The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-29
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.s ms a..suon wnstnsl ny nsnon pos
sess ~ fnorS v ceitain sQuihpfium
.o..neo " nature nelssHi IN our Insuncss.
ano when promptly eeU bounds 70 our spps.
u.ss' Vne ereet natures are not the most
roDust' Great artists ere often feeble
psinsss ana several OF them nave been I'm.
potent. Some. again. whose desires TRANSCEND
tneir vieof: soon suecumb 70 exhaustion. In
general. believe that We who work tAs brain
experience JOYS and sorrows OF TOO great In
tenaty. VIII you say that We ought to
develop our powers 10 oil dirseetonsS Not all
o. once nor without Intervals o. rest you may
be sure. They who profess to do % bsag
little. or. II they really try sverythins ct once.
fail everywhere. II for ron love 10 only pot.
boiler. and Art . brsad-wfnner. 200 may in.
duige In both together. but where pleasure
means something Immense. trenching on I'm
unity. and labor involves an srdor amounting
TO enthusiasm. they cannot b altarnsted like
wakefulness and sleep." In the remark that fol-
lows. they who recall George 6snd's relations
to Alfred do Husset will detect curious sig.
nihcance. "For my own part, do not be-
lieve In these Don Jusns who u the same time
arc Byrons. Don Juan made no poems. and
Byron. they say. made low very badly. Yethe
must have known. now and then-such emo
tons can bo counted on the fingers in the life
OF any individual-that perfect ecstasy In
which the heart. the intellect. and the senses
oil participate; he has known enough Of this to
be ono OF the bards OF love. Nor 10 moro need
cd for tho delicate instruments Of our vibra-
ton. The constant blast Of petty appetites
would shatter them." George Sand urges
Flaubert to write . novel. Of which veritable
artist should DO the hero. but where"
she continues. 10 the modei2 know not.
for have never known thoroughly any one
who had not some weak spot. some side Of his
nature wherathe artist was sked out BY tho
shopkeeper. You. perhaps. have not this weak
spot. In which oase you ought to paint your
sell. As for me. have It. have mania for
ciassihcation. which 10 the trait Of the peda-
sogue. Hove to ply my needle and scrub
chiids face. which are the aptitudes OF seam
stress or nurse; my Wits 60 ol-gathering.
which Is point OF contact with the idiot; then.
again. l could never love perfection; feeling
mus. could never portray H." 1t Will
DO noticed that the tone OF all tho let
ters 70 Fiauoert ID extremely confidential.
Much 10 admitted or suggested that helps
US to understand the authors anomalous
character and errstto life. Thus We read under
date OF January. 1857. Oonsue'o. the Countess
o. fudolsta0. whose 10 thatf Can It be miner
don't recaha word OH DO you read that sort OF
tnin9f Gan II possibly smuse your Well. then.
WIN fereao ~ 700 one OF these Gays, ana VIII
,sh ~ 'ove Win myself II you ma me iovaole.
nytne way wnat 90 people mean wnen they
i
oeen 30 IN my time: ana perhaps am 20 SILL;
put l Know nothing ABOUT ". never having
ponoorea tne matter. out nearing DINERS tslk
OF nWitnout making u mysen subject OF
STUDY. ~ not = oisoomiort ana irritsIou
cauooo " = craving ZOE an Impossible some
u"nVt IN that case No ARG al aAseked py
". " snls stranee melaoy. wnen We possess I'M
aSinsuon. anu why snouid suon . oisotoef Do
impuUoo 70 ono soA sione inon AGAIN. ior
.ne loai masters OF ANATOMY IL ID an AXIOM tnet
Moto - Un'y one seA. non ana women aro 30
essenuahy inc same ming tnas one mas IL nsrd
70 unoelsano tne mulutuaes OF oistinctons
ana suntie Fessonines mat pass current IN
soc'oty UPON tns suo,so~ ! oereiu"y Wa1onsc
tho cni'onooo ana CROWN OF my son ana
osuen'ef. ny son Wss nv. ana consequently
mucn more OF woman tnan my daughter. who
Was poof COPY OF man.
IN ponuce aeoree ssnc wss " no means .
p.cpnst. eno sne nee not me Issss Ioreoodin9
y. VIZ uuwiIsuon sou H,.%empstmens Wnloa
VII o'o.e ~ neno. Netnor nss snc mueo
Ial'n ~ tno group OF "opeDhosns Wnion nad
slo"n up unosr tue omplro. sno Wnien sne
was 70 hvo 70 see oominsnt IN FRANCO. ene
seems 70 tnink tnst because nor own ir1ends.
tho revoiut'onists OF 1sAo mad failed success
must necessarily % postponed 70 o far distant
future. ana tnere 10 sometnine perlonetory
ana nan insinoere IN nor PROFESSIONS OF peief
IN the uitimsts regeneration OF society. Her
alsoourasemens 10 avowea win especial oandor
IN ietter 70 ID. henri harriese tApril 1881
neVoiuVons: sne says. arc BRUTAL distrust-
iui. unreasonin9 know not what the hepub-
iican ideas are now. nave Tor some years lost
tue oiuo 70 that iaoyrintn OF dreams. NY ideal
shai! stii DO called liberty. equality fraternity.
But oy whom ana now and ohsn 1t Will be ever
10 Mttie realized. Know not; what 90 Know
10 that everywhere you near. starting out OF
the ground. ana from tho trees. from the walls
OF houses. ana from the CLOUDS. ono and the