Cleveland High School - Beacon Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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,' . I ,Lawns .:', rg ,- 774 - - -,,f,,1,:- ,gh ,- 1. F 2' r f e -f Y tt T N l ' 7 1 . 1w5L!.!aM!L-..N-119 -L ,t n at ' f' A ' ' ' W5 1 1 DOES BROTHERHOOD OF MANKIND EXIST? By TEMPLE HOAGLAND January, '29 OES brotherhood of mankind exist? Does each nation have a lie-ii ' . . . , 1' brotherly feeling for every other nation? What is Germany s feeling toward France and that of France toward Germany in return? l-low do China and Japan feel about each other? QW A What is the attitude of ltaly toward Jugo-Slavia? Do any xg-9 Z a' nations stand out as real brothers or even as closely allied as were Germany and Austria before the last great war? It is to be feared that the answers to these questions would show how small is the amount of existing brotherhood of mankind. But was there ever absolute brotherhood of mankind? Was there ever as much as there is today, however small that amount may be? No, for as civilization has advanced, brotherhood has increased. In prehistoric ages man lived for himself, thinking little of his neighbor. But as man became more civilized and lived nearer and in closer connection with his fellow beings, he naturally had a brotherly feeling of some sort toward them. He hunted with the other men in his village, shared food with them and often shared his very house with them. ln the time of Troy and Greece, great cities, even nations existed made up of people who were loyal to the same king. But this was loyalty to one state alone. Alexander the Great in the 4th century B. C. conquered the East and West and under him the Orient met and mixed with the Occident. The Roman Empire in the Sth century A. D. brought together under one government the peoples of the Mediterranean Basin. Charlemagne in the 9th century A. D. brought together the peoples of Europe under his empire. ln these empires always the greater part of the known world was ruled by one government, but, was there brotherhood among the combined peoples? No, there wasn't. ln the Dark Ages Charlemagne's Empire was broken up into three parts which were continually quarreling. The Middle Ages brought forth some brotherhood, but the Crusaders, though on a Holy pilgrimage, conquered through force, pledges were made with human blood, and the monasteries, though they did as much as they could, did not accomplish a great deal. Peter the Great brought Western customs and institutions to his people, but that was for Russia and not for the world. For a time Napoleon established an empire but again there was no brotherly feeling among the peoples. The other European nations allied against Napoleon and broke down his empire. These great governments were all headed by one man. It was his strength and will that held them together. But think of the republics we have in this modern age: United States, the greatest of these, France, Germany, and other republics in Europe, republics Twenty-one