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by the use, and not the abuse of passion. Re-
sorts Of prodigacy are indicated by boundaries,
and carefully watched; one may inspect them
conaecutiyely without fear and without shame."
peculaticn in Office is rare in France. "Of1-
corB in tho Civil Service hold their places for
given number OF years, and then retire on a PEN
sion; they are consequently not tempted to NAL
versation by current or future contingencies,
and, moreover, watch each other with view to
insure promotion. Our dominant weakness,'
he continued, 'is nos gain in any of its Protean
shapes, but rather one which grows out Of . mis-
conception Of the relation aid status Of this re-
spective sexes; tho broken thread Of our social
and national life is very much due to our peculiar
attitade toward women"
One Of the most remarkable facts in French
history is the superiority of French women over
the men. Women in France strike all observers
es superior to the other eex. Every English
critic admits this superiority, but none seem able
to account for it. As far es Mr. Durand's obser-
vation goes, it grows out Of tho different modes
OF bringing up boys and girls.
4 French girl is the dependant and companion Of
her mother She IL brought under her eye at home,
or # abroad under fcmae su2ecvision sinar to that
Of her OWL mother. It maybe at = convent or in
uatihed in stating that her daughter has always re-
ma1ned under her own eye. The enjoynents Of the
the Indulgence OF her tastes and emotions, those Of
ter mother. She promenades with her, accompanies
her to amusoments and to certain extent, partici-
p2tes IN the entertainment OF her friends. Tie French
girl the pet Of the family circle interested in its
eonies familiar with the joys and sorrows Of all its
ing to the station OF its several members She is not
allowed to hnt French parents call Objectionable
plays to read ucentous noveis, or to converse with
haphaZard in general society The main thing in
her education Is development Of the sympathies,
agreeable manners, and physical and mental purity.
father sanctions it by not nedding with it. Like all
SYSTEMS 1t has o5ectonal features but the good pre-
s1ns a Which men aush but it It maintains % femnne
integrity which men regard point OF honor and Of
innnits importancs when the girl becomes woman,
France leaving out the element Of instruction. may be
sunled up in lady's exclamation to in defence Of
the castom Of her country: What mother bet
ter say Of her daughter her wedding day. than Lat
she has never left her sido!"
Let us suppose her ready for the nuptial union.
Provided the chosen to be her husband has
pleasing appearance, the grl is satisfied being in8eu
sible, to every other qualification: youth ot hal
ters to parental degrees. Apart from the natural In
difference Of woman to tho moral state OF the man
BY which to Judge he qualities tndispeasable to true
husband. ,Matrlmony opens the door Of society to
the imPassablo threshold Of her parental home, and
What her most tie bright prospect Of free
ticpaon of tbo but fascinating ceremony
at the altar. She gladly embraces position in which
she is recognized heroine, supported by her conju-
gal aud parental protectors aud exciting universal
| sympathy and admiration.
It stands to that two beings thus brought up
and thus brought together must entertain different
sentiments and views Of hfe's responsibilities and du-
ties. There cement in their mutual experiences
The husband, remarked above, is base: there
| for him mystery novelty in female companion
ship, no charm in possession, no reverence for fenli
senHibiy and affection other than that which In
nates his vanity. He cannot build ideas on the
repetition Of old experiences lie feels Of that
ifegiving inspiration which has s in past pu-
rity, and unsullied feeling. He mnrries only for
worldly mategisl advantages, and not through
affection the girl to whom he is respected by him
mechanically because Of her legal w1tehood, and not
because OF her angelic
dition Of nature having sacrificed the integrity Of
her lfo's spring to the winter Of his he exchanges
| holy and unimpatred sensimcnts for worn-out, ex-
hausted, md death-strclen This may not pre-
| vent such man from proving conventionaiy good
permanent, to culture, and public opinion and to which
frenel'men are BY no means dead; but does not
elevate husband to delicate consciousness Of moral
stamp is not aware OF the important springs from
which sentiment and duty originate. If Frenchman
end Ike Huot in Bahscs COUSINS Bette" ho lives
more or less unconscious or passive spectator Of
of souls without the capacity to shape them.
Richard Grant White, in
] LANGUAGE ACCORDING TO SAMPLE"
| denies that the usage which controls languageis
TINT Of great writors and cultivated speakers
Changes in the construction OF the language
| the introduction Of new words, the disuso OF old
ones, are not the work of the great writer's, but
an insensible, unconscious process, working in
the whole mass OF those who speak the Ian
| bullSe. HIH1ub ou44 4AeB tudL WHICH nus al
ready taken place in speech. II VIC were to fol
low the pilotage OF eminent usage, VIC should
have to say, with Pope, begun for began,
sprung tor $prang, thriusd for thfore.
similsr mistakes are made by Tennyson. There
| is scarcely any confusion mutlation Of the
preterito the perfect participle that not sup
ported by the authority" of Swift: "Becauso
Gibbon produces such passage as this: Either
q pestilence or famine, victory or defeat
an oracle of the gods or the eloquence OF 4 dar-
ing leader, uere sufficient to impel the Gothic
arms ! and Junius such one as this: 'Neithel'
Charles nor his brother 1cere qualified to support
| such system, ARC VIC to take this authority as
| justification Tor the uso Of either and neither
| with 1rcre?"
1tis chiefly to those debauchers Of thought and de-
hlera Of languago, the newspapers, that the
rushing-into common use; unharpily not always
confined to those who tnausurate sanpe-rooms as-
kist at those solemn rites Nor these h1deous
cresccnccs upon mother tongue confined TO the re-
porters columns. In the correspondence Of paper OF
me appreciation and Of some literary taste-that is tho
worst of i'll met with this sentence about Pompei
even now, when the city has been dead, buried
bad enough, worsc Il possible, than is iorerupneT,
Ttsurrceted but what shall be said OF the sin Of the
writer Of the following passage in leading article in
journal Of the very highest position Of the country
"And What are TIC ,n,snoner<d Republicans doing
social nuiEauce Of class dssincttons!" What social
nuisance could be greater than newspaper which de-
hbcrately sets before fifty thousand reade1s-unsus-
pecting, receptive and conhdng-the printed exam
PIE OF the use Of such ezecrable compound mis-
7.on,eredl By Whist process did who has attained
the right TO pen in the leading columns O. first
Journal reach that depth Of degradation in lau-
gnags to which cant is classical and slang
! less. But because he must have finer Lread than
is made Of wheat, and because there is noun mis-
4on1cT, he makes from it that hideous verb. Now,
again. it is to be Observed tat resurrectonized and
77snon,ertd not outcasts because they lack the
sanction Of usage the authority Of eminent writer's
| They newer, less sanctioned by use, good
or bad, rude cultured, than undisprfraefea, or
streeted, endangered str,E ser to the common
than 1eaTnnto' nua ns ene s'er nre eonna ana
and pestileut."
After showing that the expressions, 7 had
better, You had better, are Illogical, and will yield
in time to 'couu rauter, might BETTER and point