The Goal of the Ages.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 February 1911, Page 4

The Goal of the Ages.

A WOULD AT PEACE. "Already, as Edison tells us, \vc can read a word through 36 indies ol solkl wood." says Collier's Weekly. ''Of tilie currents aiid forces wln'oh play through a little room wo arc only at the beginning ol knowledge. Within the present generation medicine suddenly leaps into a, new realm, annexes the kingdom o fmind, and assaults disease from a fresh vantage ground. Religion adds to her old-time emphasis of _ individual righteousness a new vision of social justice, calling on tlhe fresh springs of science, without forgetting the old wells of sympathy, to irrigate and fertilise poverty and ignorance. The law itself, too often felt to be the enemy of the downtrodden and the tool of the astute, is turning its ability towards shackling hostile manifestations of massed wealth. Increasingly, industry se .„ sJ" efficiency, health and. goodwill of lots of workers. Quietly, in a million of homes, life is well lived, honorably ended. Education both widens its own domain and spreads itself among the unlearnod. The desire for peace at home and abroad gains on men's unruly impulses, [sectionalism and factions die out. Civil wars are forgotten. Dhe goal i>f the ages is neater than it was a thousand years ago; nearer than a luuhltgcl years ago."