Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-29

'Thc marriage NJ the one woman 90
/ The one man 10 the citadel aud furtraHa
| ui civilization. Without this woman
becomes The prey and slave uf lust and
power ANA man goes back to auyurrry
ana crime From the bottom OF my
heart / hate. abhor ami ux-crntn ain
theories Of lifo OF which the pure
ana sacred home ls not the corner
stone. Take from the world the FAM
ily, the hrcEidc, the children born VI
wooded love, ana there iH nothing
left. The home whore virtue dwelis
with love u like lily with % heart "
hre-thc faircut Hover In nll tho
But though personally abstcmious.
lngersoll was neither a tectotnllcr nor
prohlhItlonist
Prohibition" ~ he wrote 10 an in.
qulrlng young friend. does not pro-
hlbit u does not even prohibit the
somehow this letter became public.
together with an vxubetant compan-
Ion letter In praise OF tobacco Both
were denounced by serious minded but
unpnetcal folk uH intoxicating bad
morals. To one OF these the Colonel
once replicd:-
There ntc some people 10 CONSTITUTE
ed that there ~ no room In the heaven
Of their minds Tor tho butterflies and
moths NJ fancy 90 spread their wings.
Everything is taken IN solemn and
stupid earnest Such mon would hold
shakespcarc responsible Tor what
Falstan said about sack" and for
Mrs. Qulckly's notions " proprlcty.
There b. "a cid Greek saying which
II applicable hcrc.-"tn the prcHnnce
q human stupidity even the gods stand
helpless"
That a gentleman who was 70 opu-
lent OF poctical fancy 80 graceful In
rhythmic music nH Col lngcrsull
showed himself 10 be In prose should
occasionally try his hand az actual
verse was only natural. Here Is one
Of his best cnorts;-
THE BIRTHPLACE OF BURNS.
Though Scotland boasts thousand
names
or patriot. king and peer.
The nobleat grandest uf them all
Was loved ana Graded here,
Here lived the gentle peasant prince.
The loving cotter king,
Compared with whom the greatest
lord
Is but a titled thing.
It's but a cot rooted In with straw.
a howell made OF clay,
one door shuts out the snow and storm,
one window grpcts the day
And yet ! stand within this room
And hold all thrones lu Hruru.
For here. beneath this lowly thatch.
Loves sweetest bard was born.
within this hallowcd hut / feel
Like one who clasps r. shrine.
When the glad lips no last have touched
The something doomed divine.
And here the world. through all the
years,
As long ns day returns,
The tribute OF It's love and tears
VIII pay 10 Robert Burns.
INGERsOLLs LAST LINES.
The last ponned words OF Mr.. niger.
soil were In the form Of "A blank verse
OF tour lines, written on the border of
"A ciuyon portrait Of himself which he
presented to his daughter. The lines
We're written two weeks before his
death. ana deal. strangely enough. with
the subject OF immortality. They are
IMMORTALITY.
with It's countless hopes and fears
Deaiing against the shores Of time
Was not born Of any Book. nor OF any
creed. nor of any religion.
IL was born OF human affection. and IL
VIII continue Go ebb and how
Beneath tho miHtH and clouds OF doubt
ana darkness HH long as love KISSES
the Hips OF death,
II IL ths rainbow hope. shining on the
tears OF grief
The lines remind one of the modltn.
ton lu AddlEon'H Cato. where the name
less longing That nlls the breast. tho
nope or immortality, causes tho hero Co
say This llaying his hand upon his
sword TN moment brings me 10 my
end, but this" laying his hand upon
MS breast, IN an appeal 10 conscience
Informs me / shall never die"
That hope. born " human affection"
hs the doubling agnnstic truly says
was nor porn OF any hook, nor OF any
creed. nor N any religion. ana VIII con-
unuc as long az love shall last-aa long
as human hearts shall beat.
ARGUMENT FOR IMMORTALITY.
what. then, IL the meaning OF that
hope, that fond DESIRE that universal
longing after Immortality why" asks
one whom the Colonel himself declared
to be- greatest % the human race.
ards ~ as all?' and makes us rather
bear those Ills we have than IFS 20
others that we know not of'' Aud $50
Cato. reading Platos Immortality. asks
why Hhrinks the soul back ON
herself and startles at dcstruc-
HhNt ~. Anf AlNlNlAN ANAA SUITS MllNlN ]
us. tits heaven itself points out AN
hereafter and intimates eternity Co |
man"
Tho very thing that proved imm0r- |
tally TO Shakespeare, namely, the in
completeness NJ the present lie. the |
horror and contradiction OF the thought |
uf falling into nothlngnoHs, the impos- |
aiblllty OF believing that the power |
which created man and gave him such |
longlngs after Immortality, did 80 only |
to mock him,-this horrible Thought, |
which was impossible to Addison and |
Shakespeare. was nevertheless pOaalble |
to Mr. Insersoll. with all his |