The Dawn of Civilization 



All growth and development are processes of addition, 

 multiplication, subtraction and division. His Ideas were 

 added to, multiplied and divided and the useless ones were, 

 In time, subtracted from his accumulating storehouse of 

 knowledge and cast into the discard just as has been done 

 in Organic Evolution. But through all these processes, 

 progress was being made and no backward step was per- 

 manent. The Impulse of searching for newer things had 

 taken hold of the human mind and has grown and devel- 

 oped with each succeeding generation to the present time 

 and It will continue to grow and develop until the processes 

 of Nature are all uncovered and understood. 



The urge of hunger has always developed an Impulse 

 with all creatures to seek its satisfaction. It was, doubt- 

 less, from this Impulse that primitive man first began to use 

 primitive weapons In securing his food. Many authorities 

 agree that the first weapon used by man was a club. With 

 this he could strike a more deadly blow than could be done 

 with his hands or teeth. The first implement or tool which 

 he used was a sharp edged flint which served as a knife for 

 cutting purposes. He learned that he could crack nuts or 

 the heavy bones of the animals he killed with a stone easier 

 than could be done with his teeth. 



He struck together two pieces of flint and generated a 

 spark of fire. He learned that fire will consume wood and 

 that It would warm him when he was cold; that It would 

 give a fragrant smell and different taste to meat when 

 cooked and which he had been eating raw. He learned that 

 the skins of the animals he killed would protect his feet 

 from the sharp rocks and thorns and his body from the 



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