National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-03-25
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| The committee adjourned to Wednesday, March
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lFron Biaeiwood's Magazine.
| had been considering for about a war
| whether I should marry Winifred Hanway,
when heard that she was engaged to the
philosopher. Why did she accept himi Il is
true that he h both imaginative and critical;
but faculties exercised In the formation Of psy-
Geological HYPOTHESIS, and the laborious de-
struction Of ones neighbor, do not usually
rouse tho sympathy Of . bright and beautiful
girl, who Il more At to live than to think about
life. He d certainly handsome, but 40 Ger
|tainly his clothes are barbarous. His trousers
ca.nst ksep their shape for day, and his hats
are nsvef new. Hhe notices the rain, he opens
N umbrella which might have served ~ an IN
edectual protection at the time Of the deluee;
If he aDds out thaE Il q cold, he assumes Q gar
ment whish mighs have been the everyday
cost Of Methuselah. His manners arc a.
strange - his appearances. He may often b
seen walking In the park at the fashionable
hour with far-o6 look In his eyes, and his hat
thrust back - II to Lessen the external pres
sure on his actiys brain; more rarely you may
hear him bursting into snthnsiasm in Pieea-
my, though fiecsdniy b the last place IN
which . man should allow himself to be enthu-
siastic. In short, though he q true friend,
ne - an.
UNCOMFORTABLE ACQUAINTANCE;
ana ms volcanic utterances, after long periods
OF calm contemplation, cause such shocks to
one nerves a wouid Do conveyed to the Sun
day citizen BY the eruption Of Primrose Hill
But II II was odd that the beautiful. Winifred
hanWay should marry my friend, It was yet
more odd that ne should marry any one. There
we're no topics more certain TO excite an explo-
s'on IN the nina OF the philosopher than the
excessive population OF the country, and the
wholesome solitude OF the thinker. How"
ne would nerceiy ask, "can man think edect-
ualiy on fundamental subjects who u com
peled py the despicable circumstances OF his
mo 70 exnauss nis analytical faculty IN consider
ing nov 70 pay his butcher, and when to buy
hb coalss Iteil you, cir, It d better to starve
Win cold and hunger than to debase ones
nobiest part to game OF skin with grAsping
grocer. Again and again had heard him de-
claim IN thh preposterous fashion; and after
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victim, and would doubtless take house upon
n's Dack van the aocanty OF . snah.
could not solve the problem ! would not
give u up. 30, full Of the determination to
drag Diogenes out Of his tub, md the secret out
Of Diogenes, stepped round the corner to offer
my congratulations. Ny friend was in his
study, apparently writing, really eating gull
pen. he rose at me with rush, wrung my
hand till y ached, and blushed rather uncom-
fortably. Congratulations arc the curse of the
Briton. Whether he ID Offering them or re-
cefving them, he ID generally obliged to take
refuge In Intermittent hand-shaking, and most
Of bis sentences tail Of into grunts and grosns.
But on this occasion It was evident that the
philosopher had something ready to say, and
was nerviously anxious to say Il. Indeed, lhad
hardly said moro than my dear fellow, don't
know when really am % awfnlly glad,
t-ies In every way 20, such satisfactory,
you know really do wish al possible, and
all that sort Of thing, you know"-when he
burst In with speech 90 huently delivered,
that knew was not HE earliest visitor that
morning. "of course IT'S taken you BY sur
pre- ns ss,d, AZ nav Il would; but the
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ionS ume' ana ! am sure l am right"
Here trisd to get IN an expression Of wonder
ct his new notion Of his duty, but he was bent
on being I'D Of the matter, and hurried on to
his reasons. "In the frst place." said he, 81
sn not sure that, instead Of Increasing my
domestic worries, my marriage will transfer
them In body to my wife; and, secondly, when
I consider thu vast rumber Of fs,ole VIM sre
every day born into the world, I am terrified
q the picture Of what the next generation win
be, Il the thinkers Of this are to Be without
successor" Having discharged his reasons
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