Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1902-10-23
The First Class
IN Sentiments
BY NAY BELLEvILLE BROWN.

him critically, "but one thing was lefl
out of your college curriculum, ant
that is sentiment"
Leslie Mason could say impertinent
things without being taken in earnest
and Steele Addison might have known
better than to accept the challenge
but he was intensely practical, and stih
young enough to take himself very
seriously.
''Yes, that's the way with you WON
en-" he retorted, in an aggrieyed tone
"If a man isn't mawkshly sentimental
and doesn't strike attitudes and de-
claim fervently Of his devotion, you
look on him as a sort Of craven image
You count a calm, logical, well-trained
mind as nothing. Any brainless for
can be softly sentimental, but it takes
q man 70 be logical
Leslie sprang from her chair by the
library fire and crossed the room to
the dictionary stand.
"Listeni" commanded she, striking
an attitude and reading from the pom.
derous volume. 'Sentiment-from
Latin sentire-to perceive by the sense
Of the mind, to feel. a thought
prompted by passion or feeling; a
state Of mind in view Of some subject;
feeling toward or respecting some per.
son or thing; disposition prompting to
action or expression Steele Addison
you stand convicted on your own tes-
timony. Sentiment is not only stran'
ger 10 you, but you do not know what
It is. a thought prompted by some
feeling is that necessarily mawkish
Feeling toward or respecting some
person or thing; must that be softly
sentimental?"
Leslie warmed to her subject as she
confronted him and continued:
sentiment need not be connected
with a young woman or experienced
only By brainless tops. You go on the
street and see man abusing horse
that has a load too heavy for il to pull
What is your first thought|
The young man felt his feet touch
known ground, and answered, calmly:
THAT the driver ought to be pun
ished for overlooking his horse"
But don't you have a thought for
the poor animal, feeling of pity,
desire 10 relieve IL, a wish, however
vague, that you might putt in a clover
field for the rest Of its days2"
u can't say that / do" replied he
ioftily. According to Herbert spen'
GERS Synthetic Philosophy sub
human Justice is imperfect in the sense
that there exist multitudinous species
the sustentation of which depends on
the wholesale destruction of other spe'
cies. and the individual of a species
! shall receive all the consequences, good
and evil, OF its own nature"
Bother Herbert Speneer!" ejacula'
ted Leslie, in a disgusted tone. Il an
talking about people who have emo
| tions. Your case is hopeless, unless
YOU can prevail upon some one to es'
tablish a school of sentiment and en-
roll yourself at once in the infant class
There may be a chance that you can
stop living in the top story all the time
and get down for visit in your heart
| occasionally"
There's another way that you WON
en- have" replied Steele. Fencing
isn't argument. But if you are willing
TO start a class in sentiment, Leslie, en-
roll me. Call il a kindergarten class
Il YOU want to, and you may advances
me as you see me improving. At thu
same time / viii endeavor to instrue
You in logic. / feel sure that j can d.
YOU good, and it will be interesting, Il
say the least, to experiment on eaei
other"
az don't care to become a eold-heart
ed logician or a musty philosopher,
answered Leslie, with a disdainful look
but l accept the offer, for the sake Q
the good that may be able to do you
The class in sentiment will meet to
morrow afternoon and accompany it
teacher to Rat alley. 1t is my after
noon at the Hermitage, and when 20
see some Of our proteges in that par
of town you viii surely know some
thing Of one branch Of the subject
pity. No" as he began to speak, don
mention Herbert Spencer again te
day"
For three months the teacher Q
sentiment and the teacher Of logi
WED with each other y furnishin
precepts and exa 70 turtle
|, their individual mes. Steele az
I companied Leslie oa her pilgrimage
to Rat Alley; d. saw how old an
young loved her he looked on at tn
I work of the Hermitage club, he III
tened to her enthusiastic plans, an
: quoted Kant and Spencer, and di
cussed the survival OF the fittest.
Leslie. with her natural enthus
asm. had thrown herself into Il
work wherever she saw anything thu
needed doing, so Steele, as leisul
nermitted him, could see her in mar
Iights-with a ruffied apron over h
street gown. serving hot soup
chilled newsboys, deity twirling l
dian clubs for the instruction of
circle of working girls, demonstra
inc lower mathematics and the rue
..- oF Fnglish To a class of hal