The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-05-06

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misery. Through my union and fellowship
with the men and women | hare seen. feel a
k hdl aouf 10, anr ahA amy S Ts sn to
live in imagination with tho generations to
and 4. ,sS soSs is To labor Gt n4 ends Is
them" M reader, We imnglne. OF George
Eliots poetry will fail To recognize in the SEN
tonre rust quoted n distinct foreeiesm OF the
lines ia when she has given such el1,insnt "a.
sslf -devoiion 70 the elevation Of the RACE, that
subiimat-d airuiam of which her own life wis
ma!G %6 r rn mo w Sens ' CRAVING WING
this; ~ & '''''"' " y " " ~
o. ,.tme ielu ,he choir invi,alc
IA mind, s!nle ,,iisr ~ uhSir presence, live
IL ar'ds of dnrnie r.cti,nd, IN .eorn
In thoughts sntlile that pierre the night Ike star,
And with thtr mild pe.ssIence urge mans search
We find the same llnc % thought upon which
the nu hor had entered in thc passage .rerro.
dused above pnrsns4 further L III iol.w;nf
othrr-N oridNncss. Continuing her reply To
those who. ike Or. Young in the last century
and NJ. Ma lock in our own, think they can
discern the ruin o; civ IIGtnn III u" eclipse Fl
Christianity. GsorEt Eliot SAYS: Ii is possible
that YOU ma, rr',cr f. i've th2 brute t. sell
your country, u TO STAY your father t'nch. ar-
cnrdin. !, tn orthodox nuralist-, would nc
the logical outcome ot ssn'sticisma II you
were nni AFRAID OF som" d'sA4r""ah'o
clus,qucucc- tom the criminal laws #
another world: hut even IL I could conceive 10
motive tut my own worldly interest ~ tn"
cratiHcA'ton ~ my animal lsstrc ! have not
observed ina h'}~i'iho--. trrlchpry ana pNr.
r.ciir are tho ii r,gi way ,o hnl ,'uo... nud
comfort on Garth hni Should say thai il you
f.ei no moiN" 10 common morality hut your
fear of q Grimm. tar IN heaven, you are de-
their eye upon. since it IL matter q. worlt-"!i
eyrcrcnce that fear Of distan; consequences
Of immrt N'n desire. Fear Of consequences il
ory,. one form ct ,"gnism. which viii
Tia, belief in inmorlqliy is tho only
moral action j. dependent on tina, belief just
50 far the emotion which PROMPTS It i. not
jruy moral slll in tho -,a;c OF "4;oam and
has NOT yet attilunA the hsh.r doveiopment Of
sympathy. Incorporation ~ u man would care
'sa Tor the rights and welfare oi h,- fsIlow ii
portion /, hs wanting n tha scnuin" feel NJ.
OF. iustics and beprvoIenrq; as the musician
tnoyen's finely in solitude than In public
wher" he was to he paid for H., Is wanting in
genuine enthusiasm Tor music
We must take leaN" to make ono more quota
iion from TINS s--ay. for In the lines which
"hsuc George liiut has outlined some OF the
iu"r outgrnS'hs ~ the sympathetic or aitrui- ic
| spirtt whose historical and prospective eve'u-
lion has recently been traced u detail by olr
Herbert spencer In his Data OF Ethics" Thirty
years ago Mis- Evans suggested that for certain
elements Of virtu" which are of paramount i'm
rurtunco to unihcoioEi'a minds. u d"lIrn,e
sense ~ our ncighbOrs rights an active partici-
patton in tho Jpys and sorruws If our fellow men,
II mngraniinou- acceptance OF privation or sui
good To- other--in II word. tho extension and
intensiilcntiOn OF our sympathetic nature. y
that they havo no more direct relation 20 the
belief n u future state than the in'rrcAnn "a of
gas in the lung? has to ths plura.ils ct
worlds. Nay. To US, Continues Miss Exams, II
Is conceivable that in somo minds the deep
rnth.e' lying in the thoucht II human mortal
,ty-that We are here for little while. and then
vanish away. that this earthly life is all that is
given 10 our loved ones. and To our many suf-
Trring follow man--dwrils nearer the foun ,ains
extended eXistencr., And surely i ought TO be
welcome fae: II the though. Of rr!ag. as
we'll as Of Immortality. be favorable to virtue
novels prefer that men should b VI
more evident political and s'riai me-
cessity for pulpit dts"onrses and clerical iic-
tiCns, Bncausb learned gentlemen nre thrO-
logical are wc to have no more smrlc honesty
and good will? We can imagine that the pro-
prietors Of patent water supply have dread
Of common springs: but, for our own part, we
against ack Of fresh Sasr or Of p9ro 'I moral
that thi, latter necessary Of hcalthful lie is in.
dependent of Theology, zeal ink. and that it, evo-
souls as certainly us tho evolution o. science or
of art. with which. ind-cd 1t is but u twin ray.
melting into them with undeiinable limits"
III.
It's in tho d.,!ishtfnl paper entitled Woman
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propounds theory of which her own achieve
nents were 10 supply tho most Impressive
| iil'ns,rn,i"n. Aitnr pointihE oqt that WIN 4"
ture of Britain had becn hitherto made up of
books winch could have been better written by
men. she pronounccs H. nevertheless AN I'M
in lteroture.,' She conorles that science has
no sex that the mere knowing and reas onins
faculties. if they act correctly must 20 through
| tho same process. and arrive nj II" same
result. Ent she insists that in art and lit
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being, in which very fibre Of the nature !. Oh :
gagged. - which every peculiar mod ilcation OF
tho individual makes itself felt. woman has
something specific u contribute. Under every
| imaginable social condition she will nece'sa-
the maternal oneS-whigh must remain un-
| known 10 man. and tho Tact Of her compare
have b.rn eNa.sgrri,;cd By vicious cylila, on.
! can never DE cancelled. Introduces u dist Ac-
| tyeiy icinn ne oond ilion into tho wondruus
| chemistry OF the affections and sentiments.
| which inevitably gives riso 10 distinctive forms
and contributions. A certain amount Of Isy-
| cho.ogica difference hntwoon man aud woman
necessarily arises ont Of he dilfcrence of sHx.
and, instead Of being destined To vanish before
acnmpi,ted".elopm"nt of w"man's intoli"ctuai
! and moral nature will b. II permanent source
light and dewy freshness OF morning. .nflctt "
| IA" midday sun" But Will" she thus a1rms
the potential outcome Of seq in literature, she
| inahnauaicly eSsmpliiied by feminine writers
u Finland. she contenIs. inIond. that in
/ II"ncc .pne woman has hau u vital inlGcDce
/ on the ,l"y1.opnrnt Of literature; in France
! alone tho minl of woman has passed.
/ hk. an electric current through the language
making crisp and dolintn what is elsewhere
! heavy and blurred; in France alone. il the
writings of women were swept away, u serious
! gap would be made in the national history"
/ II IS characteristic Of Miss Evans who alone of
! ilrst-rltG Engllsh or French noyolists has
! brought to herwnrk the Resources Of u thorough
scientific as we'll as literary cducat ION. thar she
IL not content with the hI-tor cal causes VIII ich
, hav" been assigned for tho earlier and more
nbunIuGt Ihaui!estation Of womany Intellect
IN sransr, but hn.:csto physlo logical expa-
! nation OF the phenomenon. Sh" gives due
weight to such secondary agencies rs tho Iart
| played IN French snc,.ly b the salon and the
| unNhoIcsome cNcltatlon resulting from the
! iaNity Of opinion and practice with regard
! II the marriage tie which Distinguished
| IN" sixteenth. seventeenth. AIN eigh-
| t"rnth centuries. But she would seek
| tn primary cause in tho physiological
| characteristics Of the Gaic race the small
| brain and ylvaciouS temperament which per-
| init the Gra9i system OF woman To sustain the
| Suprriatiye activity requisite for intellectual
| ereatiyrncss; whilr, on ths other hand tho
! lpra"r brain aud slower temperament OF tho
! English and urrmUns are in the womanly or
| EnnIHatipn. generally dreamy and passive.
| III. type Of humanity in the lattor may DO
srandrr. but 1t requires II larger sum Of condi-
! lions to produce a n.Tfsot specimen. ThTpuEh-