, 1870-04-03

alone, with that animal instinct which salects,
in III nature, ths food which suita It
"Tten let her So her way, md, would II.
most Say, encourage her. She helps : world
which has 20 longer sufficient reasoo for
man Of labor and action, for that last work
which remained to b. done-the execution Of
the uselcss. She devours the Inheritance; !;
which VIII force property to reconstruct itself
" labor. She dessnoys the family; which viii
Of her rietius and Of herself the muck which
the sociAl ea1th needs for its mysterious germs
When ehe has nothing left to derour, she Will
die Of hamilton, md will disappear to bc born
again 1nder another form. Her work will be
done. She viii have destroyed ths N.ihro-
pomorphi, ttat il, individuals who. having but
the form and appearance ef man, must dhsp-
pe.r from 3 world where the true, the divine
| man is soon to appear And reign. She ts Ike
the c1ows Of Normandy. which autter in b]ack
| whi1luinds behind the plow while it cleAvoe iss
fu1Tov, which eat the little vo11n4 that, but for
them, would devout tho grain, hut which ntiss1-
er attael the lAborer nor IRE killed by ths-n-
Tho more I rere.d the preface, tlu Inore
fczocious find it. Dumas rcspects nothins
| Of this superb idea1, which eonscntonAsyt
.ssiapg IN eonpsity With TIE poss s,s ns.f e5.
minds, not accustomed to think for tbenselvs<s
and who will yicld 70 the mastery Of this biting
aid jesting mind DumkB fts brings ron{
home will him He enters households, and
deruoGehes the idol He produces On me she
have brought to show bin Titi.n. and Hho,
scratching the surface little, shows you thst
you have in your gallery but . TasteInpion non
the Eahgncles, for which, Il laast, no ono
thankB him. I do not think that Dumas has
written this preface, which has cost him
years. work, il or3es to regain tho feminine
clients which the Ami des fenaDses lost him,
and do not know how ho can 50 into society
without having his eyea tom out II every IA
loon- But that ia his concern. This is the
end Of the sermon Of the Reverend Father
Dumas f5.
An this is very indi1erant to you, is it not,
lldies7 Altar you, the end Of the world. Take
care, there ia no end Of the world; there Arc
but ends Of worlds, which is not the same
thing, and the end Of your world may come be-
tore your end, and then there viii be gnssh-
Ing Of teeth; for II beloro long al thinEn Of
the earth, to Whatever order they belong, aud
whatever may b thcis past, are 10 be intcrro-
gated snew. md are 70 declAre their true nxne
viii hAre TO undergo dnal council Of revision.
Your false power will f.u; your mJtLo-
logic sovereignty will rauiah with the sickly
literature which spranG from you. Now 1Avs
= wln gn;1sntee Your dignity; customs will pn.
no longer serve you as N asylum yqur rights
will be known to you, aud your duGca riI1 be
imposed On you All which has no vo,th uiu
DO destroyed, xnd al which has it viii be
"Therefore, let those Of you who have fall
en-, and wish to repent, h.stcn, whilo repentance
is yet virtue, and let thoee who feel that they
ARC drifting away bang with al their power to
everything which can hold them buck The
da5s which have becn predicted are near, and
God has warned Noah anow- It viii b. nsces-
sag 70 b with men in tho de1uge, or man in
tbs ark"
In order not 10 get Dumas into quarrel
with Ill orr female readers, have kept Tor the
end passage which ia At tho conmencemant
pnblicls 6aseladng the women Of his time,
can distinguish in the crowd tho really worthy
beings 4 man Like Dumas can nsyer stifie
the voice OF the heazt, oven in the finest
There is in our literature vellknownline
4 the feet Of that 'cz to which saoa owo thy
which hss helped to rnislead us IS To tho COM
plete vaf11e OF woman.
is no longer the wcmAn, It ia the mother. She |
hae not cAsnged form, but quality. Il is then
fraud when, IN tho uane Of The mother they
claim under all circumstances respect for tho
woman. To man In love With woman, it |
seems as natural to convince aud possess this
woman, to completely forget his mother, IS il
seems monstrous to him to leyo his mother as
he loves this woman.
The mother is the only form Of existence
Of woman that the ::lovo Of man cannot recon-
struct, when it Las once ceased to exist. AIan |
replaces the wife, the beloved, tho sister, the
daughter, but he never replaces the mother. |
There is between mother and child, complici- |
ty Of organs and Of flesh, Life within life,
which forge + link that nothing can sunder,
net even death 1t is By tho remembrance Ok |
his mother, that man il Tor the flrst time led 10
believe in the Immortality Of tho soul. H.
cannot admit that nothing remains Of that loJe.
Thue the man who despi.ea women never
desriees his mother, whAtever may hive been
the faults That she may have comEitted Is 4
woman; for as = woman, she Ioes NOT exist
for him. The esered love tbs. he has for her
impels him towards wor. en-. and ii l. ,lmoet 4
Fac1lege to appeal t. this special love, unique
in IT. hnd, IN favor Of the se1 to which ;hc
mother eeene 70 belong. The mother has no
ssx s!a;l IN The taousht of nan; thcre she Ia OF
Cor1c, mesdames whatever your indignation
may be, You must pardon the man of talent
IN nno hss cast In his pamphlet against rouan
ta"ees exquisite lines which I have kept for tho
conclusion