMON LANGUAGE GAMES AND FESTIVITIES WAS A PERPETUAL WEAKNESS OF GREECE SPARTA HER STRENGTH AND HER LIMITATIONS SPARTA UNLIKE ATTICA WAS ESSENTIALLY A MILITARY STATE HER CHIEF TOWN NEEDED NO WALLS BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS AN ARMED CAMP BOTTSFORD WELL POINTS OUT THAT IN EARLIER TIMES THE SPARTANS WERE PROBABLY THE SUPERIORS OF THE ATHENIANS IN CULTURE AND REFINEMENT BUT THEIR SELF IMPOSED DISCIPLINE MADE THEM A RACE OF SOLDIERS WE KNOW THAT THE PERIER C WAS SUCCESSFUL ARTISANS AND TRADERS BUT THE CONTROLLING PASSION OF THE LITTLE NATION WAS MILITARY EFFICIENCY
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