The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-31
THE GREAT PRINCIPLE.
BY THEODORE 5. FAY.

One Of my peculiarities is a strong ten.
dency to differ in opinions from other peo.
pie upon almost every subject never
mouth In the matter-I come out roundly
l have no doubt the reader is fond OF
roast beef and plum pudding. Now l de.
test them. Nothing could be more gross
earthly. stultifying Besides no man fond
Of such stuff does. ever did. or ever can
sit down to meal without running into
excess. Then comes custard, ice cream,
fruit. almonds, raisins, wine. You rise
with distended stomach and heavy head,
and stagger away with british apathy |
am for light diet-miik, rice, fruit, sweet,
harmless things Of nature. No lambs
bead for me. No stately OK is slain that
| may feast Old mother earth supplies
my tender appetite. The deep, deep
spring, clear as crystal-the innocent veg
ctables-etherial food-thus | am keenly
susceptible to every moral and natural
beauty, which few enthusiastic beef eaters
are
differ from everybody in another thing
| belive in love at first sight We ought
to be able to tell in week whether wo-
man would do for a wife. The judgment
Of true love is intutive; glance and it is
d, he. a man of genius is in his own i'm
agination a standard OF the object Of his
lOve-an unexplainablc model-tlc pro.o-
type to which exists somewhere in reality,
although he may may never have seen or
heard Of her This is wonderful but it is
true. lie wanders about the world, i'm
pervious to all delicious, thrilling, soul-mel-
ting Of beams Of beauty, till he reaches
the right one. There are blue eyes
they are tender but they touch not him -
There are back-they are piercing. but his
heart remains whole. At length, accident
filings him in contact with creature-hc
hears the tones Of her vOice-hc feels the
warm streams Of soul shining from her
cOuntcnnnce. Gaze meets gaze, and thought
sparkles into thought. till the magic blaze
is kindled, and they fall in love
1t sometimes happens. that for one model
in the imagination of this man of genius,
there are accidentally two or three proto-
types in real life, or rather. he has two or
three different models
1t is great misfortune for man to have
more models than one. They lead him
astray. They involve him in difficulties.
They play the very devil with him.
And yet metaphysicians and phrcnolo-
gists oush, to know that it is no affair of
his Ii school-boy has the organ of de-
strution. you may whip him for killing flies,
but you must not wonder at him. If a
ycu,i,-Bnt this brings me back again
to my subject
never could tell how many of these
models Fred had a great many, no doubt.
lie was sad dog--a Don Juan-a sort of
Giovanni in---hut that was his business
Oh tie sweet woman, 1t is almost in
credulous lie must have dealt in magic.
1t was perfect blessing to be near him
to catch the light and heat of the thousand
glances which fell upon him, and Of which
he caught few stray ones, thoug gh only by
an accident Lovely women fell into his
mouth like ripe plums lie had clusters Of
them. They all loved him. and he loved
them all His soul was as large as st
Paurs
What are you thinking. Fred ," said |
Caroline" he answered.
"She who sailed yesterday for England p
"Yes-I loved her"
And she?'
/ He rose and opened an escritoire,
lis it not perfectly beautiful -
The sweet relic of golden sunshiny hail
lay curled charmingly in a rose colored en-
velope 1t did look pretty. But
"Has Caroline B such light hair ,
asked L. Il never knew always though
Il was observing only yesterday that
surely, surely you have made no mistake
see what is that written at the bottom o
the paper, Julia p
Fred. hastily looked again in the littl
pigeon hole, and drew forth another ros
colored envelope-anothcr and another.
| smiled-so did he.
"What vile narrow prejudice it is, sat
Fred.
What -
That man can love only once | hav,
loved twenty fifty-nay, a hundred times
| ARRAYS love same one. Sometimes tw
at time-sOmetime twenty"
Heartless," exclaimed |. This is nC
tore ., love is soul absorbing, pure. constant
immutable'
"Hark yc." said Fred. 81 seldor
cease to love Adding another angel t
the list does not infer the striking ont ,
any of the others. There is no limit !
man of soul loves just as he happens to b
placed in relation to women. L am warn
cd by them as | am when | stand in tn
sunshine. Because | have garden her
when the beams Of the god of day fall O
my shoulders with pleasant ardor-mu
| not feel the warmth when | stand in tl
garden yonder 1t is the great principle
E should the object Of my early love die
: must be ever thereafter dead to the mo
!, exquisite of human passions Death
only absence. ! know twelve pretty W
men. They are better than man. Naiu'
: made them so They are all Different
excellent-all divine. Can | be blind
e Can be deaf, Shall | deny that the
voices are sweet-their hearts stender-the
a minds clear and intelligent No. 10,