The Basket, 1904, Vol. 2

Download or read book The Basket, 1904, Vol. 2 written by California Basket Fraternity and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Basket, 1904, Vol. 2: The Journal of the Basket Fraternity, or Lovers of Indian Baskets and Other Good Things When does the age of invention begin? Could we but look back mto the far away dim ages of the past and watch the ascent of man from barbarism to civilization, how fascinating the occupation would be! Especially would our keenest interest be aroused at those epoch making periods in which some small but important discovery was on the verge of being made; when humanity was stumbling toward some great fact that, once seized, was to revolutionize future methods. \vho would not delight in such occupation, were he able to take with him into those dark days the light of present day knowledge? How did men invent fire? When, where and how (lid they first make any kind of clothing or house? Under what circumstances did they fashion the first weapon? When consciously grind corn? W'eave baskets? Make pottery? And the thousand and one other things that the little bronze women and men have handed down to us? I can conceive of few things as interesting as these in all human progress. How one's heart would beat in high expectation, knowing what was to come, when the naked aborigine first began to shape a bow and arrow; a throwing stick, a war club, a battle-axe! How many attempts there were before success crowned the first efforts; or, alas! How often the thing had to be given up until some future time, perhaps centuries later! How the primitive inventor, prompted by some feel ing, he knew not what, working solely for his own interest and profit. Without thought of financial reward, or the higher incitement of doing good to his fellows, blindly groped along, confident that he could suc ceed where success had never yet beckoned; assured that he could accomplish, where none as yet had accomplished! 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.