The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-01-08
True LOve-What is It?

Even sucu man as bOD In9ersOll
can and does write many true and
beautiful things. The following is
an extract from one Of his lectures
on The Liberty of Man, Woman and
Child" which is we'll worth reading
and preserving as rare gem:
Some people tell me, your doc
trine about loving, and wives, and
all that, is splendid for the rich, but
it won't do for the poor l tell you
tonight there is more love in the
homes of the poor than 10 the pal
aces Of the rich"
The meanest hut with love in it is
a place fit for the Gods, and pail
ace without love a den only fit for
wild beasts. That is my doctrine !
You cannot be so poor that you can
not help somebody. Good nature
is the cheapest commodity in the
world and love is the only thing
that will pay ten per cent. to bor-
rover and lender both. Do not tell
me that you have got TO be rich !
We have a false standard Of great
ness in the United States. We
think here that man plust be no
torious, that he must be extremely
wealthy, or that he must be upon
putrid lips of rumor. Itis all mis-
take. II is not necessary to be rich.
or to be great, or to be powerful. or
to be happy. The happy man is the
successful man. Happiness is the
legal tender o: the soul. Joy is
wealth.
A little while ago stood by the
grave of the old Napoleon-a mag
uifcent tomb of gilt and gold, fit al,
mAst for dead deity=-and gazed
upon the sarcophagues Of black
Egyptian marble. where rests at last
the ashes Of that restless man.
leaned over the balusFade and
thoughl about the career of the
greatest soldier the modefR world.
saw him walking upon he banks
OF The Seine, contemplating suicide.
/ saw him at Toulon-I saw him
putting down the mob in the streets
of Paris. l saw him at The head Of
The army of Italy, l saw him cross
IIng The bridge Of Lodi with The tri
color in his haud-I saw him in
the shade" of the pyramids-I saw
him conquer the Alps and mingle
the eagle Of France with the eagle
of the crags. saw him at Maren-
go--at Ulm and Austerieuz. 1 saw
him at Russia, where the infantry OF
the snow and the cavalry Of the wild
blast scattered his legions like win.
ter's withersd leaves. / saw him at
Leipsic in defeat and disaster, driv.
en- by million bayonets back upon
Paris, clutched like a wild beast,
| banished 10 Elba. saw MIN escape
and retake an empire by the force
Of his genius. ! saw him upon the
frightful field of Waterloo, where
chance and fate combind to wreck
the fortune Qf their former Hing
and l saw him at st. Helena, Will
his hands crossed behind him, gaz
ing out upon the sad and splepE
sea.
| thonght of the orphans and wild
ows he had made, of the tears tina
had been shed for his glory. and o
the only woman who ever loved him
pushed from his heart by the colo
hand Of ambition, and / said woul(
rather have been French peasan
and worn wooden shoes, / woult
rather have lived in hut with win,
growing over the door and tn,
grapes growing purple in tie kisse
of the autumn syn. would Fathe
have been that poor peasant, will
my wife by my side, knitting as th'
I
day died out Of the sky-with ml
children upon my knees aud Ehei
arms abont mel would rather hav
been that man and gonedown TO IN
oDgueless silence OF the dreamles
dust than to have been that impeffa
impersonation Of force and murdeI
# is not necessary to the great T.
be happyi tits not necessary 10 b
rich 10 be just aud generous. aud t
have heart illed with divine affeC
ton. No matter whether you ar
rich Or poor, treat your wife a
though she was 2 splerdid Aovei
and she will iii your life with pei
fume and with joy.
And, do you know, it is a splendu
thing 70 thiAk that the woman 20
|; loYe really will never grow old t
you. Through the wrinkles Of time