Northeast Arkansas, Vol. 9

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Excerpt from Northeast Arkansas, Vol. 9: World's Fair Industrial Series No, 9, 2nd Edition In the early days of the old world, away back in the dim days of history's dawn, humanity spread in all directions from the cradle of the race, by means of a series of migratory waves. In those ages the impulses and habits of man were savage and cruel, "might made right, " and the weak had no valid claim upon the consideration of the strong. When the old home became too small to accommodate the people of a nation, swarming occurred, as a result of some internal influence, and a portion of the inhabitants, often numbering many thousands, detached themselves in a body, and taking their families and movable possessions with them, poured out into the wilderness or territory of neighboring tribes, slaying or driving out the people, and confiscating their property and lands. Violence and conquest accompanied each migratory movement, national wealth was usually accumulated by wholesale murder, pillage and robbery, and the new home was wrested by force from the former owner. These were the attributes and the practices of the ancient home-seeker. Times and customs have changed, and in this particular our race is infinitely the gainer. Now the people of the new or sparsely settled country advertise for and invite the conquest, and when the wave of immigration appears, the "guest chamber is made ready and the feast spread." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.