The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-12

struggle which unhes the story T 'r,
ages the story in which the arch ini,Id-
ualst was tempted 10 see only -Epv-.s
is the struggle between tho niece -tv wo.h
man feels to realize ell his normtl m-
pulses and the concident and in.eu7h.e
necessity which men feel Of oreaullr. aI
for the good Of each A. the ttun-,caltn.
taism Of Emerson shrank az the io. If
a consistent system Of philosophy -o ,h,
individualism of lbaen proytGe Wy
complete social theory and for the -aHa
reason, namely, TINT both were az heart
poets and mystics, not thinkers 1He
moment which united Il iber' AND ioar Pa
the heights Of their own fuidlurnt s.uri'
not prophecy of the fuflmoW 20 ~al
destiny in the whole hut dem DEAN
with Brand IN en- avalanche. In 'rc gy
teal words of the earlier draml they looked
upon the face of Jehovah and persisted
Let va be gratifed that Ibson 'n.cf
did not thus behold the truth complete and
supreme In The actual living Of No which
he so highly oxtolled he reduced III n.vsl.l
adumbrations OF the supremacy lf ths
individual to absurdity. Tn, drlma or hi,
daily life was not In the phrl-' ~ Nldate--
iinck, august. Your mystic kau tta
clock ticking from hour 10 hour by r4r.
tcular and special facility in following
the swing Of the pendulum 10 the other
extreme. Ihsen, the doughty indiyIdualI-'.
received a travelling pension from ha
state, and 10y fine stroke Of irony had K
paid TO him by tho Ecclesiastical Dorar-
ment.' Later he received from the Nor
wegian Storthing an annual grant JN1t
Ill -, Il
one OF his petitions for financial and ha
used the very words Of Brand praying
that he should be enabled TO carry or ma
work Of his life 1t is a phase Of iu-on.
character ovcf which Brands Cwho had
himself felt tnonced Of pension though
no AnarchisU grew merry Md indeed,
the spectacle OF the Anarchist If i1dir.d-
uality living and writing at the cxpa0-,
OF tho state and with its full power j.
subject for the laughter of the goi+
Ibeen's service to mankind is pot c-s
for his failure to rcck his own redo Pror-
erly considered. it is perhaps the greater
Society, which nurtures and rear5 Us, -
and always viii be tyrant, killing much
Of what l. best in us, If we let il with the
very engines Of its kindness. There If a
danger which lbsen impctuously ignored
Of looseuing social bonds; but there l. in
equal danger that Of the loss Of individual
stamina, Of the primeval wine Of freedom.
Even in the face Of church and state It Il
sometimes for the best to lead our souls
TO the mountain tops of primordial ok
hilaration Ibsen. with all his bitterness,
aud Partially of vision, has bla2ed a new
path. and one which all the nations are
exploring in the spirit
4 Iondonized American Taragraphor
Mr. L.. +. Austin, once made merry at tLc
expense of the grim old Norwegian
dramaiist 10y remarkiug on the quick ani
powerful effect of the champagne tra'
he served to the people in his play. III"
himself said Mr. Austin was not able 20
secure the same eXhilaration Gt much
greater expense. He wanted a lcok ~
the label on that champagne In th+
matter Ibsen il not TO lie suspected 90.
symbol But II the playwright may .'
symbolical, why not critics; II IS a fcr
dry wine they make in Norway hu f -
heady. and none who have truly tasted
its biting exhilaration can ever quite forge
it however much he may prefer fer
binary usage the smoother and slower
brands Of the Southlands
JoHS CoBuls