The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-13

7 male IN Ill nhttet9 peTtaiu'us
gcnce. declining and successfully rejecting the
! advances OF the male whom not refrigerated. |
+ Unfortunately, under tho existing order wo-
man has LOSE her sceptre and surrendered her |
selt to man.. control instead Of As she should.
ruling By reason OF his very passion and the
i favor which she alone can confer. True
love abhors nothing more than the
license which even me oes' e0 nv
| tional conjug ,tv now tolerates. Mr.. Gron-
lund adds that when woman has resumed her
scepre all pa. times. rocreations. and pleasures
will be shared by both sexes. He insists that
tho re.ent iemarcstion OF the spheres OF
recreation tends to render tho desire for asso-
citation with each other prurient.
".
Even they who are least disposed 10 look ia
! vorably on socialisiic Ilans Will concur with
MIR. Gronund iu maintaining that marriage
ought to be in its essence an Interior friend
shin a profound bosom fellowship between
man ard woman. No other association can be
| so intimate as this which causes complete
fusion OF two natures in one. Thus intimate 1t
| ought to be, but rarely il. 1t 10 precisely tho
absence OF this friendship that makes mnr-
riaye now n failure where everything else con-
spires to make 1t happy. The husband really
holds his young vile dear. but his love Is AZ
Potion, not hng hut admiration for her various
charms: and no sooner does he IND her
rerson legally made over to him than tho
! n!mirati n begins 10 fade. He should asso.
cia,e her in his affairs, his idcns. tbs asrira-
tions: make her corporate In her sphere with
him in hi. Their natures a'e precisely cou-
s,i'u,ed for that purpose He Is q master In
spcc alt os: she has aptncss for general ideas.
To Will. TO think. 10 enjoy. to suffer together
that would he triis marriage. Unfortunately.
as vet a wife cnnno, be her husbands friend.
She has not b-,n educated and trained for
that 1t is 'ho Socialist common wealth that
will train her properly. Here Mr. Gron'GTd IL
led to digress to the manner In which nation
nlism will carry out tho educational function.
Tie begins hy reminding us that the present
Sch ding OF nearly all children stops when
their faculty Of thinking commences 20 lie
active. They are positively robbed of ;he
years during which character is FORMED. Is'.
ms Mr. JOHN / lsSo has poiutel out. 1t Is to tho
gradual leuEtAening OF infancy so rs to mike
| II extend over an increasing number 81 years
that man owes his psychical progress. family.
society. anil moral ideas 1t Is averred that
nnuonaism vii. relieve all children from
being hrea,l winners. will place oil OF
them from their tender years until they
reach the age OF puberty. In the charge and I'M
der the eye OF carefully selected educat"rswho
will soc that they are properly fed clothed.
and lodged during the whole period. That will
mark the niyent nj tho social rigime and OF
the conscious avout, on OF society. Not until
this educational function has been performed
} for at least a genera ion will tho full fruits OF
nationalism be ga hered. But tho new social
order vii! aim 10 10 more than to relieve chill
dren from being bread winners and to disci-
, pline them. Through its influence 1t will come
to be universally acknowledged that the train
, ing OF children is OF far more concern and i'm
, ortnnce to society than TO parents. BY the
parent the child will be considered a trust held
, in the service OF humanity. and It's rearing will
Ill Sd ba cfut,l iah n NJ n
, sen,ially organic relation which will be en-
nobleL far beyond the scope OF the most tom
der personal PASSION. Filiai affection when
. the future station OF the child will be de-
, termined 10y its capacity. and not BY tho acct
dent OF being born in ; certain class. will TO-
, come an almost ideal sentiment.
, From the educational function Mr.. Gronlund
a passes to domestic service. which he considers
!, one OF the most vicious OF relations under the
! present social order. He deems 1t matter Tor
, hone and pride that sentiment has 30 much
, power over American women that they prefer
i, the hardest work and wretched pay 10
shops and factories to the comi"rt compiled
, with sense Of personal degradation which at
n present characterizes household servants.
Not that under nRttoIa!ism Wa should 10 WITTY
= out helpers ia private houses. But tue
a relation Of such prvate attendants TO their
principals will he very different from what 1t 10
, now: /, will be sympathetic not Q rpcun larry
T., ole. Attendants will at ach themselves 10 our
. persons Lccause they n'e ATTRACTED bv, our
. personal qualities. and on the condition nf
a being Incorporated into our families ns men,
: bers thereof. som thing like tho Pages OF
. medieval households. They will scarcely
=. acce, t ancillary positions on other terms.
q When all enjoy the same high and thorough
education We can have disin terested. res cote
AMI se-rcsp-cting servants. for then all Will
admit that the service IL not performed be-
n cause those serving can do nothing better.
9 All the preceding stems lead up to what Mr..
o Gr,n!upd looks upon as tho central object Of
= this essay. til. evolution OF sympathy which
: he aflrms to b, the essence OF love. as love Is
9 the kernel OF morality. Without sympathy.
indeed. there is absolutely no morality. and BIZ
n Itself sympathy may almost be sal! 70 con-
y stitute morality. So nearly Is this true that
!! even coniuGal love and parental love, however
Q precious in themselves derive. In tho au hor's
= opinion. their greatest importance from bene
& prescribed stages in the evolution OF sympathy.
y ], ia not to be supposed that what is horo said
h OF sympathy implies nnv gushing senti-
y mentality toward men indiscr' m .nately. The
= author OF this book does not forget
n that :here arc great many nnlovely
$ and wicked people In the world. and that il 10
y bart VI virils morality to meet them with tho
= r0NerSo Oh HHectiOH. lae S)lnpatuiLoS Will
It james Stephens coateMpt Tor the sentimental
Y ist DO not dnub me with your love. sir. "
BY sympathy is meant that to which indif-
: ference is tho antith"sis a recognition that
r 70 arc all each others Keepers md must feel
i ourselves belonging t. mora! universe.
II Every instance OF sympathy is All intuition ul
u race consciousness. q proof That We are indis-
y soluliy linked together. sympathy. in truth
y may lie described as the original moral force
s the mutual attraction which mon experienced
. in tho very beginning. On tho day when man
l. combined with his follows into society. he
Z. turned his back on the anarchy OF nature and
e lai tho foundation OF a new Kingdom. that oil
d sympathy. lie broke tue gives OF nature whose
: iron law had bc-n the struggle for existence
s Discus sing the complex phenomena OF sympa-
n thy. Mr. Grnnlund points out that nc
!. feeling Is SO intimately connected with
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