Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-17
SAD srAiE Or SOCIETY.
COUNT TOLsrOf THINKS THAT TIuSua
ARE BE1TEK ~ AMEuCA
THAN ELhEwuEKE.

In the London Standard N given au
admirable account Of IA iuturgsiinp
Interview which Russian llutnaliH
has had with Count Leo rolsioi.
Tue journalist had beforehand np.
prlscd the count OF his Intention anu
stated that thu theme NJ couvtfsatio
he wished ~ starr w. VII bt "tht
vicious tendency oitoUiuly "or bfitii
"inbrsJ sin" aud the count cIuseutru
TO give his Ideas on the tubicct ~ i0i.
lowe: "5uppose Tor a mUmvnt,D saii
hei"that ak tigers had been brought iu
solid iron cage TO come mennRofiu 80
this government OF Tuia. 90 on TO sup.
pose that the beasts hAd broken loose
ami spread over tbs plat NJ And tofesla,
attaching the inhabitants. Natural y,
II thuse siK Tigers were killed or caught
and smut up again Ia their cages, the
mischief wOuii b. at au emf. Some
people seem 10 think that tho case Of
vicious men ~ similar, In winch thvy
are altogether mistaken. Vitiatvd
human beings are not ugcrs Ia lula,
but wolves-wolves winch regularly
breed there anu have done 20 Tor geu.
CITATIONS, anu which II Is absolutely
impos,lblo t. extofminatu."
"1ou " pose, then, count
81 declare that Il find that In my
own house nuas are breeding IL would
DO strange Tor me 10 try anu eaten these
Insects Que by one. A much simpler
way Ia TO clean out all tho dust And
arr from the house, aud the flrns Will
disal pear Of themsuivcs.D
"And what have you 10 r-y, count
OF tho rapid development OF the vi.
Cious tendency' which IL 10 be OBJ
served now even Ia the most cultivated
society,""
at 10 due 10 the absence Of good
sonHe aud OF love. 1 consider the cul.
tnrcd society Of today, as you call IL, a.
something abnormal. Common teasu
has lost It's footing there, and, ns TOT
love, II IL conspicuous Tor ila nbsuncp.
IL 10 very sad. Inbred hiu' (Elnyn
yolla) lraus 10 growaOme cOnsrqusno6a.
especially because II " never possiule
- ashne the torn la which N IL likely
to manifest Itself OF tho victims pre-.
destined for II. II uying hono In
the street lashes out In spasms, any
paHscr by may fall under his hnOf.0
"You say 'dylng hofse?'0
"a dying or raging or boiling, II is
all the same. l mean an 'abnOrmap
animal, Just In the same condition AS
an abnormal man-Of vicious tenden.
cy."
"And which nation do you consider
the most abnormal at the present time
Americana French, Engllhn, Ger
mans?"
"At any rate, not Americana 10
their credit must bo put an immense
national self love which cannot exist
Ina an abnormal people. l one day
wrote an article on America and the
Americans, In when did not parlinu.
larry overload the latter with fiattufy.
Nevertheless l sent the MSS. over
the ocean, thinking II would be nc.
cepted by any paper ms eagerly A. my !
other productions. Not "a bit OF II. |
The translator took II 10 fourteen dil. |
feront editors without u getting &c. |
copied and dnally It had 10 DO sent 70 |
England,"
"lf not America, count, then9n
"Why, Franetl Can anybody con. |
slider France AS normal where such |
things 90 Panama occur, where men |
occupying hlgh positions In socluty are |
ready 10 commit any crime for gold? |
Ia that normal slater A thousand |
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