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*aoe« i^ngn^n aria nas a tnorougn understanding cf international law.A Cm in n Mash of Rubbish.Once in awhile a gem is found among lii-e mass of rubbish that coir eg outof the Go-verrtmfant printing- offlce.says the Chicago-Record’s Washingtoneo1 respcndent, Mr. Curtis. The latest is a volume on The Swastika, by 'Prof. ThomasWilsaon of theFTrnthsonian Tnstl-tuiinn. Tile swastika is the earliest known symbol used by the various races of men, and Mr. Wilson has spent years in the investigation of Us origin and distribution over the earth. The simple cross, made with two sticks or marks, belongs to -prehistoric times. Its first appearance is lost in antiquity. One may theorize as to its origin, but there is no historical identification of it either in epoch or by country or peorle. The straight ; line, the circle and the triangle axe ; also simple forms easily made, but they have no settled 01* definite mean- ; lng, and the swastika, wfhich is a pecu- , liar form of the cross, was probably I the first si'gn to be made with a definite intention and a continuous or ] c necutive meaning the knowledge of which parsed from person to perso-n, from trib^ to tribe, from people to people, and -from nation to nation until It has finally c’rcled the g-Jobe. Prof. Wilson has discovered ft everywhere and in all ages as a symbol and anornament whore meaning anti migration -can be traced and -may be understood. The swastika, of the ancient mound builders of Ohm and Tennessee Is similar In appearance and ?ym bo'ism to that which appears upon the •walls of Troy and among the ornaments of the Buddhists and Brahmans of India- Many nations claim the honor of its orier;n. It appears upon the ea»II-st coins of Bvbylon. upon Chines*-* porcelain that fs= ageg old, and was tattooed irpon the blankets of theNor’h Amrlcan Tntf-ian.s. Prof. Wi!-Fon’p work is elaborately illustrated, nrff p-* n maddition to ore-historic anthropology.
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Cromwell Argus
Cromwell, Otago, NZ
Tue, Nov 22, 1898
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