The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-29
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the way from Boston 10 90 IL.
Boston is always very klhu 10 us IN summer
when our own people are away lhat 49, Dos-
ton means to be KIND ana ACCOMMODATING.
Mary Cary-so l nave h'aru -peionss 70 'no
Claxton school But this assertion conveys no
distinct idea to me- nor can II unless som, pVs-
ton philosopher Will tell me what KIM Vi
school the Claxton school IL.
ii the truth were KNOWN IL Woulu pe iou"u'
think, that ClhNton never hhu any sc"oo" s"o o
Is n IoDsv OF the stage who Kinder gro" IT,
III this is what IS meant NY hss o"', ii'. 1u
cannot assent 10 IL. Al al cNch.s' nise ,u'
has not crowd much since we i"f', Gu" ~ ~,
Boston playwright mas equipped Nv, WIN
drama mnde up OF s''hos iioi"
~ Bleak House, ana IN 'Il's uI"'n" ono '"p0A-
sonates the outcast poy' fVoI oo'
Although foor 30 gives 'l'lc 10 the pay anu 10
the excuse for Miss Carys appearance az
star" tho part is not strong one IN any o'ner
than a pathetic sense. inc piayrignt couiu
not quite succeed in hiding the TACT 'hat 30 Is
but an incident In the story. DICKENS Woulu
doubtless be more surprised ,hhh uny vi us
could he see the stage story Oh bleak i"uso
made to pivot on thls wall anu III .nc mum
characters moving around MIN ns sateii''es'
lam not sure that he would not be little an
moved. For Dickens could not avoid seeing
what we all see. that in the stage exaggcration
OF the street Arab the character gains magni-
tude Mt the expense Of TRUTH There IL really
nothing in 10 as originally drawn to excite our
admiration. He was meant TO excite our pity
md TO point n social lesson. The moment he
undertakes TO I'll the scene he ia overstcpping
the limits Of tho authors purpose.
| II he is thus made unduly conspicuous by the
dramatist. II may not be out Of place to examine
him little closer than we otherwise would.
In the first place. 10 is not type: lie does
not represont his class H. IL as goody ns
II was nosslble 10 make an utterly forlorn out
cost ITo il supposcd TO be- hunted by society,
which does not understand him. and will not
tolerate him. He Is moved on. not because So
cicty has no pity. hut because it has mono TO
waste and because the outcasts Of his kind
must be moved on. AS n rule they do not sub
| NIT 10 the process patiently and rcproachiuly.
! They regard society ms their natural enemies.
to he deceived. dcned dciraudcd. That Ia not
their fault SO much IA their fate. and 80 far
from submitting tearfully to the policeman.
they carry on in their peculiar way an unend-
ing guerrilla war against him. 10 is the unnat-
ural saint Of this class. He IL meek. suffer-
ing little runlan too good to do wrong and too
stupid to do right lie is really in the worst
box that il is possible to get q youngstcr into.
II he had only been trine bad h might have
fought his way with the vice around him. but
he Was morally above ms environments anu IN
teiectually below any other CONDITION OF "hlch
1t Is possible TO conceive Socio'y' "nich moves
without reference 10 special cases very h"u-
rally brushes him. not because he Is any worse
than his fellows but because he Is weaker uhu
cannot stand the general pressure
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. a,a ,'ie,ol,o hurts ON, ofit These mr.
no, the objects Of hubble sorrow. II they wer
4 We might as well devote pNrt Of our time I
= weeping over death in the abstract.
] Tho foct ia no,oav who Investigates life thor
= | ouphlv vhere II teens md dcVours itself ca
; bei, teol,no thot dcath IA n boneDcent monster
:. Miss Corv,s Ia has no other lesson than this
y TINT Inherently good waits die Young. We rea
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