The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-10-27

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n4turs has come under our eye
has pzthos charged with eternal pow
sr- Il shows generaiship. sorunal and
Constructive David Rosss IS the hero
Donna Roma rolanna Is the heroine
I And each makes ron rejoice ron -Ars
human Toa uondes- then ron az,
fmirs They charge you rifh reyeT-
ence- No pe<simfsm en- this book It's
tone i healthy. 4 looks ap. cut and
on II is hIgh-wafer mark right
through. It's prologue and epilogue.
and its $50 chapters are 50 mzHy
blows from q chisel IN the hands OF q
master In shaping thonehf In marble.
No mist or fog. sunshine always even
IN the midst Of awful suffering It's
characters are clear cut. positive.
commanding The elements OF weak
ness seem necessary as setting 70 4
diamond Of the first water
David Rossi has = destiny He
realizes IL He reminds you OF Brown
ings Paracelsus- David has much
more 10 be admired. however The
labor problem presses on his soul 1t
touches US aIi. The human grip OF
The Eternal City Is both remarkable
anu II IL cLd1 lA4As 4O&M Sl4kL 10
finish you ara held A novel solution
is offered of communism. socialism
and anarchy Jesus has given us His
Interpretation of The Lords Prayer
Here the anarchist gives his meaning
to it. Anarchy threatens to kill the
Prime Minister. Davidss answer is
this: "You viii proclaim yourselves
the enemies of law and order Public
opinion throughout Europe will be
against you. and you viii fling the
people back into despair. Future
generations wiz curse you. and You
viii turn back the clock that marks
the progress of the world. When the
time comes to fire. David Rossi steps
between the assassin and the Prime
Minister But Bonelli is killed by
David. To most men the hero in this
act stands as the avenger OF social
crime and domestic brutalism. and
holds commission from his Creator
to do the deed.
As a study in sociology no student
can afford to skim this book More
than one has read it pen in hand |
Our school departments might do
worse than to use The Eternal City
as text book OF practical psychology. |
As a work on sociology 1t ccmmends |
itself to some of our clearest think |
ers- Much wheat. some chaff. it con- |
tains. II is not solution we can |
accept. but as it speaks. at times. for |
the extreme left. it is some advance
on former attempts to solve current |
problems Hall Game works here with |
all the tenderness. magnanimity and |
heart power of Robert Louis Steven
son. His imagination reminds you of |
Dcfoe, emitting the immoral. which |
now and then taints the work of the
author of Robinson Crusoe"
Roma, occasionally, reminds us of |
Lady Macbeth. Conscience, pride. So
cial success at any price. self-respect |
and remorse, as angels and archangeIs
walk up and down her soul. Theh bat
strives with the archangel Her self
her moral agitation. her
of mastery over any
man. are elements which set in mo-
ton great acts. which issue In results
far-reaching throughout Italy and the
world. She is employed to decoy and
DESTROY David Rossi. His political
enemies have tried to break him
Town. David is more than their
''22iaeteaess W9ith Rnma tbeYy fed ssxffens
she pointed. But David Rossf is I'M
ike anv man she has met Her charms
ose their power. David, by his moral
Height. leads her into the eternal in 1
Ter own life. The municipality of
Rome has given her contract for a
marble fountain. In marble she de-
,ides to put Jesus Christ and His
APOSTLES. David is to sit for Judas.
But his influence over her forbids
his Then she viii have him sit as
Thomas the Doubter. Peter, and even
Tohn the Beloved are not equal to her :
srowing conception of the grandeur
# David Rossi. He must sit as the
model of Jesus Christ Those who
lave travelled IN ITALY will especially
,e delighted with aThe Eternal CITY,"
The Cathedral Of St Peters, the Cas-
lie of st. Ansaio the Vatican. the
'orta Pia. the Campagna. the villa
Rationale. will De recalled with won
Ter and admiration. If 1.-THE Eternal
Sitv' does not settle. 1t suggests.
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