A Story Outline of Evolution 



of the well-known Persian kings. The effigy of Darius Hys- 

 taspas, bow in hand, stands with his feet on the prostrate 

 form of one of his victims. Nine other captives chained 

 together by the neck stand before him. Inscriptions carved 

 in three languages on the rock tell the story of his heartless 

 butcheries, how he slew his helpless victim and how another 

 was tortured by having his nose, ears and tongue cut off and 

 then crucified together with his associates. More than one 

 thousand lines are carved in cuneiform characters telling of 

 these exploits. These chronicles display the boastful ego of 

 King Darius. The central thought is : King Darius did 

 this and King Darius did that, etc. But this is only one of 

 thousands of similar records portraying the mental state in 

 the early written history of mankind. Other forms of tor- 

 ture are recorded that are so inhuman that it is better that 

 they never again be repeated. 



An amusing Incident of stupid ego Is the story of Xerxes, 

 another Persian king, commanding that the water be whipped 

 because the wind had rolled the water into waves that dis- 

 turbed his ships. His ego was so great that he believed his 

 will could control the laws of Nature, but his deluded mind 

 discovered that the waves did not obey his commands. 



The institution of slavery involved the greatest moral 

 question that civilization has known. It doubtless existed 

 long before the historic age. It was so universal in the early 

 days that it was regarded by all as both regular and natu- 

 ral, but with the advancement of civilization this viewpoint 

 has changed and no civilized country today recognizes slav- 

 ery as an Institution. The Bible tells us that God made a 

 covenant with Abraham for the redemption of all mankind, 



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