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Dawn Of History: Au Pere Tranquille, called by wags "Calm Papa," is at 16 rue Pierre-l Lescot, beside the Great Market. It starts to open at midnight (as I once] learned by going there at 11:30 P.M. to find it tomb-silent) and servejl till dawn or after. Onion soup, after a big night, is an early-dawn feature.!Paths and trails that finally became roads ave been used by man since the dawn of history. Nomadic tribes used them for travel between easonal hunting and fishing grounds. As barter eveloped between tribes, routes for easy travel nd exchange of goods became necessary. During ome 5,000 years of recorded history, overland ravel has been almost entirely by highway, ex-ept for a modern period of about 100 years when le use of highways was eclipsed by railway-avel. Beginning about 1830, highways declined i importance as railroads multiplied, but by 1930 ley were receiving more attention than ever be-)re throughout the world.
The Book of Historical Documents (Shang Shu), sometimes called the Book of History (Shu Ching), consists of decrees, counsels, and admonitions of ancient kings,princes, and ministers, and other semilegendary records, attributed to a period from the dawn of history to about the 7th century B. c. In solemn, didactic prose, it portrays the thought and action of great ancient Chinese, who, it was said, having struggled with nature and learned its secrets, set moral standards by personal example, formed benevolent governments, vindicated the people against tyrants, and so became prototypes of the ideal sage to inspire the philosophical and literary mind of later ages. |
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