Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-11
JEAN PAUL WROTE THEM.
AphOrisms and n letter that HIVE Only
Recently Been Published.

The last issue of Drascte Dicihol1, Con-
tinental semi-monthly OF high literary
standing. contains many hithertO-unpub-
lished aphorisms and letters OF Jean Paul.
Here are some of them:
ALTHOUGH q man marry but once. he
always has as many wives as children.
Every child brings his wife new mood.
Have you three children, you have four
wives.
"Mep whose opinions have the weakest
foundations are least open 10 conviction.
Swampy land is not liable TO earthquakes.
"Phantasy looks at pain through con-
vcx. stoicism through concaye, glass;
The stomach Is the greatest pedant.
Spectacles in the darkness-loglc without
feeling. 3,
Trees in thin forests are strong and
rough: in thick forests. weak and shapely
SO lonely men are more robust ana I'M
polished.
THE nobler the man. the thicker the
doubt and darkness. The higher the
mountains. the heavier the clouds.
"Only in hot. passionate heads. IS IN not
countries. precious stones; IN cold coun-
tries. iron.
a book printed only with capitals Is
hard To read so lite full of Sundays.
Feeling discovers. understanding re-
cogniZes. reasons.
The great man gives short notice of
his coming deed. SO the sun. The more
brilliant it's beams the more sudden us
setting.
Tile aged sage is in IN air ship high
above the world. Around nm oil Is still
and dead. Below him lie the clouds ana
busy cities. He is frightened by his own
voice. But around him IS spread all
Heaven"
The most notable of the letters in DodSct
! Dicthm1 was originally sent by Paul 20
| Car Alexander After living III an oinclal
| piron-hole at st. Petersburg for sixty years
| II fell into the hands of an autograph col
! lector. from whom it was bought by the
man who now publishes It. IL u written
| in Jean Paul's ornate hand. nnd Is without
| erasure or spot:
Most High and Powerful Emperor and
| Almighty Ruler. Most Gracious Emperor
and lord. during the time when orr I'm
| perial Majesty * the Judge OF Europe. a.
| formerly its liheratOr, and IRON the
| guardian spirit OF victory j. becoming the
| protector Of the peace, a little matter Is
| brought before your throne. As nothing
ia too grand for tho soul, however, So
nothing il too trivial for the heart. | hac
! labored for tho muses. and philosophy
| about twenty-five years, when a single
| German Prince, the former Grand DUKE OF
! Frankfort, in 1908 granted ne an annua
pension of 1000 horins To support
! me. a poor man, whose body lives
| from his soul. After the occupation
of the Grand Duchy in 1914 the Gene
raj Government refused To continue the
pension unless instructed TO do SO by highei
AUTHORITY. win the high allies who tough
! for German liberty ard German science
command the suspension Of the support o
AN author who wrote for this liberty at tn
peril of his own? appeal TO the heart o
| Alexander. since kind Providence IN TIN
selfish century has placed him on tn
highest throne OF Europe. Ma
the sovereign whose sceptre, like the mag
net. at once attracts all to 1t and teache
| the geography Of the heavens, pardon IN
/ boldpess OF the hopes which he awakens II
the hearts of other lands. May you
Majesty long enjoy the one. lasting uni
versal sovereignty, that based on love. AM
NAV your happiness continue and tn
! mourning for YOU be long delayed.
Most humbly,
JEAN PAUL FRIEDRICH RICHTER.
On the envelope are two Russian word
| in Alexander's own hand. They are. No
| Granted" Before the news of his failur
| reached Paul, however, his own sovereign
the King Of Bavaria, had relieved his nee
| by beginning to pay the desired pension.