The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-21

indulssnt ts~ard black suardlsm. sherld max
difficulties about allowing one to spesk In
serious tone Of the deepest secret OF nature. o
that deepest voice OF world which desires Il
be. People do not soc. he says that BY LEAVING
love In the domain Of nonsense. or turpitude. o.
Of coarse Jest. they accuse tho Eternal OF folly
"Whatr' ne calculates; tho function that
| ttAnscends all others. tho pcrpstuhtlon OF life
Is attached to an act TINT Is ridiculous Of
coarsel' For Bennn's mart. what seems &c
| demonstrate the Divine nature OF love Is II,
| spontaneity 1t is born like the flower OF the
| nclt II acts like loadstone: attraction ls
not more suttly irresistible. Science. 1t ID
pointed out. demonstrates that two molecules.
although alone In the world ut whatever dis
tance we mny assume them to be, would put
themselves In motion to meet each other.
NJ. Rennn discusses with characteristic ten.
derncss and penetration tho spiritual state oi
the Breton girl. Emma Kosilis. who enters a
nunnery on learning that the man che had
secretly loved was TO marry another. He says
that her love was nu nnbrokeu dream. full OF
sweetness indefinitely prolonged. lulled by a
'!ulcet music which had but one note She
did not distinguish her love from her picty or
her picty from hor love. Her austeritics wcre
pcrmea.ed by IT,. eho found In them an ex-
trcme charm. Feeling by instinct that wo-
man must either enjoy or safer. she
found n sort OF righteousness In NOR
tifylng lier ncsh. She experienced n
deep Joy In thinking that she suffered
all this for the man whom sho loved and in
telling herself that she should never behold
amy other man than he. NJ. Iienan thinks that
90 this vague drcnm.likc happiness was Joined
a scntimcnt that he would cul the pride Of re-
clu,ion. which gives u nun support and Is the
cause 81 her haughtiness. Behind The dreams
in which the clustered woman takes delight
lies tho idoa that her body Ia u treasure 50
precious that bolts and gratlnes and lofty walls
are necessary to place It IN security. Tho rgor
OF the guard adds to tho value OF the object
guarded: Il thing which Is watched over to this
eXtcnt must he inostimahle. A woman has
thu sentiment that she rlcnses by her
slightest net: this nearly terrlfles her. II Is
not rarc to SEQ beautiful women evince IN
aversion to going into society. The woman
vowed to ceibncy also desires almost always
to be seQuestered and yelled. In NJ. Remains
opinion she experiences n sort OF pleasure In
thus loudly that she il keeping to
herself the happiness wiki h she might bestow.
Signify!ng her disdain for men and reserving
herself for the cnresses OF m invisible and
jealous lover she wishes to be sure that she will
DO seen only by herself and God. On the other
hand. the author surmises that with these mys-
licnl delights Is mingled In discreet fashion
confession OF weakness which touches all mon.
It pleases the male sex that woman should
lstrust her frailty: that she should take pre-
cautions against herself: that she should
subject hetscl to surveillance, and thus
confess by imputation that perhaps II she |
lid not she might sin The bold woman OF
certain modern countries. the woman who is
sure OF herself. Ia antipathetic to NJ. Eenan. |
He loves. he says to feel In a woman the em-
)arrassmort OF her sex. to perceive that she |
S obliged to mako an effort to be virtuoua,
hat she is timid. fearful tho Vi .:ilant guardian
II her treasure
NJ Eennn says that he has mover tried or
Wished to shake the belief of women in an all
uling Providence and in scheme OF rewards
nd punishments beyond tho grave. Re-
trirted ideas. he thinks. must correspond to
cstricted dut:"s. In woman faith in religion
virtue; II nj st be respected like all othe-
emn:nc virtues We love. he says. a woman's
not to hear what will enfeebls
Ell heroic resolution. Woman often pieases
$ precisely because she rosists us: wo are
raeiul to her for her refusal. The woman
ho resembles us Is antipatietic to US.
hat we seek in the otter Sex is tho con
nry to ourselves. Weakness. false reason.
lg. narrow ideas. ignorance. superstition
look US In man. but often cause us to
nile in u woman. 1t does not displease us
} SOC our virile works insulted. misunder-
God by women: on the contrary. their indig.
alton enchants us. for We descry the delicate
their scorn has its origin. and
leir scorn troubles US but little, since through
.ience We arc sure OF being In the right. NJ.
enan goes IN to say that he envies Mr..
rown-Stquard for what happened to him ut
10 OF his lectures In comparative anatomy.
n NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lady placed near him
I'VE him a blow with her umbrella. This cx-
lent person. NJ. Runan thinks. certainly
ade mistake: vivisection. with the hu-
ane precautions BY which It is surrounded,
only the decillionth part OF that
hich animals normally suffer. ls q very l..
offensive thing: but errors OF the heart
ease us in women. Tho wrath which the eXer-
SO OF our legitimate liberties excites la women
owes In them the existence OF that to which
e cling most strongly. an essential condition
their charm being the absolute dlssonnnco
tween them and MS. We love feminine absurd.
es. while st:ll not wishing that they should |
worn the world. In fine. N. Renan would be !
sorryto have contributed In any |
~ to diminish piety In women. Petas. in it's
lest Latin sense. implying feebleness
ID tenderness. IL the excellent gift that
- been conferred upon them. Apropos c
metempsychoss. an idea which has for
NJ few attractions. NJ. Renan says that II such
hing were possible he should request as the I
compense OF his headwork to be born at his 9
cond birth woman. In order that he might
ldy the two fashions Of living which tho
Gator has instituted. SO that he might COM
ehend tho two poesies Of existence. He ]
'uld Ike in another world to speak to the {
ninine element with tho voics OF woman.
think as woman. to love MS woman. to I
ay as woman. to sac how women reason. c
Tho last paper in this volume ia called Z" a (
ilosophical examination Of conscience" c
IRE than any other OF the authors writings
.vos doHnite and lucid exposition OF his Q
opinions. He begins by averring t.
o thing rs being In his judgment absolutely c
yond doubt. namely. that In the universe a
Itch Ia accessible TO our experience We do Il
observe and never have observed any m go. r.