LXXX BUREAU OF AMKKICAN ETHNOLOOY 



truth discovered breeds more researeh, so tlif cliild becomes 

 the parent that new cliildren may be born; and wlien these 

 generations have muhipHed xmtil they become a liost, the mul- 

 titude of scientitic motives extant in tlie \\(irld constitute a 

 power over society ever more and more efficacious in the 

 regeneration of mankind. 



Heretofore Ave have sought a motive for drama in reli<iion; 

 now we nuist seek it in the desire to truthfully express life — 

 the life of man in society. The promoter of drama, as entre- 

 preneur or Tuidertaker of dramatic enterprise, may have a luo- 

 tive of gain. The artist may have a motive of ambition, but 

 it is soon found that these motives may be gratified to the 

 highest degree only by a most deft expression of the truth; so 

 the motive for evolution is now the desire to express the trutli 

 in the action which is designed to represent a trait of character, 

 and the artist, be he dramatic writer or actor, strives to express 

 the emotions of the scene in the most vivid and truthful man- 

 ner. Columbus discovered America that Jefferson might por- 

 tray Rip Van Winkle. 



He who luith ear.s to hear, then let him hear 

 And sage l)ecoiiie that he may eoine a seer. 



When the chains which hold drama to religion are dirempt 

 and they can go forth to lead a free life, Ijoth start on new 

 careers. Drama becomes histrionic art indeed, and the stage 

 becomes the mirror in which are refiected the causes and con- 

 sequences of the deeds of life. Religion soars on wings of 

 aspiration into the empyrean of hope — hope for a purer and 

 better life which bears fruit in pin-er and better conduct. 



The germ of dramatic art is the dance, which in its first stage 

 is relio-ion. Of course relig-ion must be distinguished from 

 theology. Theology is a system of opinions, while religion 

 is a system of worship. Religious motives become the seed of 

 graphic motives and also the seed of musical motives. We see 

 that both musical art and graphic art are founded on religion. 

 We shall proceed to show that the other esthetic arts are based 

 on religion. 



The intellectual and emotional elements of drama are pretty 

 evenly balanced in the last lustrionic stage; but if we consider 



