Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-01-02

runnlng from one SUBJECT 20 ancsEer,
from one temper 70 an0shers = eFIaent-
IL the part OF an insane mind. ~ ne
sane mind one idea Ioiicws anoAner &c
eosusnB " ~. -. - 'A'ss'ys
WHICH vary sn iuuFtoess.s 01s -
ipct 10 certain general pr1nc1p1es. bnt
fur the insane mind there are no such
Il xxr~ ...n.,,s an ,,,sr ....,,rars - III
.sa = 80 s-s.- - -.
turn the insane uisau WAh s1@r s1c - So
Thus 10 - with Lear. 1e - hIEhfy
even on subjects offbe greatest nomeIst
10 him. THIS higailness o. tnousns =
accompanied ~ hks ehanee 2. emo
ION. Inis y iiiasirz.ea = 70 speeen
70 Gonenis whom - eighf Hnes' ne go
dresses 10 TOUT eihesen. sempeES -
nTsi y = szPsessiss q iEsaas.'on' %
IL soEfozs = -. = :: :
anect'on' 'nea anu s.s 60
sire 20 DC patent "ss SUI :1..se.-
Illustrated oy n's saaoen oe'sfm'ha.On
70 return nome "ion ooneI, Oecaare
sne "'ii aiio" nina more .l'en"an's 'nan
hegan' a'nougn ne mas Jus' Oeiore u1,
c'aIeu 'ns' "ou'u soon "'
Tools .nan return 20 .eI s e
uent,y "au"esr Je. "v"e"' ~,
wards tnere comes iortn tnat ou.ou,s'
OF eioquence' "nicn cone'uoes WIN 'ne
following passage Oh insane rage
.sSO, you unnatural hags,
win have such revenges on you both,
dnat All ine worIo snal-i WIN 40 s.en =
Ths "~a ,srro;. os he earth You think I'm weep.
No. IN not weep:
! have full cause Of weeping; but thls heart heart
Sn .3na ~. UTTIH nm .no n soI .ssiI % ,naS ~;
ms is the Climax OF ms lntercDurse o.,
Win nus unna'ura' osugn'e.s uey
turn tneir oacks uPo" anu DaI ."eI
doors against him' ne iusnes OUT ron,
tner naied presence Hso '"e ""u @"u
stormy nignt, sucn h'gm ss mature scr
dom sees: ne Tusnes nitner and 'ni'se,
upon tue barren heatn wan reckless ano
frantic rage unoonneteo ana exposed 20
all tne Jury OF Tue e'e'"en's' H,S MAJ
ness mas now reached 'ts heign.' ne
Is become a rav'ng maniac; Ms .aU-
guage during the stoFm' "hen ne I'M
agnes that even tne powers OF heaven
itself have consP'red WIN ms cruei
daughters 10 oPPress ahu oesuoy n'm;
"a poor inhrm. weak and desPised ola
man, Is. indeed, eloquent; yet II IS the
eioquence oi madness. but IL Is re,
markaoie now PECULIARLY reasoning anu
consecutive BIS next sPeeches are IN.
deed at no Tune Is Lear in'eiiectuai
power represented as utterly lost ms
mind IS reDrese0teu as atterndli0g Oe~
tween reason and unreason, with pre-
ponderance towards the latter. He
may be likened unto rudderiess ship
wnlcn from tlme 10 ume nus her saiis
and directs her course Alright, and 10 the
eye observing for the moment only, she
appears to De IN no lack OF guidance,
but the next moment some force occurs
which destroys the casual concurrence
Of circumstances to produce right di-
rection, and she IS tossing heavily IN
the trough OF the sea and drifting help
lessly at the mercy OF wind and wave.
1t IS wonderful that from the nme Lear $
wits unsettle, he Is comparatively pas
sioniess. he no longer curses ms daugn-
tiers, and though the memory ot their
ingratitude still remains, u has lost ITS
former sting for him. He seems to
have found IN madness refuge from
his grieis. 10 lose the sovereignty oil
reason is, indeed, to be reduced to the
level OF a beast; and yet like the grave
il is often a shelter from the most IN
tense agony. AS the hand OF mercy
has. in cases Of extreme physical suf-
fering, placed limit IN delirium, so in
madness it has raised a barrier against
excessive mental agony. So it IS with
Lear. From the moment his mind be-
comes crazed he is more an object than
a subject OF moral pain. He is pitia-
BILE sight TO behold. but is himself COM
paratively happy from that time until
his intellect IS restored through the mln-
istrations OF CordeIIa. Let Us pass over
the scenes with Edgar or mad Tom,
whose assumed madness presents so
fine contrast to Lear's real, and has
ten ON to the last sad act. In Lear .
next appearance complete change mas
taken place, ooth IN ms circumstances
and in hIs state. lie Is arrived al Do
yer and sometime, IN has better tune,
remembers what We are come about,
and by no means Will yield TO see ms
daughter" The memory OF hIs harsh
and violent conduct towards tins dear
daughter and the burning shame ne
ieels detaIn HIM from her. The old
love has sndeed returned but the poor
craZed mind cannot conceive that she