Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-19

| this reason that in their world every Helen OF
Heien-nke woman arouses the love of many
men. The rivals fight with each other and
strain every nerve to excel each other just like
| brutes eager to win the female. And to a
greater or less extent their marriage is strug-
gle.a form OF Violence In our community. we
MOI only never think of personal enjoyment OF
| beauty but sedulouslv avoid all those Sc
ductive contrivances and articles likely to act
as temptations thereto, which the Pagan wor d
has raised almost to the dignity of apatheosis.
We fix our thoughts upon the obligation we are
under to reverence and love our neighbor-com-
pr ng in this term all men. whether they hap
pen to be of unsurpassed beauty or of repulsive
ugliness. We do our best to educate that senti-
ment and this is why with US love for our
fellow men gets the upper hand over the seduc-
lions of beauty, conquers them, and removes all
pretexts for quarrels and feuds that have their
source in the relations of the sexes.
Christian contracts marriage only when his
union with the woman, between whom and him
self there is bond OF mutual affection, causes
bitterness to no one. Cyril goes even so far as
to say that Christian will not even feel an at
tachment for woman unless he knows that his
marriage with her will not cause feeling of
pain to anyone
but is such thing conceivable?'' objected
Julius. rs man, then, the master of his
likes and dislikes?''
mot if he have already given them loose
relns; but he can avoid arousing them and ar
rest their development Take as a case in point
the relations of fathers to their daughters,
mothers to their sons, brothers to their sisters.
mother, daughter or sister, how beautiful so
ever Sne may De, Is never conceived OF as an OBJ
iect of personal enjoyment by her son, her
father. or her brother. and SO the coarse animal
feelings are not awakened. They would be
aroused in such case if the man discovered
that his supposed daughter, mother or sister
was no relation whatever, but even then the
sentiment in question would be feeble. easily
amenable to reason, and it would cost the man
but little effort to curb wholly repress it. The
reason why the coarse, carnal feeling would be
weak IS because there would lie at
or brotherly love. why GO You persist
in doubling that it is possible and even easy to
evoke and educate in man exactly such q senti-
tanned towards mothers, daughters and sisters
and to cause the feeling of conjugal love to
flourish on this basis? As young man will not
allow himself to cherish anything like a sexual
affection for the young girl whom he looked
uron as his sister. until he is perfectly satisfied
that she is not his sister, as Christian refuses
whatever, until he knows that such love for her
on his part will cause no one pain or dis
pleasure
But how, If two men fall in love with the
same girl?''
lone Of them viii sacrifice his love for the
happiness of the other
them?''
''Then he whom she loves less will sacrifice
his love for her happiness
well but il she loves the two and both in
sist on sacrificing their sentiments, she will not
marry either, / take?'
In case of that kind the elders would
take course that would result in the greatest
amount of happiness fer all concerned, COM
blned with the greatest amount of love. -
But that is not the course usually taken and
the reason is that it is contrary to human ma
ture.''
Human nature? Which human nature? Be-
sides being an animal q man is, presume, like
wise man, and if the relations to woman which
our Christian religion ivocates are not in har-
mony with mans animal nature, they are in
perfect accordance with his rational nature.
And when ne makes his reason the handmade
OF his animal nature, he IA Is lower in the scale
OF Gods creatures than the very brutes-he de-
scends to violence, 10 incest to which no animal
SINKS. But when he employs his rational nature
10 curb his animal instincts when the latter are
forced into the service OF the for him, then and
only then does he obtain that happiness alone
which Is capable Of satisfying his yearnings."
cHAPTKRv.
But now let me hear what you have to tell me
About yourself. | noticed you in the street with
q beautiful girl with whom, if may Judge bv
appearances. you live together in that town OF
yours. Now tell me, can it be possible that you
have no desire to become her husbands
II have never given the subject any serious
replied Pamphilius. 'She is |
he daughter Of Q Christian widow to whom |
render what services I-ean, Just as others do, |
besides myself. / serve the mother as do the |
laughter, and love both equally well. You |
wish to know whether the love feel for her is |
u nature to justify my marrying herr The /
question is painful one for me. but will give |
'ou straightforward answer. The idea has, |
confess, occurred to me, but there Is youth of |
ny acquaintance who also loves ner, and that is 1
Why have never yet seriously entertained it. 1
He, TOO, IL Q Christian. and he loves rs both |
learly. and could not for moment think of |