, 1874-03-01
MR., BARTLETT'S LECTURE,
The Marriagc-Relation, and tie So
cial Status of Aspasia.
"primary nicetings'' Now, and as They
Will Be When Women
Shall Vote.

seems to tho writer, should not escape public
Criticism ihc reverend gentleman, IN wha'
was. under the circumstances, very remarkable
Interpolation LII ms lecture, declared it to be III
historic fact that AEpasla, Of ancient Grecian
fame,
'.w4s coUn1EsAS."
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Ao"' 'Ae ~ ~" W ~! oNo IL
intensity OF con'.ce'on tnat me only absolutely
blameieEs course for woman to adopt il the rigid
;nsistauce upon the fulfillmcnk of tha rerv ]ast
Latin, of t7,a 1av of 1,e~ rac, md +;1,, horo-a
4e1.el ~ 49, ~ .sso '>1o NnAo' pe'oie
entenng ano a6e-1e'at'on.
Indeed, we're SO unfortunate as to lose the
little fluger OF my left hand, and afterwnrd to
tmmierato to one OF those distant is1es in wh;ch
,rera ,o,d tho r.rriaoa-carar,,-.1... -
10 "sle s.oa .o.a-,.a .u4ony ~ eons1''s Ii
dnnEins "ater to9etuef ana then linking the
little fingers OF tho left hand, would not marry
the most captivating Prince found there how
ara, much lie yDiyht aptrc.+ No ro,1d
grx, .,v
'1'' A1 No'1h "A.Aiaa'
aud caan my wounded hncctlons ss I might,
rather than consent to SUCK an irregular mar
r;aoe " "a nv n21,tilated lei. hand would ,an.
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tuTso -
Eur. ~ al 0e'iousness' alae from higher and
weiAhtier considerations touching tho obi
cation Of tie individual t., avoid woundinp the
best moral sense Of the society in which he
lises there Is great warrant for this position "A
r,oro ,,,+,os -, ,o,e.1. F' ~
mefo natIef OF eelhsh precautlon, since it is
NJ. pSo"ao'o tns1 Inc love OF any man could
fully compensate woman for what she is liable
to experience as the result Of failure to demand
.1on,1 which law a,d nnsto,1, ana-see ,,.f5 oeiH
oreco,3a ,ba n,,-1o7a ', ro1,t;an ooe1ee nnoo1o
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thousands Of young girls who, upon entering
life, are 80 dazed BY their own hearts. md lie
uALF-sESsELEss TALK
In literature in tho pulpit, and on tho platform.
to the effect that "W oman's life is Lour -
-"Loye is her meat and drink" .sDy loya st'o
reigps and wins - without love she pines md
dies, OF becomes an unEexed creuture, od5ous to
woman's true crown Of glory is not much loving
but wise loving; aud perish utterly.
From this point Of Wow, Aspasla Was not alto-
getLer wise or exemplary.
Had it been possible to her to have used her
rare powers and influence to change the corru1t
1narrlage-lnTs OF Athens; or, failing in that
had ehe pttiently submitted to them.Sshe might
not have come down to Us in history but would
have been grander in character. Aa il is. sAe
1ss,a
rung, LOVING, AND aIuCH-1o7Ep HoMAS.
highly estcc1aed By the best men OF her ration.
and immeasurably superior to the uomsn of her,
time
Tor, what werothe factgin her case According
10 lie lAtEsL ana EeSt authorities UpoQ AtLeQlGu
history, Aspasia was free woman, residing in
Athens, bus Of foreign birth: Pezicles, the
statesman, patriot scholar, aud soldier, whose
position in ,Greece tho reverend gentleman Of
Tuesday evening paralleled with that Of Charles
Sumner to-day, procured divorce from lis trst
wife, by her full consent, and in full accord
with Athenian law. uo then took Aspasia to
his home, and lived with her for Twenty-Five
years, in the most faithful and devoted affection
Bus Aspasia's foreign bi1th-in her case the
missing "liitlo finger r'-pregented their legal
marriage, aud gave to the community which
condemned Socrates to death, and banisued
Ana1aguras and phidias, pretext for calumny
snd slander
OF tho fact that q gentleman in the position
of the lecturer should endcayor to
REVIVE THESE OLD cALua1S1Es,
in their very coarsest form, so soon after the
truer and better interpretation of Aspasa's life
had been given to the same audience in the
eane place, but two explanations are possible :
Either ho has allowed himself to remain in grosa
ignorance Of tue more recent historical iuvesti-
gations and authorities upon that subject, and
so dogmatically repeated as history the in
pressions Of his boEhood ; or he vas impelled by
sonc present personal animoaity, or eome per- |
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