The herald., 1898-04-10

We are now looking at the sentimental
side of this great man. His letters 20
GeoAe Sand are full of expressions Of af-
fection. He not only says to her. Il love
| you but Il am in love with YOU" In ali
| of the letters of Victor Hugo which We
| have seen there is more expression of SEN
| timent, of feeling, than anything else. in
| writing to Mchelet upon the death of his
| daughter, he says: Il say nothing to a
soul like yours. YOU who will be one Of
| the founders of the earthly kingdom, you
| cannot doubt of the heavenly kingdom.
| believe in God because 1 believe in man.
The acorn proves to me the oak; the,ray
! the stars: that is your symbol and mine"
| To a workingman, who is also poet, he
writes: BE proud of your title Of work
man. We are all workmen, God included
| and in your case the brain works still
more than the hands
THE generous class to which you be-
long has a great future in store for it, but
1t must give the fruit time to ripen. This
class, so noble and so useful, should eschew
| what makes little and seek what makes
great; it should try to discover reasons fo-
| love. rather than PRO exits for hatred; ii
should learn to respect women and child
4
ure moments; it should develop its in
| telligence, and it will achieve success.
| have said in one of my works: The day
when the people becomes intelligent It
will rule In other words civilization is
| the paramount thing. Some times it rules
| through one man, as with the popes: some
| times through more than one, as with the
senates; sometimes through all, as will be
! -;,l .I,a Ipn,;
| fore. Let us understand what exists, to be
| worthy of existence some day Let the
| people work, for we all work. Let it love
| u.s. for we love it. Let it not disturb the
young plant, barely sown if it wishes to
enjoy shade and fruit in the future
Perhaps it would be difficult to say of the
ordinary American newspaper what Hugo
writes to NJ. Etcheverry, editor of the
Gazette des Ecoles: Courage, gentlemen,
| courage: you belong to the generation
which owns the future. You will do great
things In politics you will finish the rough
| sketches: in literature you will carry on the
work. For long time past in all my
writings l have striven to hasten the day
when social questions will be substituted
| for political ones; when between the party
| Of reaction and that of revolution there
will arise the party of civilization. That
| day will be yours, that party will con-
sist of you
In spite of all that is said, the age
| in which we live is a grand one. AT no other
| time have thought and art stood so high.
| On all sides there are great beginnings Of
| everything. Congratulate yourselves, for
| you will have many a sacred task to ac-
| complish. As for me, view the innumera-
| Bile questions which are rising in every
quarter without anxiety, for / foresee the
| genius of the coming age, and l know that
| you will have plenty of solutions to Offer
| All this is as true as suggestive, and as
| important as when Victor Hugo wrote it.
more than fifty years ago, and as applica-
bic TO our own nation as to France.
| In a volume like this of which l write
one might go on indefinitely quoting and
commenting, but one must leave the book
to the endless list of interested readers
| which it is sure to have. NJ. L. B. w.
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