Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-10-18
TRUE ARISTOCRACY.
1t is a Personal Quality and Possessor
Dignifies Whatever Work He
Undertakes

Aristocracy in any true sense is per
sonal quality, and not at all matter of
family or of possessions. 1t is an at
tribute whose manifestations are integ-
rity, courtesy and honor. The true arts
tocrat is not afraid of appearing in the
most simple and inexpensive garb, but
he is afraid of going in debt He is not
ashamed to work. to economic, to do
any honest and useful thing. Being bern
royal, he dignties whatever he under
takes.
1t must bea very poor sort of person
who regards his sole claim to social con-
sideration to lie in the cut of his gar
ment or the locality of his house
The best expression of humanity"
This, indeed. is what society should be.
and as Miss Field so truly saws, 'one of
these days it will be" A deeper spirit
uality will do away with the pettiness
of strife and greed. More truly will we
realize that the earth is full of the riches
that his thought, his spiritual attitude,
draws TO him. A high purpose is mag
netic and attracts great resources.
Margaret Fuller was especially the
prophecies and priestess of conversation,
as an art. Her friendships were the
most potent experiences in her life and
were very largely the channels of her
spiritual activity. James Freeman Clarke
says Of these in her life:
1.-THE insight which Margaret displaved
i'm finding her friends. the magnetism by
which she drew them toward herself the
catholic range of her intimaces. the in
fiuencc which she exercised to devotion
the latent germ in every character, the
conStancy with which she chung to each
when she had once given and received
confidence. the delicate justice which
kept every intimacy separate and the
process Of TRANSPORTATION which took
place when she met anyone on this mouu-
tain of friendship, giving Il dazzling
luster to the details of common Ife-ail
these should mt least be touched unon
and illustrated TO give an adequate view
of her in these relations.
'She saw when anyone be-
longed to her and never rested until she
came into possession of her property.
= Margaret's COnStAncy to any genu-
inc relation, once established, was sur
prising
IF her friends aim changed so rs 10
take them out of her sphere. she was
saddened by it and did not let them 30
without Il struggle, but whenever they
continued true 10 the original standard
as she phrased it, her aifectionate inter
est would follow them unimpaired
and even fatal errors (sO far rs this life
= concerned could not destroy my friend
ship for one il whom | am sure Of the
kernel Of nobicneSS She never formed
friendship until she had seen and
known this germ of good, and afterward
judged conduct by it.
ITO this germ OF good. the highest law
Of each individual, she held them true.
But never did she act like those
who So often judge friend
from some report of his con
duct as il they had never known him.
and allow the inference from the single
act to alter the opini0n formed by an in
duction from years of Intercourse. From
all such weakness Margaret stood wholly
free. - She was the center of
group very different from each other,
and whose only affinity consisted in their
all being poiarizcd hy the strong attrac-
ton of her mind.
How she glorfed life to all! How
she displayed always the same marvellous
dazzied all who knew her! Those who
know Margaret only by her published
writings know her least; her notes and
letters contain more of her mind. bat it
was only in c0Hytl Sation that she was
perfectly free and ut home.
"All her friends will unite in the teS-
timony that, whatever they may HAYS
known of wit and eloQuence in Others.
they have never seen one who. like her.
by the conversation If an hour or two
could not merely entertain and inform.
but make an epoch in ones life We
MI dated back to this or that eoay ersa-
ton with Margare,. in which we took
complete survey of great subjects, came
10 SAuC clear view on difficult question,
saw 0ur way omen before It's to 4 higher
nlane Of lifc and were led 10 some def
mite resolution or purpose which has had
bearing on all our subsequent career
For Margaret's conversation turned At
such times to lite-jtS destiny. its duty
its prospect With comprehensive glance
She would survey the past and sum ~
i'm sew brief words its results; She
would then turn to the future. and by
natural oriHr sweep through It's chances
and alternatives passing ever into n
more earnest tone. into a more serious
view-and then bring all tn bear on thu
present. till its dntieS grew plain and its
opportunities attractive. Events