The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-04-29
.Ug,iness and Beauty.

AS we pass through Cheapside, and note the
'multitudinous ugliness Of The crowd, we snail
be none the worse il we remember that lhere Is
scarcely door-knoLker or griffin oil lace, ,wn ch
is not beautiful TO some cue or other lnis Is
positive fact, and avery curious fact, 100. Wneh
YOU consider that personal beauty Is thnS
which may be brought almost TO the line OF the
plummet; which is brought I'm your drawing
book) to the compasses aud the L square that
ii is thing to be Judged of by those omnlpotent
ewes of which we boast SO much" Sir, am not
to believe nv eyes ?'-and that said eyes can
be impartial as well as omnipotent 1T Will APP
pear q wonder of wonders that love can trans
form the de(ormed os it does, How could Mrs.
Quilp love her dwari-i.na OF husband, and not
tiud him repusively ugly? How eau your friend
Mrs. Thompson, think that waxen faced or
nudding headed baby of hers beautiful Is not
a pet,ed child very often little imp? Yet, who
would dare to tell papa as much, or ever SO
slightly depreciate the dear ones nose !
Nor is this the whole story For every body
knows as matter of fact, that human affection
has this transform NJ power; knows that our
ewes are not to be trusted when our silly hearts
whisper privately to the optic nerve. knows
that B knows, aud knows that a knows that
he knows all this, aud thu rest oil the alphabet
know it Of A AMI B, and themselves occupy a
similar prcJicam,nt; and yet the mystery goes
On. Bacon saws that "d.fonnaa persons are
commonly even with nature, meaning that they
are generally malignant and ha'cful Il. C. full OF
hate y but we may not say on the Oth'r hhni,
that the Gre Il Soul of TIE universe makes ii even
with the ill ia ored by amounting them with love
SO that il runs down to thi very skirts OF their
garments? Whn Chlrlotte Bionte was VIII
ting "a Jan, Eyre,' her sisters told her plain he
70 aud heroine could not be interesting The
world knows better-it knows that never were
two humln beings in fiction surrounded by so
intense an atmosphere of love as Jane and Mrs.
Rochester. Nor are Lord Bacon's rules without
exceptions forI havc known them. and ex'
meet Mrs. Gaskell's Mr. BansOn was drawn Tor
life And remember an article in Chamber $
Journal, especially addressed 10 the lame and
the dcformed, assuring them IN the kndest terms
that they might rely upon it, physical detects
would never interfere with anything that goes to
make the real vGue Of life. think that save
myself noticed that lame people commonly
make very happy marriages, not excluding lame
women. So that if this should not meet the
eye of the most misshapen mortal III the census,
Twill venture to address him in the language OF
Longiellow's Endymon -
No one is so accursed by fate,
- No one utterly deSoate,.
But some heart, though unkncwn,
,F Responds unto its own st4
And the song says
For every Jack there is a Ulll
And that " love is blind" is at least as oldas
Horace, anl at least as new as Cowley as much
older aud newer as you please. Let us" said
the Pagan
Let us tlca,t in friendshipprovc a' mild
As u fond parent to his favori e child
lfwh sorted eyes the urchin gare', ...4
40 the dear boy, how prettily he stares -
Is he OF fdwarlish, abortive size?
..Sweet little nloppet :" til fond father cries.
Or, is the misshapencd cub detormed Cr Lame
lie kindly lisps hin oer some tender name
And thus Mr.. Cowley-
Color or shape good Hmbsor face,
Goodness or wit in all find;
A notion or in speech grace;
II all fail, yet IT'S woman kind, q
If fair, she's pleasant the light
Iflow, her prettipcss doth please
ifblack. what loyer loves not night?
Tho fat with plenty fills my heart;
The lean with love makes me. too, so;
Ifstraight her body's Cupid's dart
10 me Ii crooked It's his bow
Thus. there are compensations, even though
personal beauty is, AMI always will be great IL
DIAL influence in human affairs; and neither age
nor wisdom can emancipate man wholly from
its power. II is the same story from Sampson
TO Antony, and from Antony to our own glorl-
Gus Nelson Yet it is clear that beauty can only
bespeak Loves cannot fix it beyond the period of
its own duration. Eager youth will not believe
it. but it is crtaln arithmetic, that beauty is
no foundation to lasting attachment. Tdits
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