Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-12

,mooihly with the physiological cpneeP'
ion Of virtue and pleasure. ms u one
ofthe highest human mind pictures ~
literature. II Is framed from thought
and out Of il has sprung other thouEnts
of the same character. II IS hardly the
Lesson Of virtue In woman or OOdilke
restraint in man. These are the pof'
,rayals Of human character, OF an eN'
allied tyne, as is assumed iOr all nations
save the Celtic nations. TnCy had no
such conceptions. They may have I'M
bibed them TO some extent. Ihoy DC.
ieyed more inihe substantalilies. they
made human sacrifices. by voluntary
contribution, and believed 10 weaious
atonements 80.
1t has been said by the imaginative,
that marriages are made IN heaven,
am OF the mo lest opinion that that
statement contain an element OF rum
that the industry is very poorly CON
Quoted, for large ncrccnlage OF the
votanes surround themselves WIN a
strong semblance TO whatwc ATE pleased
TO picture the neither elements
| will not assume you 70 say mat every
Welsh household Is a model OF doniestc
felicity; but is conceded that this simple
people excels IN the virtues OF home
quiet aud harmony. They arc by habit
domestic. They arc by custom nome
builders. Their manner 10 the mousse
hold Is calculated to life there OF CON
genialty There Is sAncttY about Tue
house. and a sacfedness IN the morning
and evening PRAYER. We experience
the very breath OF the Ic Deum
l.audumus In the quiet hour ct tie yes
per aud matin service Of song or prayer
and devotion.
Divorces are inifcquent. Tor personal
attachments are usually pure ana strong.
Besides the poetical, sUng'fcined nation
learns to esteem human nature, anu
man as the greatest created Object on
earth; and the nearer the object comes
to Its kind the stronger the conception
Il Is conceded that when one ~ our
Welshmen has had all the modern I'M
proyements Of the century instlled INTO
him he IL the more delestable by reason
OF the TACT that combined with his de-
precatng faults is the ever-pfescni re-
lieious devotion. A combination that Is
inexplcable and inexcusahle rom the
critics standpoint. Speak to this man
Of wife. child mother or God, and he Is
transformed. The sentiments OF love 10
God. and man Is n living fire In his
breast, and needs only tanning 10 a
fame.
These Welshmeu have graced every
profession and walk Ollie. They possess
superior mentality, and a towering
Imagination. Though dcnominated, b,
unastutc historians, a savage people and
but half civilized at the time OF the IN
vasion OF Claudius, IN a. ID, - 10 81
Caradoc was the savage chiel, yet he ~
regarded as a great prize In Romei and
looked upon as a marvel oil military
proves; and his words upon the entry
into Rome preserved to all posigrityi-
"Strange that the owners VI all this
should envy Us our miserable huls." lie
was considered worthy OF lie, when
Rome slew her enemies indiscrminalc'
~, and he died In obscuiity In the
Eternal City"
These people possess a superior men
tality. Sefvitude has stuliiiied. to n de-
gree, the natural endowmenis OF the
people. Il could not be otherwise.
Justin Mccarthy dcplofes the condition
Of his people, and alludes to the constant
internecine striies; and In this connec-
ton says:--"Aher all our very vices are
the common, aud. one might say, the
inevitable vices OF long practiced sefvi
tudc.D The condition OF the two greal
Celtic races have been very much the
same lie continues.-"ln all mannei
OF histories we read that the ,endenc!
OF the galey.slaves was to fight anon
themselves. Neither nation has ha,
much experience In rowing the galley
but they have had servtude nearly a
degrading. The physical care, an'
moral culture OF the Welsh nation ha
in some measure mastered the evils re
suliing from servi,ude. Religion. home
and the social forum have kept the mindi
enliyened with great and good thoughts
SO that, despite the narrowing down o
her national horizon, and the thrusiinl
al friends aud foes, that has become AZ
inherent trait, this people is stll great.
Clean OF habits, clean Of person, an,
clean OF thought are elements calculated
to make good strong men and women II
the great active tields of thought. 1hi
people Is scarcely connected with II
mother country; Tor the greatness o
their distinguished scholars, and soldier,
have become to the world OF freedom
an element. These men are men o
other nations now. This Wales wa
ever too narrow for such a nation tC
exist upon II; and. besides, the con.
dition OF sefVtudc was not such as Il
encourage the ambition Of great men
save those who are chosen 10 be IL
subsection, and fight her battles at home
When the man expanded he became !
citizen OF another country.
Thus Il was with Frances Lewis
William FLOYD, William Williams anC
Others, who were, not alone distinguish
ed for their signatures to the Declaration
Of American Independence, but VIII,
made name aud fame in all the depart
ments OF learning and enterprise. W,
are by no means surprised TO find $,
many names IN that nonored roll VIII,
subscribed to make this great country
1.-THE land OF the free In II are NOR,
names OF Welsh extraction than an
other one nation. II true patriot can
not lind liberty at home he wall make |
and personiiy II elsewhere. 10 there 4
not room for HIM to unshealhc h.s hwof,
ON the soil oi his nativity, he viii hnd
country OF free men and women, an,
his Inspiration will lind ample oppor
tlnity for lrultion.
DR.. Call. the celebrated phrenologisi
says;-"Size, every tniug else bein
equal is the measure OF force" One Q
the great elements OF power is strength
Victor Hugo, Napoleon Bonapafte
Samuel !. Tldou, Alexander the GreaI
and numbefless other d'sl.ugui,he
characters IN military and scholastic al
tainments were men below the averag
stature Of men Of tLeir times. III
MASSIVE animals OF the jungles az
easily subdued by the irresistible aninii