The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-25

Of physical, mental. and moral attributes
of the ego.
Men and women go nightly to witness
representations on the stage. that are
but feeble echoes Of the storms that have
swept through their own lives. People
with histories exert d charm Lhat is not
possessed by LIES novitiates. We
feel that they have explored depths and
scaled heights which we have not at
tanned. To them some Of the mysteries
of the greater life have been revealed
The pure in mind may read Sapho and
witness its, dramatization on the stage.
without experiencing a moral faint. be-
cause they see nothing but an exhi-
bition of a tumultuous Hfe-au intense
humanity The CleCpatras and the
Sapnos will always claim the attention
of mankind as well as the Caesars ana
the NapoleOns-each is a manifestation
of superlative human capacity 1 have
talked of this matter in this way be-
fore Where 1 DO not remember. II
may have been put in print or it may
have been just heart to heart talk
with a friend. If 1 nave said il in
print before, 1 hereby apologize to tae
reader who is so unfortunate as to see
it the second time.
Ships that pass in the night are these
human souls. Many are beyond our Ken
beneath the horizon; We see the glow
of their search-ights on the clouds. but
that is all Freighted with aspirations
regrets, and desires, mayhap with rich
est jewels, they pass near us all un-
known. The same star guides their
course, but they leave no trace of their
identity on the breast of the ocean
Some come within hailiug distance
mood of white light illumes each deck;
faces appear bathed in the radiance Of
mutual interest and then vanish as sud
denly as they came. All. those faces
radiant and eager, they are but mem
cries now-the ships have passed in the
night
In the whirl and hustle of this com
! monplace strife for gain. who has not
met and received d glimpse of a soul
which seemed to offer unlimited possi-
bilities, but Of which the rules of society
| forbade a closer scrutiny The orbits i'm
which kindred spirits move may be
tantalHingly close but may never meet.
Souls may clasp hands a moment In the
darkness and pass forever; because Gus
tom, like stern guardian of the law.
bids them move on.
Is it sin to pluck Iife's roses? The
beauties Of the sky the sea. the land
scape, are not denied to us. We may
look uIrabashed upon the unfolding aower
| and inhalc its perfumes: we may listen
to the songs of the birds; we may look
| upon the grace and beauty of human
, kind, but from the greatest of all. the
| beauties OF the soul. we are barred bv
custom. Shall we trample upon the pat
= ent rules Of conduct, and take what is
our own?-that we may turn to the mem
/ ory-faces which haunt our moments of
| solicitation with:
| That joy was ours, we passed 1t by;
! You have forgotten me. and
| Remember you thus strangely won
! An instant from oblivion
/ And / remembering, would declare
/ That JOY, not shame is ours to share:
! That joy we had the viii and power.
! In spite Of fate, TO snatch one hour
( out Of vague nights ana days Of strife.
! So infinitely full Of life
! And It's for this ] see you rise.
/ A wrath with starlight in your eyes.
! Here where the dToWsy- miudad mood
! is one with natures solitude:
! For this, for this, you come to me
Out of the night-out Of the sea"