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The Tragedy of Civilisation 



IN the course ot his strenuous career ot^ conquest, 

 civihsed man has succeeded during the last hundred 

 years or so in bringing the entire globe more and more 

 under his dominion. Modern inventions have enabled 

 him to make his way into its remotest extremities. A 

 glitterinLi" network ot iron rails carries us into lands 

 which it would have taken us months and years to get 

 to a short time ago ; and ever fleeter vessels bear us in 

 a few weeks to the most distant coasts. 



Wherever he goes, the pioneer of civilisation manages 

 to open up for himself new resources, even in regions 

 where they are only to be wrested from Nature with 

 the utmost difficulty ; and he strives untiringly to create 

 new assets and to make ready the path of progress. 

 But, side by side with this same progress, much is being- 

 destroyed that hitherto has lived undisturbed, working- 

 out its evolution in harmony with its environment. Far 



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