Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-09-18
IN eERsOLL,s LArEs.r.
What nae Haas 10 say OF Love and
Women s,ud Wealth.

4 What Nae HAS 10 say OF Love ant
Women s.ud Wealth.
! From the North American Review.
The ssvaSs VINO adorns himself or her
self with strings of shells, or Will
feathers has taken the first step toward
civilization. The tattooed ia somewha
In advance OF the unfrescoed. At th,
bottom of all this is the love of approba
ton, of the admiration of their fellows
and this feeling, this love, can not b,
torn from the human heart. In spit
Of ourselves we are attracted by what Il
rs is beautiful, because beauty Is asso
ciated with pleasure, with enjoyment
The love Of the well-tormed, OF the bean
tiful, is prophetic Of the perfection OF the
human race. II is impossible to admire
the deformed. They may be loved fcl
their goodness or genius, but never be.
cause OF their deformity. There is within
Us the love OF proportion. There is a
physical basis for the appreciation OF
harmony, which is also kind Of pro
portion.
Ihs love of the beautiful is shared
with man by most animals. The wings
Of the moth ara painted by love, BY de-
sire. This is the foundation Of the binds
song. Ihis love Of appreciation, this do.
sire to please, 10 DO admired, to be loved,
is n some way tha cause OF all heroic,
seli-denying and sublime actions.
OF sll passions that can take possession
of the heart or brain Jealousy il the
worst. For many generations tbs chem
lists sought for the senret by which all
metals could be changed to gold, and
through which the bassst c7Uld become
the best. Jeaiousy seeks exactly this OPP
poste. It endeavors 20 transmits the
very gold Of love into tbs iroAs OF shame
and crime.
1t ID not true that the sins of mau can
be laid justly q. the feet Of woman.
Women ere better than men; they hsvs
greater responsibilities; thsy boar even
the burdens Of Joy. This is the real
reason why their faults are considered
greater.
Men and women desire each other, end
this desire IL condition of civilization,
progress aud happineaa, gnd Of evasy-
thing of real Yatue. But there is this
profound difference In the saxes. In
man this desire is the Foundation OF love,
while in woman love is The foundation Of
this desire.
Wealth is not orime any more than
health or bodily or intellectual strength.
The weak might denounce the stroag,
che sickly might envy tho healthy, inst IS
the poor may dsnounca or envy the rich.
A man ia not necessarily criminal be-
cause he is wealthy. He is to 10 judged,
not by his wealth, bat by the way he
uses his wealth. The strong man can
use his strength not only for the benefit
of himself, but for the good OF others.
SO man Of intelligence can be bsne-
factor Of the human race.
Thoae who are truly married are neither
masters nor servants The idea of obedi-
eace ia lost In the desire for the nappi-
ness of each. Love is not convict, 10
be detained with bolts and chains Love
is the highest expression of liberty. Love
neither commands nor obeys.
Those who labor have a right to live.
They have q right to what they earn. He
who works has q right to home and fire.
side and to the comforts Of lie. Those
who waste the spring, the summer and
the autumn Of their lives must bsar the
winter when it comes
The highway Of ciyiliz ton leads TO
the light. The time will come when the
AAhAeA thNo WAAA 10 Truly eulEQLGl6ut
when labor viii receive It's due reward,
when the last institution begotten of
Ignorance and sayagery viii disappear.
The time will come when tao whole
world will say that the love OF man for
woman, Of woman for man, OF mother
for child, is tho highest, the noblest, the
purest, or which the heart is capable.
Love, human love- love Of men and
women, love Of mothers, fathers and
babss, Is the perpetual and bsnetiaent
force. Not the love OF phantoms, the
love that builds oathedrals and dungeons,
that trenbles and prays, that knaeia and
curses; but the real love, the lows chat
felled the forests, navigated the seas,
subdued the earth explored continents,
built countless homes, and founded
nat ons-the owe that kindled the orea-
tive ham0 and wrought the miracles OF
art, that gave us all there is OF music,
from tho ctad!e-Aong that giveg 10 in
fancy its smiling sleep 10 the great sym
phony that b ars the soul away with
wings of ise-tha real love, mother Of
every virtue and Of every joy.