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

when man 10 born. or when the child leaves
IL mother's womb. The State then selves
upon II. bshold n the absolute master Of the
| spiritual a. Of the organic being, Mind and
| conscience. all dspends upon the State, All
10 subject to the State. No more family,
no more paternity. no more marriage.
hencefoyth. Male, and female ehildren
It does q Il plseaes. morally. .phy.,cally;
q universal serVtude, 20 profound that
nothing escapes II, that ponetrates 20
the very SOUL Lamennais went on TO
show that where material things are con.
In manner even 20 little lasting by simple
partition. II Il b. QUESTION OF land only
one can understand that 1t can be divided
into as many portions as there are indi-
viduals, but as the number Of individuals
varies perpetusliy II would also he neces-
ssry perpetually to vary that primitive
IAN individual property being abolished,
there Ia no lawful owner except the state
The submission to this mode Of ownership,
found down vu by q: VOWS ssI to poverty a. to
ohediencs; II II be not voluntary. y IL that
OF tbs slave. where nothing modihes the
harHhness OF bis condition. All human
ties, sympathetic relations, mutual dey9-
al that constitutes the charm Of w: and It's
greatness. all. all has disappeared. disap-
peared forever" In a word, L0nenneis
maintained. with q logic that scanned IN
dsputabie 20 the author Of these memoirs.
that 'ths methods hitherto proposed 70
pie end In the negation Of all the indis-
pepsahie conditipss 81 existence; destroy
either directly OF by implication, duty.
right. the family; and would produce.
they could b applied to socety. instead
Of the liberty In which all real progress Y
summarized. only . ssrvitude with which
history. however far we go back into the
past. can offer nothing to compare.
In ono of his conoiudinG paragraphs
Cha.eaubriand reviews the changes which,
within his lifetime, had been made in geog-
raphy and In the historical horizon: The
whole OF geography hes changed since,
according TO the expression OF our old Gus
toms, ] was able TO look nj the sky from
my bed. Ii compare the two terrestrial
globes. the one at the beginning. the other
at the end, of my life. no longer recog-
nize them, A fifth part Of the world,
Australia, has been discovered and popu-
lated. French sails have recently caught
sight Of q sixth continent amid the Toe
feds Of the Antarctic Pole and the Parrys,
Rosses and Trankiins have turned the
coasts, on our own Pole. that mark the
limits Of North America; Africa has opsned
its mysterious soltudss; In short. there
Is not q corner Of our terrestrial abode
Jug all the necks Of land that separate
loenkipd soon. no doubt. We shall eco ships
pass through tho 18th mus OF Panama,
and. rerhsps. the Isthmus Of Sues. His
tory has made parallel discoveries In the
depths OF time: the sacred language have
Ill To raaA shair Loaf l.ltI In ripa
on the very granite blocks OF MiErain Cham
polion has dcciphered those hieroglyphics
which seemed 10 BE- seal Get upon the
lips Of tho desert that answered for their
S ,sre' l ds' pasnd hosnd ssSs sni
Venice on the map, other republics OCCUPY
pa't ~ the shores Of the Pacific and
A''sn'io-
Lastly, we reproduce q paragraph, al
most the latest penned by ChAteaubriand,
self has seldom surpassed. he points out
the two-fold effect Of the study OF astron-
omy which imprssses on us a oncs the
littisness and the grandeur Of man: Let US
picture. according 70 our enlarged knowl-
edge, our patry planet swinhning IN an
Way, the raw matter Of light. the molten
metal OF worlds. which the hand OF the
Creator will shape. The distance Of certain
stars Ia so peodlg Gus that their brightness
will not be abie to reach the eye that watches
them until those stars are extinct; the
focus Will vanish before the ray. How small
Is man on the atom where he moves. Yet
how great he Ia a. an intellect! He knows
whom the face Of luminaries u to Be- over
cast with shadow. at what hour eomets
win return after thousands Of year; he who
Ives but an instant! Microscopic insect
though he DO. lying unperccived In fold Of
the robe Of the sky, the globes cannot hide
from him single one OF their movements
In the depths Of space What dsetinies vii,
those stars, new TO us. shine upon' 10 the
new phase Of human naturei You wiz
know, o races yet TO be born; do not know.
and am going.
We end, a. we began. with expressing
the belief that foreign countries will oon-
arm the prediction uttered for France by
many distinguished Frenchmcn Of lctters
that, while the other writings OF Chateau
BRAND are moribund, or already dead. the
sNtmoires d'Ovfys Tombe." worthy Eng
ush translation OF which 10 noS for the first
time made sooa.slbls' will be read fS e. many
generations. ~ W n
Fsemp,ars q Reiigssn IN Great Rvttain.
with the contributions to reminiscent lit
eature and with the cVmments ON English
society which have been published by Mr..
Ot OHOi " T.. huuefts iuey "" Huu eoo-
jects Of an entirely different kind discussed
In the authors latest book. Tk Household
of FaifA Edwin h. Oorham). in this volume
are collected and reprinted . large num-
,<r Of papers more or iess CLOSELY connected
with religion. which have appeared In
Givsrs psriodicals and journals DIR ne
the las' few years by the title Mr.. kussell
ha. cndaayored To Indicate the fact that
the hook. 10th In It, descriptive and In he
critical parts, N 'ofoerned With tl"s
dcscriled by y, Paul ~ msinbeIs u the
l.ou.~iold Of the faith. That this house
hold. lLs all large families. sshil'i,s . gee,
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