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themselves of the vital importance aud
sincerity of their policy. Thus the
knave gradually grows into the en
thusiast , and the line of demarcation
between the conscious seeking of profit
by other peoples' folly and the belief in a
mission is hardly to bo determined.
"Such was the gaiuo played with the
words liberty and autonomy in the days
when great Hellenic empires were taking
the place of the independent states of
former days.
"But the evils were increased by the
apathy and indifference of the better
, , classes , " ( as in the
v
Apathy of the
soir.BUpi > ortiiiB. u- Sat Present. )
"What wonder is
it , if in any ago , the ignorant and needy
are misled , when those who have the
means aud leisure and the education to
discern the truth , stand aloof in con
tempt , emigrate in disgust , or squander ,
as idle absentees , or still idler residents ,
their time and means ? The cultivated
people of Athens had long lost all in
terest in politics , and perhaps , the loss
of imperial powers ( likened to machine
despotism in U. S. ) made them feel how
poor the duties of Greek citizens had
become. Most certainly the total want
of public spirit ( intelligent self-interest )
in the better classes was one of the
worst signs of the future. They had
even lost all taste for serious literature
aud high thinking ( the Americans ore
fast going that way. ) Idleness , frivol
ity , luxury , self-indulgence , are the at
tributes of the society which went to
see its own reflection on the stage ( as
Americans now do. ) These people cared
little whether Cusouder , Polyperchon ,
Demetrius or Demoohares ruled the
Argo , provided plenty of salt-llsh came
from Pontus , tine wheat from Egypt
and the demi-monde kept them amused
with their forms , beauty and wit. Ac
cordingly , the so-called mob , the ignor
ant and poorer classes , did not profit by
that inestimable influence for good
which can always be exercised upon
them by the earnest aud intellectual
citizens. "
The public life in Athens caused
another kind of loss very similar to that
occurring in the United States. It had
no place for its best intellects , for , as
Mahaffy says : "The serious men retired
into the schools , we might fairly say
into the cloister , " for such was the Stoa
and other gatherings of the ablest think
ers of Greece.
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