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

| t.aee stabblng herself after forstellins the
coming Of Hannibal. love causing the ~
valry Of Rome and Carthage TO blase forth
| from It's torch. setting fire TO the funeral
pile whose fame the flying Eneas sees
on tie wavs ties, ar. vey dlnerent
| things from the walk Of dreamer IN ~ood'
or the dsappearanos Of . nbertine who
browns himself In q pond. Nine. Saho
| will, ! hope. link her talent with supJeo's
worthy OF her genius The hope was
born OF courtesy. ChAteaubrland Wa
thoroughly convinced that Nine. SAND
would 10 converted only by the pr seh ng
of the m ss'onary with the bald forehead
and the white beard whose name is Time
For the moment, . less aust re voice en-
Grained bss ear. Chatsautriand also pre-
dicted that George Sand would write less
effectively when she wrote more cl AMY,
Il am convinced that Nine. Sands talent
il in some way rooted in corruption; she
would become commonplace u she became
timorous. The case would be different
n she had always remained within the
sanctuary unfrequented by men; her power
of love, restrained and hidden under the
or nal fllct, would have drawn from
her bosom these d. cent melodies which
suggest tho woman and the angel. He
this a. Il may. boldness Of doctrine and
voluptuousness OF manners srs field
which had not yet been cleared by
daughter Of Adam. and which, delivered
to female cultivation, has produced
harvest OF flowers before unknown. Let
Us leave Nine Sand to bring forth perilous
marvels till the winter; she will sins no
more when the cold Winds blow: mean
time, let us permit her. less improvident
than the grasshopper. to make a provision
of glory for the time when there shall be
a dearth Of pleasure Chsteaubriand
adds: For the rest, many women have
been seduced, and, rs II were, carried on
by their young years: when the autumn
DAYS come, brought back to the maternal
hearth, they have added TO their ctthern
the grave or plaintiff string on which re-
ligion or misfortune Is expressed. old
age is a nocturnal traveller: the earth Is
hidden to her. and she no longer discerns
augat save the sky shining over her head
In his finai chapter, Chatsaubriand,
after a rapid review Of the political and
social changes which had been Witnessed
in Europe during the preceding hundred
wears, asks himself this question: Az
what period will organized society dis
appear What accidents will be able TO
suspend the drift toward disintegrationF
lie begins by touching upon only one point
in a thousand. viii property, for In
stance, remain distributed a. It is' In
other words. will the principle OF indi-
yidusl property be maintained, or will
II he super.eded by socialism, From
this point of view the future seemed dark
TO the author Of these memoirs, Given
a political state Of things In when ho,-
yiduals have so many millions year while
other Individuals are dying OF munger
can that state Of things subsist when re-
ligon is no longer there with ITS hopes
beyond this world 10 explain the sacrihse'
There are children to whom their mothers
give suck at their withered breasts lot
want OF a mouthfu Of bread to feed th"ir
diving bahee there are families whorh
members are reduced to huddle together
at night for want OF blankets to warm
them. One man sees his many burrows
ripcn; anothar will possess only the siA
feet OF earth lent TO his tomb by his native
land. With how many ears 81 corn can
ak fee, Of earth supply a dead MANI 1t
was Chateaubriand's conviction that, re-
lieion with it's consultations and hopes
being absent. the diffusion OF education
would but hasten the social cataclysn. AS
inst r,,ction comes down To the lower
classes the latter discover the secret SORE
which gnaws at the irrelig.ous social order
The too great disproporton Of conditions
and fortunes was endurabls so long a. IL
remained concealed 40 soon as the dis
proportion was generally perceived. u
received its dsathblow. Recompose the
aristocratic fiction II you can; try to per-
s,,ads the poor man when he shall have
learnt to read correctly and ceased TO be-
lieye. when he shall be a. well informed a.
yourself, try u persuade him that he must
submit to every sort Of privntion while
his neighbor possesses sup.rnuity a thou
-and times told As a lat resource, you
will have TO kill him" Asain' when
steam shall he perfected, when. joined
70 the telegraph and railways, II shall have
CAUSED distances Tn dissppear, We shall
~, no, only m 'r,haniise travel. but also
ideas, restored To the Use Of their wing.
When fiscal and commercial barriers shsl'
have bcen abolished between the various
States. ar they already sre bo,~oen tht
provinces Of the same state. when dit
fsr-nt oou,trios. entertaining daily n~la-
tions, shall tend Ia promote the unity Of
the peoples. nov will you nesuscitato th'
Old prime iple Of na'ionsl ssparaiion''
Chateaubriand though, ,hat soci'ty was
no l.ss threatened 10y th. spread OF In
t.Iloct than y was hy the Development of
brute nAturr -suppOsp.' be- says. labor
60 L. oondrmned o. idlcn-ss by r-as1n oi
th. multiplication aud varsity Of machinery
adnih tl.ai OLA. only and general nsrc'iiary
matter, VIII replace tic m-rc.naries Of
the farm aud ,l,e household. what Will you
d. thea Slth the unemployed human raos :
NhAi Will yen ~ wiii passions that a.
Idle At the sagir iln- 40 ih. lnts.llsssf
10 alsssfs th"s questions by reminding
us thai "a" ',soi ui tAs is'dy is maintained
Dy lhynlral occupation, ANA that sh.ii
laDSI eassss, Hsrrigth dlsapIssafs Ia
oll.sI soIls la pridiutSj il,al LiIvps.I
naiio.s sSs.d bsuJias Aks taoss rsn.s vi
Asa si,lch tall pn.y a. il,s hfsi sssd"i
si.d az uAsi,lr a. asissa themselves ssai..-
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