developed. Segregation in her mountain 

 fastnesses held the world away, and selec- 

 tion chose the best andfor the bestpurposes, 

 casting aside the weakling and the slave, 

 holding the man for the man's work ; and 

 ever the man's work was at home, building 

 the cities, subduing the forests, draining the 

 marshes, adjusting the customs and statutes, 

 preparing for the new generations. So the 

 men begat sons of men after their own fash- 

 ion, and the men of strength and courage 

 were ever dominant. The Spirit of Freedom 

 was a wise master, cares wisely for all that 

 he controls. 



So in the early days, when Romans were 

 men, when Rome was small, without glory, 

 without riches, without colonies and with- 

 out slaves, these were the days of Roman 

 greatness. 



Then the Spirit of Freedom little by little 

 gave way to the Spirit of Domination. Con- 

 scious of power, men sought to exercise it, 

 not on themselves but on one another. Lit- 

 tle by little this meant banding together, 

 aggression, suppression, plunder, struggle, 

 glory, and all that goes with the pomp and 



The 



Human 



Harvest 



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