New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-23

n,seed slncc then tho theories OF an exclusively mascu
line social fs but we st make our posss rejected tho
hint furnished by the FABIAN school OF ssppn''
we learn wisdom from their failure
DISCUSSION - a..
Tho discussion which followed was Limited 70 'ne 10"
whose Greciao cutlrc gave them the right 70 Tl~A'
Miss Peabody. dear old optmist' put III WI" W.
Aspasa. thought her character mao oeeh 'huoao'' a
ouoted Iandors idea Of her MR. Cheney ala not 'nA
sas onId readily be reconstructed, according to the
,,iss ~ modern morality but she thought Aspasa
, and glorious woman IN spite Of her aulte just as 10
George sand ; u woman who did more TO ennoble the
Abenans OF her time than scores OF the discreet ana
stupid wives who sat meeky at hearthres ana always
kept their walls down. Great natures have In spite OF
their alterations, curious power Of seifrestoratlon.
Prof Goodwin said he had been brought up In tho fah
Col Hgsinsons doct1lne about sappho, and expressed
his enjoyment of the essay.
Mr. wasson true to his theories Of limited suffrage
maintained that concluding sentence OF the lecture
was the unfortunate He thought one lapsed rom
culture into politics usually Instead OF being cutureu o
politics and then after this bold shot into the ranks Oh
the enemy he beat hasty retreat 70 look aer tne In
terests Of his bonded warehouse Mr. Powe OF INC hep
Yo, National Standard to the defense OF Col lggn-
son. He very glad OF that last Oh one
moral TO be drawn life and times from the st0y
of appho glad 10 hear aresh how far back tne goes
and achievements Of woman dated Me Which
the author said. II plot OF ground be ever 80
1t is refreshing to think miles o
know how many thousand years their roots suko pacs
into the soil of human nature and culture. woman SUI
frage would not exactly naugurate the millennium pat ~
his opinion il would be immense gain, and when tha
shall come about may be that politics which are not
degradation will come with IT, ,n. ...roo,
Col. Hgginson REQUIRED to the difference Dctwech
Sappho and Aspasia Margaret Fuller and George sand
lie thought when Sapphos story was once fairly Known
there would be nothing to condone or explain apd ~ -
great thing for 10 have VINO 90
not need 10 have allowances made for them About AZ,
pasta and George Sand the gentiest Judgment must stl
find something be explained away or apoOglzed Tor
Margaret Fuller once said that though such women
az Mary WostOnecraft might be the prophets OF new
era they would be the parents OF It, After all we
might write about any 10 ia well nigh Impossible 70
GET popular Judgment reversed. Scholars may inyes
gate and reconstruct but the world ut large go on think
ing after the fashion OF their fathers This brought MISS
Peabody to again with trouble on her kindly
face, She thought truth must prevail. why else
did Bacon leave his n legacy 10 pOsterlty,
after some ages Did she want 10 know who committed
All the murders the Colonel asked, with goolnatured
satire. No. abe answered, undismayed but she wanted
to know who did commit them And then she brought
forward Lander again. the champion OF Aspasia ana
Della TO instruct the world anent the dead phlos
opher whose name bore until this gentle disagree
elt of doctors terminated by the Ginning OF inc
/ O'Clock bella and notice from Mr.. Sargent that the
ne 1T meeting of the Club would be at Dr. Bartos AS
10 what came afterward, the wit and wisdom around
Mrs Sargents lunch table, the public. mores the pity
have DO concern but would gentle TRIBUNE that you
had been there to hear. L. G. NJ