The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-08-25

| h0mesickness than their sanguine com- | peers. tendency to dispond without | sufficient cause undoubtedly subseryes l toward nostalgia; but ardent, enthu- siastic people who constantly look for Ward--who never are, but always ap- | pear to be, blessed-haye the advan- 1 tage, if advantage it be, of remaining | want of it, is more potent than temper | ament, the trend of civilization, which | Is equivalent to education, being dis | tinctly in the direction of cosmopolitan ! ism. The deeper the ignorance, the ruder the conditions of life under which
 human being exists. the greater the
 probability when exposed to it's infiu-
 ence of his acquiring nostalgia.
 If a Gilbert Islander from Terra del Fuego. for instance, were to be trans ported to the comparative paradise of the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean, which have been described as
 "a cluster of pearls hung upon the
 equator" he would very likely bewail
 his hard lot and pine for his own incle-
 ment and inhospitable wilderness; and
 If, In like manner, Pacific Gilbertian
 were to be promoted to, say, Pail Mall --
 which, without wishing to speak dis
 respectfully of the equator, we maln-
 tain to be the more desirable of the two
 he also would no doubt soon break
 his heart longing for the delights of his sweltering hut in Micronesia.
 Anslo-Saxons and their Celtic breth-
 ren vary their manners and customs
 while abroad to less extent probably
 tllan people of any other nationality
 and yet in spite of this they make the
 best colonists, To the Celtic Anglo Saxon the word Home" is full of the tenderest and sweetest meaning; in no other language is there term that fully corresponds with it In breadth and depth of signiflcation. Take the French chez-soi for example. How narrow in comparison, how unutterably selfish
 -centering the whole interest in the individual whereas Home implies the importance of others as well. The sometimes used, but the user must be either thoughtless or an ignoramus, if not both. Such an anomaly as a soli- tary home Is impossible; it becomes a den, if not prison. Be it ever 50 humble, there's no place like home" and assuredly whoever breaks up one wilfuly is guilty of an unpardonable sin
 There is no human being in existence who can appreciate the charm of a home more exquisitely than the Celtic Anglo Saxon, and yet he is to be met with in every corner of the world He loves his own native place beyond words, but he can endure enforced ex- patriation without giving In to nostal- gia. The fact is, he recognizes. the futility Of kicking against the bricks, and so makes his mind up to sacrifice a portion of his life, or even, if the worst comes to the worst, the whole of it. He looks upon querilous repining as a weakness unworthy of a man, and, having been denied home at home by fate, he is strong enough to accept the inevitable with a good grace. For nos- talgics We must turn to some other tribe. When all is said they remain | narraw minded crew, whose mental processes run in grooves They may call their failing by the high sounding name of patriotism, but such it is not. | Nostalgia is cats complaint, a purely | selfish disorder, wheras love of coun- try can flourish anywhere, and takes no account of itself. And so, after all, our masters in medicine are perfectly | right. Nostalgia is rghteously .ex- | cluded from list of the shocks that flesh is heir to.-London | Lancet.