The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-08

roads, the thing after which It strives;
masses Of individuals will raise pyramidT
| by dint Of study, each on his own side, those
| individuals will light upon scientific dis.
coveries. and explore every corner OF
| physical creation. But are things the same
| In the movol wovldf II will be vain TOR 2
thousand brains TO combine; never will
they compose the masterpiece that issues
| from the head OF Homer
What are we TO think OF the dream OF
| tho International Society-the placement
OF national boundaries and nationsl an
tipsthies. the Parliament Of Man. the Fed
Grafton Of the worlds Touching this
| point. also. lot US hear Chatssubriand'
the madness OF the moment tends TO
achieve the unity Of peoples, and 10 make
but one man OF the whole race: well ana
good but. In acquiring general faculties,
| will not q whole ssries Of private eene-
ments perish' Good-by TO the delights
Of the homo; sood-by TO tho charms Of
the family. among all those beings, lie,
yellow and black. repuspd - your fellow
| countrymen. you would not b able 70
throw yourself on . brothers neck' was
there nothing In the life OF old, nothing
IN that limited space upon which you looked
out from your ivy-framsd cassmcntl bs-
yond your horizon you suspected the sx-
lstenoe Of unknown lands OF which the
| bird OF passage. the only traveller that
you had seen In autumn, scarce spoke
TO you. 1t was happiness to think that
the hills which surrounded you would
not disappear from before your eyes; that
| they contained your friendships and your
loves; that the moaning Of the night WIND
| around your dwelling would be the only
! sound TO which you would fall asleep that
never would your souls solitude be dis
| turbed that you would always meet there
| the thoughts that await you TO resume their
| familiar Intercourse with you. You knew
where you we're born, You knew where
your tomb lay; as you entered the forest
| you were able to say, Beautiful trees that
saw my birth, you will soon see my death
Man does not need 10 travel In ORDER 10
grow greater: he carries immensely with
| him. Sit down on the trunk OF tree felled
| n the depths OF the wood: II, In your pro-
found forgetfulness Of self. in your i'm.
mobility, in your silence. you do not hnh
the Infinite. It Is useess for you to wander
| on the banks Of the Ganges."
Docs anybody really want -PaFis-
n,ent Of Maai" Has he realized what
ltu'rdtfpl VI Nne WI" NpNsN
G. A eaubrand, for his part. had thought
il out. sWhat would a universal society
be that should have no particular country,
that should not be French. nor English.
nor German, nor Spa iish. nor Portusu .se,
| nor Italian, nor Russian, nor Tartar, nor
, Turkish. nor Persian. nor Indian, nor
Chinese, nor American. or rather. that
should no oil thess socisties AZ opcsl What
ka ha for ifS mQnnQrS.
| it's science. it's arts, It's poetry How would
| passions be expressed in the manner Of
different peoples in dinFerspt climates?
How would the universal language enter
! tain that confusion OF needs and images
| produced by the various suns that should
have cast their light upon a common youth,
manhood and old age' What would that
language b,9 Would q universal diom
result from this fusion Of societies, or would
there be a dialect OF compromiss. ON
p!oyed for daily use. while each nation
| would tals its own language, or else, would
the different llnguages b, understood
| Ivy alls Under what like rule. under what
one law would this society have its being''
| CA oaubrisnd mex, proceeds 70 con-
alder the practical and moral results that
would follow the adoption OF the tenets
| Il socialism. that IL to say, the substitu-
| ton of collective ownership Of all property.
| real and personal. for the principle Of
| individual ownership. In Chateaubriand's
| time the doctrines OF Karl Marx had not
been formulated. The socialism Of which
! he heard men talk In Paris left a career
| open to talent. The theory was that
| after all the property Of a commonw wealth
had been thrown into . common stock
| the income would he distrib, t. according
| 70 individual merit
That theory has been long since abap-
| doned by orthodox Socialists. but II 10 in
tere~ting 10 rec how Il struck Chateaubriand.
| Are you weary he asks, of private
ownership. and do you wish to turn the
Government into q sole proprietor. dis.
| tributing TO what will have become mendi-
| cant community q share commens urate
with the merit Of each individually WHO
shall Judge OF the meritsi Who will have
the strength and the authority to compel
| the execution OF your decrees' Will you
seek 10 bring about the association Of Iabor'
VIVA, will the weak. the sick. the unirte!li-
gen, bring TO the community left buiGened
with their unfitnessY' What shout Go
o,sraiion bc, ~een capital and laborf Here
! " another oontrivanoe one might form. Ia
|
| or partnership between manufacturers ana
workmen. beiwcen mind aud TEitsr. To
which tho one would bring his capital and
| his idea, the others their industry and
their labor the eventual profits 10 be shared
ia common That would bs very good,
admitting coinI ,ts perf-c'lon among men;
very good n you most With no quarrsliins.
| Hvario~, not envy, but, single Isrtbsr
protests. the Whale crumbles 10 the ground;
divisions and lawsuits besin Thu ms,hod,
which -4-us q lhtl. mOr- ossiDi. la tksoIy,
10 quite ~ ln,pos-ibl. IA pSsc,ios stih
another hypOt lIssis Would you, having
nsdlhsd you opinion. ssss Ia buiid . city
"a which every man shall I-.s-s.s . rot
. nfs. clOth.s AId suie.~ni "a ssif NhsD
| yoY have ruos-dsi IA sna"~,I,S "ssiy
aiiissh. 40 soopi aud had suslniss u eae,
all disturb your division and MAKE a.
4ayJa oas, ihs oss i.sulis noes IA cal
laH that thai nDs - uEAbls "a SUI ~
isucl - ials tia s.si.snllasl si.d ssA1sir'
"as slll i-saolas nah iasn, ils sls'isailstfls,
Il H.