Тарзан, приёмыш обезьян
The Light of Knowledge
Manytravelershaveseenthedrumsofthegreatapes,andsomehaveheardthesoundsoftheirbeatingandthenoiseofthewild,weirdrevelryofthesefirstlordsofthejungle,butTarzan,LordGreystoke,is,doubtless,theonlyhumanbeingwhoeverjoinedinthefierce,mad,intoxicatingreveloftheDum-Dum.
Fromthisprimitivefunctionhasarisen,unquestionably,alltheformsandceremonialsofmodernchurchandstate,forthroughallthecountlessages,backbeyondtheuttermostrampartsofadawninghumanityourfierce,hairyforebearsdancedouttheritesoftheDum-Dumtothesoundoftheirearthendrums,beneaththebrightlightofatropicalmooninthedepthofamightyjunglewhichstandsunchangedtodayasitstoodonthatlongforgottennightinthedim,unthinkablevistasofthelongdeadpastwhenourfirstshaggyancestorswungfromaswayingboughanddroppedlightlyuponthesoftturfofthefirstmeetingplace.
OnthedaythatTarzanwonhisemancipationfromthepersecutionthathadfollowedhimremorselesslyfortwelveofhisthirteenyearsoflife,thetribe,nowafullhundredstrong,troopedsilentlythroughthelowerterraceofthejungletreesanddroppednoiselesslyupontheflooroftheamphitheater.
TheritesoftheDum-Dummarkedimportanteventsinthelifeofthetribe—avictory,thecaptureofaprisoner,thekillingofsomelargefiercedenizenofthejungle,thedeathoraccessionofaking,andwereconductedwithsetceremonialism.
